Having parted from the Doctor, Tegan set off along the banks of the beck that she had noticed running through the town in search of a place where she could cool her feet and enjoy the sun on her face. Sitting with her feet in the cool water and looking up at the blue of the sky, she had almost forgotten what normality felt like. There was a small copse on the opposite bank, and she heard a rustling noise among the trees. Unable to see anyone, but too comfortable to get up and find the source of the noise, she stared hard into the dark space beneath the tree branches and suddenly found herself confronted by two pricked, alert ears, a pair of meltingly dark eyes and a black and shining nose, all set into a mass of glossy and luxuriant fur, midnight black and dazzling white. She jumped in surprise, then laughed at herself, and the collie opened its mouth and seemed to laugh back, tongue lolling and eyes bright with intelligence. Tegan stood up and splashed her way to the opposite bank, then smiled at the dog and held out her hand to it.
"Hey, fella. Who's a good boy, then? Come on, there's nothing to worry about. Come here, then, boy. Where's your owner gone, then? Hey? Let's see if you've got a collar on, shall we?"
Wheedling and coaxing, she drew nearer to the big dog, which regarded her calmly, then stood up on its hind paws, revealing that its front legs resembled fur-covered arms more than normal dog's legs and remarked;
"Excuse me, miss, but I'm afraid I appear to have become lost. Would you mind conducting me to someone who can help me contact my home planet?"
Tegan, perched precariously on the river bank, started in surprise, teetered on the edge for a minute and, with a startled squawk, toppled backwards into the water.
Tristan woke to sound of the church clock booming and sat up in surprise. Surely the Doctor couldn't still be batting? But if not, where was he? With trepidation, he peered over the lip of the hill down towards the game, and was surprised to see that his eccentric double was still not out. He was even more shocked when he saw Darrowby's score. Had he inadvertently set himself up to look like a cricketing genius? He wished he had a pair of binoculars with which to see the look on Siegfried's face. No matter; he would be able to milk it as much as possible when this was over. The small matter of recreating 'his' prowess later on…well, he would deal with that when he came to it. There wasn't likely to be much of an opportunity for playing cricket in the near future anyway, he reflected grimly.
Tristan's reverie was suddenly disturbed by a shadow appearing over him. A glance upwards told him that it belonged to an irate, dripping wet young woman whose anger seemed to be directed at him. This was momentarily confusing, as he was sure he had never seen before in his life, then he noticed her foreign accent and he realised that this must be the girl the Doctor had mentioned. What was her name again? Tegan?
"You promised- you really promised this time- that there wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary, nothing alien at all. Well, I should have known better than to trust you! I had barely been able to relax for ten minutes, and then the dogs- the dogs- start talking to me! Well, I'm telling you, I've had it! You can take this creature away with you back to Mars or wherever it came from, and you can leave me here. In the 1930s. I know how backward it is, I know there's about to be a war, but I'd rather stay somewhere that's reliably backward and war-torn than with someone who can't go anywhere without sheepdogs from the planet Zog following him about hoping to hitch lifts back to wherever they came from…" She paused for breath and Tristan, who had been opening and closing his mouth trying to get a word in edgeways, looked up at her with the vague feeling that he'd just been caught in an unexpected force 10 gale.
"Finished? Good, because, as I've been trying to explain, the man you're looking for is actually down there on the cricket pitch, refusing to be bowled out in my name." The young woman glanced over to the pitch, then back at Tristan in puzzlement. "My name's Tristan Farnon" he added "And you must be Tegan. The Doctor told me all about you, but he didn't mention how incredibly charming you are when you're angry…" Tegan's confusion levels were reaching critical. First the local animals started chatting to her, then the local men turned out to look exactly like the Doctor, and on top of everything, now they were trying to flirt with her- in his voice. That did it. Without a word to the young man, she stalked down the hill and out onto the field, hoping the Doctor would see her and take the hint to throw a wicket before she was forced to walk out onto the pitch and ruin the game.