Luke was at a loss for what to do. He watched hopelessly as Dr Barnes fiddled with the teleport, making the last adjustments. Think! he urged himself. What could he do? Racking his brains, there was only one idea that came to him, futile as he was sure it would be. He knew this building was under twenty-four hour surveillance by armed guards, and he also knew UNIT – who had got involved as soon as they had discovered Oxford had stared the experiment – had ordered that if it were ever to work, all were strictly forbidden to use the device without their approval.
So he yelled, "Is anyone there? Come quickly – Dr Barnes is trying to use the ETD."
Almost immediately, two armed guards entered the room. "I think he's gone mad," Luke pointed to the blood on his face from when the lecturer had hit him. The men turned to Dr Barnes.
"Stop what you're doing, sir, this is UNIT property."
A furious argument between the lecturer and the soldiers, but Dr Barnes stepped reluctantly away from the teleport and, seeing that they were occupied, Luke crept to the device and set the co-ordinates for the library. But as he finished, one of the guards noticed him.
"You there! What are you doing?" The UNIT soldier pointed his gun at Luke but he stepped inside the arch regardless – he knew he wouldn't shoot him. The guard was running towards him and as Luke pressed the final button and his surroundings disappeared, he felt someone grip his arm: the guard was coming with him.