The Doctor whirred his Sonic Screwdriver at the funny substitute for wires, and a thin tendril of smoke came out.
"They were right, it is fried. I bet most of the smoke came out when they popped it open a few days ago."
"How'd they get it open?" Rose asked, crouching down text to him. "It's not like they 'ave a Sonic Screwdriver."
The Doctor held up the metal cover and pointed to several small dents at the top, easy to miss with all the other dents in the banged up machine. "They have got a normal Screwdriver, though."
Pushing the beaded metal wire-substitutes out of the way, he stuck his head into the machine.
Rose heard a *Bzt* sound followed by a yelp of pain from the Doctor, a thump as his head collided with the top of the inside of the metal, and another shout of pain as he hit his head.
"Are you all right?" Rose asked worriedly, sliding closer to the Doctor and laying a hand on his back.
"Fine." Came the echoed reply. "I shocked myself."
The whirring sound of the Sonic Screwdriver echoed about next, followed by a generator type sound as the machine came to life.
"YES!" The Doctor shouted in triumph, bring his head, arms, and shoulders out of the machine to give Rose a hug of joy.
He looked up from the hug to find two large, grey beasts waiting at the door.
"Rose." He whispered, pulling away from the hug as he gestured toward the Cometrants.
"Bloody-... They ditched us!" Rose said indignantly as she slowly got up.
The creatures came into the room, their tails swishing back and forth in anticipation for their next meal.
Shawn ran up the stairs, closely followed by Gus. Six floors later, he found a door leading to the roof.
Swinging open the doors, he found a skeleton.
Shawn figured the victim must have been trying to escape the beasts so he ran upstairs. It was a good idea, as the tricky steps appeared to have slowed down the beasts enough that he managed to get to the roof before running out of options.
"Dude. I think we found professor Iden."
Gus, was too busy trying not to throw up to answer.