The Bizarre Adventures of Doctor Who

Adamant Pandemonium Pt. 6

Fleeing from the Drekker projection saw failure, as every time Theodore and Lila fled from the lumbering giant that chased after them, it'd always caught up to them, no matter how far they ran, due to the sensors projecting the Drekker accurately placing it wherever they're fleeing.

Eventually, the futility drove innovation, with Theodore deciding that if they can't flee the Drekker, they'll rid it, in the only way they know how.

Destroying the sensors, why of course.

For that to work, Theodore had to pull from every science book he read throughout his youth, using whatever he managed to get his hand on with the aid of Lila, managing to deduce which is the real object, and not another simulated object.

A makeshift, but effective, handheld cannon.

Not something that most science books would describe in detail, but Theodore never said it'd been science books from his schools.

Uncle showed him books when he and his siblings went to Gallifrey for breaks, to the average person, they weren't books you'd expect a young child to read for schoolwork, but honestly, it was, with the even more complicated science restricted to older students.

How complicated, well, Theodore's not sure even Einstein could've understood it if he had a copy of the textbooks.

How Theodore even understood half the things in the damn books, well, having dear uncle explain it to him and give him pointers, helps, but the old Time Lord had centuries to dedicate teaching to children.

Anyhow, the hand cannon worked without a hitch, shot up at the sensors each time Theodore pressed down on the handle, and they broke off each at a time, the force strong enough that it broke it down to the inner tubes.

While running from the Drekker, Theodore periodically shot at the sensors, every time he destroyed them, the Drekker became increasingly scattered at appearing.

Eventually, Theodore managed to get enough distance from the Drekker, that it hadn't reappeared, giving him time to talk to Lila as they're attempting to catch their breath.

"Not to ruin the moment, but it can't hurt us, Samuels said it," Lila pointed out that they wasted precious time to rescue the trapped guests due to them running from the projection, but Theodore wasn't convinced they were better off not destroying the sensors.

There's something else going on here, not just the usual antics of an AI going haywire, with the programming bearing mention of the Doctor, it concerned him.

"Al, can you hear me?" Theodore called out telepathically to the AI and he responded, saying he can.

Theodore asks him what he managed to find on former employees from the private sector and Al tells him that he can't find anything on the employee.

Either the employee gotten iced before this started after turning over Samuels Argyle to the irate company for the theft, or as Theodore's thinking, something else.

"You're thinking that they intentionally let Samuels Argyle steal the equipment?" Al summed what Theodore's thinking and he nodded as he tells the AI it didn't make sense that the equipment gotten stolen in the first place.

That kind of equipment required guards, with it being military surplus, the company wouldn't let Samuels Argyle steal it easily. These things required certifications, special IDs, the whole nine yards, something that the equipment lacked.

With the equipment identified by Al as two pieces, the main component that processed the programming and commands and the output that broadcasts it, Samuels Argyle shouldn't have managed to stolen it with his spurred partner due to the sheer sizes of the equipment.