Doctor Whooves: A Dazzling Encounter

"Ow!" The Doctor exclaimed, as he was thrown into the brig by Aria. He slammed into the cramped wall, between Adagio and Sunset.

"You alright?" Sunset asked, helping the Doctor up.

"Yeah," the Doctor replied. "Thanks."

Aria walked over to the console a few meters away, pressing a few buttons, as a blue force field appeared in the cell, which turned transparent. "That's a neutron energy based force-field," Aria explained. "so, you can't escape. Nothing can penetrate that force-field, so don't even try escaping."

"Right," the Doctor said. "so could we have some pillows? Maybe a plate of jammie dodgers, some blankets perhaps? Honestly, the accommodations here are pathetic."

"It's a brig," Aria said, walking out, "not a hotel." The door closed behind her automatically.

"Well," the Doctor began, "at least I can now call the TARDIS to rescue us, as the key works as a remote control signal."

"Uh," Adagio said, who was leaning up against the cell wall, "I hate to break this to you Time-Boy, but Aria searched each of us, you don't have a key."

"Oh." The Doctor said. "Well, I'm sure my sonic screwdriver will work too."

"Aria has you're screwdriver too." Sunset said.

"And you're cane." Adagio added.

"All right, fine I get it!" The Doctor said, and sat on the bunk.

"Hang on," Sunset said, eyeing a small panel on the wall, "what's this?"

"It's an ID scanner," the Doctor explained, "it's for security measures. Basically, if a superior officer gets trapped in this cell and they have their ID, they can simply scan their ID and the force field lowers."

"But, why does this place look like a military base?" Adagio asked.

"Retro style spaceships were popular in the fifty-first century," the Doctor said, "I have a feeling this was used by the Time Agency, which would explain how it ended up here in the twenty-first century."

"But, that doesn't explain how Aria and Starlight Glimmer took control of it." Adagio pointed out.

"No, it doesn't." The Doctor agreed.

"Are you saying you don't know?" Sunset asked, "How can you not know? You always know!"

"Why is it everyone expects me to have all the answers?!" The Doctor shouted.

"Because you usually do!" Sunset yelled.

"Oh, both of you, shut up!" Adagio shouted.

The Doctor and Sunset immediately turned their heads to face Adagio. "Arguing only makes the situation worse! Trust me, after a thousand years of spend time with two people you despise, you learn that arguing is only going to make you hate each other, and that any plan you may have will fall to pieces."

The Doctor and Sunset glanced at each other, and back at Adagio. "You're right," the Doctor said, standing up.

"Yeah." Sunset agreed.

"We need a plan." The Doctor said, "a good plan."

"But, what?" Sunset asked.

"Oh, um let's see." The Doctor rubbed his chin. "So far, all we have is a scanner that can scan IDs, but we don't have an ID, but if we could find a way to trick it, we could escape."

"How do we trick it?" Adagio asked.

"I'm going to need a rubber chicken, a daisy, some paper and a pen." The Doctor explained.

"Well, we don't have those." Adagio said, bluntly. "Any other plan?"

"What about your psychic paper?" Sunset suggested.

"Psychic paper?" The Doctor repeated.

"Yeah," Sunset confirmed, "I didn't see Aria take that from you."

The Doctor thought for a moment. "OH OF COURSE!!!" He shouted loudly, causing both Adagio and Sunset to shush him. "Sorry." He said. "I'm slow, I am slow, I'm notorious for it. The psychic paper, of course. Brilliant Sunset." He reached into the back pocket of his trousers, and grabbed a leather wallet. "The cons of having a woman search a man, they don't want to reach into your back pocket."

"I would've." Adagio mumbled under her breath.

"What was that?" The Doctor asked walking toward the scanner.

"Nothing." Adagio said.

"Right then," he said, placing the psychic paper under the scanner, causing the force field to deactivate. "We need a plan." And, he stepped out of the cell.