“Straddling the big barrel torso of the animal, perched on his ribcage with one leg on either side, was the thin and pale-faced form of the Doctor. He had something in his hand, and was repeatedly bringing it down on the gigantic beast’s head. At least, that was Lisa-Beth’s first impression.

When she moved a little further into the room, past the staring, unmoving figures of Fitz and Anji, she saw that he was actually assaulting the ape’s thick neck. Whatever he was holding in his hand, it was sharp. He was hammering the object into the animal’s throat, and even Lisa-Beth admitted to finding the sight alarming, as if there were something bestial about the Doctor himself.”