“Aaah, that was a rhetorical question!” In his irritation, he delivered a sharp kick to the underside of the console, which of course did nothing to help. If anything, it appeared to only make the shaking and rocking of the TARDIS worse. And give him a sore foot. Gritting his teeth, he held on to the edge of the console, wrestling with the aforementioned lever which wasn’t supposed to be life-threatening in any way. But he’d noticed it, thought about how it wasn’t one he often pulled, and thought, Well, what could possibly go wrong? The answer to that was obvious enough. But it wasn’t the TARDIS, he knew. Wherever they were, something was messing with her systems. Or at least, he thought something was. Because if his time machine really did have a life-threatening lever, then it might have been a sign that he should step back and take a look at his life choices of the past twelve hundred years. “I’m trying!” he assured her, still struggling with the controls. “I don’t know what’s wrong, but you’d better brace yourself. Things could get a bit bumpy...er.” The ship jerked again, throwing him over the console, and he scrabbled to get her under control. Come on, come on...