Bud graciously helped me out of the vehicle (so that’s why men did that—because women wearing those skirts had no idea where their feet were!) and I tottered over the gravel on my kitten heels toward the front door. Colin MacMillan was there to greet us, wearing a green velvet smoking jacket, a frilly pink shirt, and gray-green dress pants: the Jon Pertwee version of a Doctor Who outfit. “Ah, ready to ‘reverse the polarity of the neutron flow’ at a moment’s notice, eh?” I quipped, puzzling both Bud and Ellen. “Absolutely,” replied Colin, beaming. “You’ll spot Poppy, she’s Sarah Jane Smith from the Third Doctor period. I suggested she wear Amy Pond’s policewoman outfit, but she said it wasn’t ‘retro,’ so she’s gone with Sarah Jane. We don’t think many people will get it, but it’s 1970s clothing, and we’ll know, so who cares, eh? By the way, Mom said everyone’s to keep their shoes on today, ’cos of, like, the costumes.
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