( The Fourth Doctor and Romana are punting.) THE DOCTOR : Wordsworth, Rutherford, Christopher Smart, Andrew Marvell, Judge Jeffreys, Owen Chadwick. ROMANA: Who? THE DOCTOR: Owen Chadwick. Oh, yes, some of the greatest laborers in the history of Earth have thought here. ROMANA: Newton, of course. THE DOCTOR: Oh, definitely Newton. ROMANA: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. THE DOCTOR: Thats right. ROMANA: So, Newton invented punting. THE DOCTOR: Oh, yes. There was no limit to Isaacs genius. ROMANA: Isnt it wonderful how something so primitive can be so - THE DOCTOR: Restful? ROMANA: No, simple. You just push in one direction and the boat goes in the other. Oh, I do love the spring. All the leaves, the colours. THE DOCTOR: Its October. ROMANA: I thought you said we were coming here for May week. THE DOCTOR: I did. May weeks in June. ROMANA: Im confused. THE DOCTOR: So was the Tardis. ROMANA: Oh, I do love the autumn. All the leaves, the colours. THE DOCTOR: Yes. Well, at least with something as simple as a punt nothing can go wrong. No co-ordinates, no dimensional stabilisers, nothing. Just the water, the punt, a strong pair of hands and a pole. (The pole becomes stuck as they go under another bridge. The cone comes down and whisks them both away. The gloved hand punches frustratedly at its controls as the image refuses to become a model.) - The Five Doctors
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