The Curse of the Gob
"Have you ever been to the planet Rushna?" the Doctor asked, skipping around the console, flipping various switches using his hands, elbows, and occasionally feet. "They have the most interesting language."
Brittany looked up from the Rubik's cube in her hands. "No Doctor, I haven't," she replied, almost boredly, returning her attention to her colourful puzzle.
The Doctor danced around the console a little more, giving the helmic regulator a few pumps on his way past. "We should go," he announced, punching in some co-ordinates. "You'd love it there. They have this big celebration where they have a huge bon fire that you can see from orbit. One year, they accidentally burnt up half a continent." He paused, thoughtful. "And before you ask, that had absolutely nothing to do with me."
With a barely audible pause for breath, the Doctor went on to elaborate on the planet's atmospheric content, general climate and galactic co-ordinate.
Brittany carefully placed the Rubik's cube on the seat next to her. "Doctor," she warned, "if you keep talking I'm sure my ears will fall off."
The Time Lord wasn't listening. "Then there was that situation they had with the killer bees. Funny day that was." He laughed at some distant memory. "I got stung in places they you really don't want to know about. And, those stings hurt like someone decided to pour all the geological fury from a volcano into one tiny insect."
Brittany snapped her hands to her ears. "Doctor…"
"Those stings burned for days! I had one right underneath my eye, and it went all…" He trailed off, frowning at Brittany. "What?"
"My ears Doctor!" she cried, pointing to the side of her head. "Look at my ears!"
The Time Lord frowned at her, peering closely at his companion. "I can't…oh look! I didn't know you did Rubik's cubes!" He picked up her completed puzzle, admiring every side individually.
Brittany carefully cupped her de-attached ears in her hands, and wandered off to the medical bay.