Affects dreams

'Some coma, Doctors!‘ Oakwood said waspishly.

Dieter shrugged, but the Doctor was furious. 'Of course, he‘s manipulated our minds.‘

'Who has?‘ asked Desorgher.

'Where‘s Townsend?‘ the Doctor asked quietly.

'Who?‘ Oakwood looked around. 'Is she the person you think has manipulated our minds?‘

But the Doctor ignored him and, roughly pushing one of the chanters aside, clambered on to its slab and looked around.'Townsend! Braune! Talk to me. Now!‘

Dieter tugged at his trouser leg. 'Are you all right, Doctor?‘

'Yes, I am. But you‘re not. Who travelled with us to this planet?‘

Dieter shrugged. 'You and the commander.‘

'Don‘t you see?‘ He looked at her, then Oakwood.

'Desorgher? Where‘s Desorgher?‘ As Dieter was about to speak, the Doctor waved her quiet.'Yes, yes, I know what you‘re going to say - ―Who? They‘re your comrades, Dieter. I should have spotted it earlier - Braune was the first to disappear from our memories!' He looked up and around, clambering from slab to slab, yelling out their names.

'Desorgher? Braune? Townsend?‘

He stopped as he saw Braune. The security man was standing, chanting with the others, but he was shadowy.

Almost as if he wasn‘t quite there.

'It‘s a dream. I‘m still dreaming this.‘ He looked around.

'Where does it start, hmmm?‘ he yelled up to the ceiling. 'Am I by the door, still drugged? Or perhaps I‘m still on the surface of Dymok. Or...‘ No, surely not that! 'Or am I still in the TARDIS? Has none of this really happened?‘

But nothing changed. He looked around - he‘d lost Braune again and could see neither Dieter nor Oakwood any longer.

'All right, Toymaker, I‘ll play it your way - round one to you. Checkmate. Snap. Rummy. Whatever you want, but move things along or I can‘t help you!‘

And the world dissolved around him.

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Divided Loyalties, Round 3, Chapter 2