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- He straightened, and paced further into the room. It seemed to stretch on and on into the shadows. A few moments later he almost tripped over something. A large crate had been discarded here, and he huffed indignantly before stooping to examine it.
- It was a toybox.
- The Doctor looked around him as if expecting the owner to walk out of the shadows. He didn't know why or how, but suddenly he feel the perceived importance of this box.
- [...]
- Looking again at the toybox, he felt unsettled for a moment. There was one toy in the chest that seemed brand new; an exquisitely carved Chinese mandarin doll. Somehow it seemed far too important to be played with. Too grown up. Ah... The folly of growing old, thought the Doctor.
- ***
- Short Trips and Side Steps, "Special Occasions: 4. Playing with Toys"
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