This week, The Doctor returned to their secret headquarters in the Fletcher Jones Silver Ball, whistling a happy tune.

"Why are you so cheery?" The Colonel asked, looking up from a pile of junk mail catalogues he was methodically investigating.

"I just got us two tickets to next week's big event," The Doctor said.

"No way! I just got us tickets too! This is going to be the biggest event Warrnambool's seen since the 1982 Warrnambool Show! But what am I going to do with these extra tickets... oh well, I guess I'll just scalp them at the door."

"I didn't think you'd be excited about this event, Colonel."

The Colonel stood up. "Are you kidding? This event is going to shape the future of the region and put us back on the national agenda. I can't wait."

The Doctor was impressed. "That's the spirit, Colonel. It's been far too long since the people of the south-west had an opportunity like this, where they get to be part of an audience and see the star players in action and discuss the various twists and turns."

"And it's in 3-D," The Colonel added helpfully.

"Ah, yes, I suppose it is," The Doctor said uncertainly. "But this is about the big issues, the ones that touch and affect everyone in their daily lives."

"Issues?" The Colonel said. "I prefer the ones with explosions."

"Explosions? You can't have explosions at a political debate... this isn't the movies!"

"Not the movies? What the hell are you talking about?"

"The political debate. What the hell are you talking about?"

"The movies."

"What?"

"The cinema is re-opening, Doctor. And if there's one thing people like more than politics, it's movies. That, and sport. And moccasins. And curtains. And foot cramps. And doing their tax. And investment bankers. And bouts of dysentery. And cute little puppies with bows on them. Politics is way down the list."

"But people should be interested in politics," The Doctor said. "I know that if voting actually changed anything it would probably be made illegal, but if you don't use it, you lose it. If you don't have your say then you have no right to complain."

"The same could be said for the cinema, Doctor," The Colonel replied. "If people don't use it, I'll burn it to the ground again."