3. You Can Trick Your Brother Into Thinking He's An Android Just By Telling Him He Is One
Amongst a fair number of problems with Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS squats the unspeakably implausible joke played by Gregor and Bram Van Baalen on their brother, Tricky. For those who have forgotten this flapdoodle, the salvage ship's brothers convinced their sibling that he was an android, somehow. Even though Tricky was given bionic eyes following his accident, he still feels pain, hunger and every emotion going, so quite how he could think he was anything other than human is incomprehensible. Tricky even recites his no fear, no hate, no pain mantra, using it as the reason for why Gregor should cut his arm off, whilst grimacing in pain because he's pinned to the wall. This moment is equal parts bizarre and stupid.
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Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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