The Who Tales-

Ben's a Man

Set during 'The Highlanders'…

The cell at Inverness was very dark and quiet.

The Doctor sat thinking, as did Ben. Jamie was keeping an eye on the still-unconscious Colin. Even Marty managed to stay more or less quiet, merely softly humming to herself.

Then her face brightened. "Hey, Ben, let's play a game!"

Her voice startled Jamie and Ben. "What?" the sailor asked.

"I know a game you and I could play."

"What kind of game?" Ben's voice was not suspicious, as anyone who knew Marty better than he did's voice would be. Had the Doctor been playing attention, he would've warned Ben to not play along.

"It's a word game. Now, I'm going to tell a story, and after every sentence I finish, you say, 'I'm a man,'" Marty instructed. "Got it?"

"Okay."

"You go out into town."

"I'm a man."

"You meet a girl."

"I'm a man."

"She's a very lovely girl, so you ask her out to a fancy dinner."

"I'm a man."

"After the nice, fancy dinner, you go back to your house."

"I'm a man."

"As you sit in front of the warm fire, she leans in to your ear and whispers…"

"I'm a man."

Marty pointed a finger at Ben, laughing hysterically. "Your date's a man!! You're gay!!"

"I'm- I'm what?" Ben didn't know what the ginger-haired girl meant, but from her tone he could tell it wasn't good.

"Homosexual. You like guys!!" she managed to get out in between giggles.

"I am not!" Ben cried. He knew what she meant now.

Jamie, who had been watching the trick unfold in confusion. Now he was very confused. "What?"

Marty sighed. "This is what I get for being from 2008... Never mind, love, never mind."

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Classic Who episode!! 2nd Doctor, Polly, Ben Jackson, and Jamie McCrimmon. I've only ever read the book version, I actually am right now (I'm almost done). So I've come up for lots of stupid crap for Marty to do when they're all in the dungeon before the Doctor goes and messes with Solicitor Grey and Perkins.

(giggle)

I honestly have nothing against being gay. Love is love no matter what gender.

But it's still a fun trick to play on straight guys. XD