Doctor Who - New Series Adventures - 033 - Prisoner of the Daleks by Trevor Baxendale

Author:Trevor Baxendale [Baxendale, Trevor]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Media Tie-In, Space Opera, Adventure, Comics & Graphic Novels, Doctor Who (Fictitious Character)
ISBN: 9781846076411
Google: MuqD1A5ZjEwC
Amazon: 1846076412
Publisher: BBC
Published: 2009-05-13T07:00:00+00:00

Koral hooked an arm around Scrum and supported him

as they struggled up the last few metres.

‘What’s over the ridge?’ asked Cuttin’ Edge.

‘No idea,’ Bowman said. ‘But we’re gonna found out.’

With a final series of lung-bursting steps, they made it

to the top. As each of them crested the rise, they halted in

their tracks and gaped. A strange, massive silence weighed

down on them, crushing them.

‘My God,’ breathed Bowman, awestruck.

‘It’s… it’s impossible,’ said Cuttin’ Edge.

Scrum started hyperventilating as a panic attack rushed

through him. Koral simply stared, open mouthed.

They had reached the very edge of the world. Literally

– because the ground simply fell away at their feet in a

gigantic, immeasurable cliff stretching from side to side,

horizon to horizon. The sheer face sank down and down,

into a dark, mist-shrouded distance. And below them – far,

far below – was the curved edge of a glowing ball of

molten rock.

‘Cor!’ exclaimed the Doctor. His face was a picture of

boyish excitement. His eyes were wide, his hair standing

on end, as he practically danced along the cliff edge. ‘I

mean – core!’

‘It’s… it’s…’ Cuttin’ Edge was, finally, lost for words.

‘It’s the edge of the world!’ cried the Doctor. He was

jumping up and down, barely able to contain his

excitement. ‘Look at it! The very edge! It’s a sheer drop,

right down to the core! Amazing! Fantastic! Brilliant!

Have you ever seen anything like that in your life before?

You haven’t, have you? You haven’t!’ He bounced around

among them, whooping and laughing. ‘I haven’t either!

Never, ever before! Not like this! It’s a new sight! A new

sight! ’

Somehow, heat radiated from the distant knot of

burning iron, rising up to carry flakes of snow from the

edge of the cliff into the air. The snow danced faintly in

the air, rising like pale, spectral flames.

‘I feel sick,’ Scrum said.

‘It’s just vertigo,’ said the Doctor happily. ‘Perfectly

natural. It’s quite a view, isn’t it? Brilliant! Molto bene! ‘

He roared the last two words into the night sky, feet

planted wide, arms thrown up into the air.

‘Before you get too carried away,’ warned Bowman,

‘you might like to think about our position in purely

strategic terms.’

‘He means this ain’t no sightseein’ trip,’ said Cuttin’

Edge, pointing behind them. A crowd of glowing mutants

were dragging themselves up the rise, murmuring and

growling.

‘Oh, them,’ nodded the Doctor. ‘No, I hadn’t forgotten.

I’m just multitasking.’ He whipped out his sonic

screwdriver, held it out over the cliff edge and clicked it

on. The sonic bleeped faintly, slowly at first but then with

sudden, thrilling urgency. ‘Aha!’ The Doctor’s face broke

into another huge grin. ‘There it is! We’ve found it – the

Arkheon Threshold. Remember that? The little tear in

space-time – it’s right near the heart of this planet… right

in the dying core!’

‘Doctor,’ Cuttin’ Edge said. ‘They’re gettin’ closer.’

‘Working on it, working on it…’

Bowman turned to Cuttin’ Edge with a frown. ‘Since

when did he become leader?’

‘Oh no.’

The Doctor’s voice cut through the air like a knife. He

was staring over the cliff edge again, but with none of the

giddy delight he had previously shown. He looked

suddenly stiff and uncertain.

‘What is it?’ asked Scrum. ‘What’s the matter?’

‘A thought has just occurred to me,’ the Doctor said.

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