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(David, hanging out with his mate Isambard Kingdom Brunel on the Tamar riverside at Saltash in the late autumn sunshine. )

David: I say old boy, you’re shorter than I imagined.
IKB: Why do you think I wear this hat? It gives me height!
David: Love the long jacket – do you think I’d suit one?
IKB: Well, anything’s got to be better than the acrylic scarf!
David: What do you mean? This is sort of scarf is all the rage.
IKB: I’d be raging if someone made me wear it. Did you choose it yourself?
David: Yes, I’m jolly proud of it. What’s wrong with it?
IKB: It’s a bit Dr Who-ish for my liking.
David: Dr Who?
IKB: Yeah, you know, that nutter who keeps dashing about fighting daleks and wearing silly clothes…
David: Hmpf. Well now we’re on the subject, I don’t much care for your strides.
IKB: No, they’re a bit stiff and green aren’t they – perhaps not my best purchase ever.
David: I think I’ll just pop back into my tardis then, nice to meet you Isambard. Perhaps next time we meet it’ll be as you are just starting the bridge you’re standing next to!
IKB: OK Doctor – but if you want help with the design of your sonic screwdriver you’d better come in 1846 – by 1848 I’ll be too busy designing the Royal Albert Bridge.

(David walks off towards his newly renovated tardis which has changed form to fit in with life in 21st Century Britain – it’s now a pub with a Union Flag painted across its facia.)