Doctor Who - Past Doctor Adventures - 47 - Dying in the Sun (2nd Doctor) by Jon de Burgh Miller

Author:Jon de Burgh Miller
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Motion Pictures, Calif.), Hollywood (Los Angeles, Space Opera, General, Science Fiction, Doctor Who (Fictitious Character), Fiction
ISBN: 9780563538400
Publisher: BBC Pubns
Published: 2001-09-30T07:00:00+00:00

faces fell away, their flesh melting as the effects of a nuclear bomb hit them.

Pictures of children, the real victims of war, flashed across the scene. Innocent lives left blinded, mutilated and cancered by a war over before they were old enough to talk. Slowly the images mutated again, this time back into the monsters that had originally attacked the characters in the film. This time the monsters weren’t men in suits. This time they really were real.

Ben tried to look away but couldn’t. He saw the monsters staring directly at him, beckoning him to join them. One of the creatures reached out beyond the confines of the screen, its talons grasping for him. The others started to follow it, bone fragments shattering to the floor as wings sprouted from their backs. They screamed and flapped their wings, propelling themselves away from hell and towards their captive audience.

‘Incredible,’ Ben heard the Doctor say. ‘I think I understand now. By Jove, I can see what’s going on!’

Before he could say any more one of the creatures let out a scream that shook the room like a minor earthquake. It lurched forward, its wings making a heavy swooshing sound as they sliced through the air. Ben cowered away, covering his eyes as it bared its teeth, saliva dripping off several rows of razor-sharp fangs. The creature circled around the room, seemingly unbothered that it was supposed to be a fictional character, supposed to stay on the screen. Another scream and it moved in for the kill, flying straight towards the Doctor.

Fourth Reel

Chapter Twenty-Four

Ben could hear screams, could smell sulphur, but he could see little in the darkness except a terrifying shape flying straight towards the Doctor. No, not towards him. It had flown straight through him. And then the room filled with light, and Ben heard the sound of the whimpering scream as the creature faded away until it had disappeared completely.

‘Doctor,’ Fletcher said loudly. ‘I’ve made a decision. This is all beyond me, so I give in. I’ll help you, OK? Just let me know how to stop that thing. I’d hate to end my days as demon dinner.’

‘I suspected that those projections can only take on a physical presence with enough supportive energy from the audience,’ the Doctor explained. ‘If we don’t believe they’re real, if we don’t believe they can hurt us, then they’re helpless, nothing but advanced projections of light. At the end of the day, all this is about light. Everyone at FOCAL is obsessed with it, with good reason. It’s the one thing that makes going to the cinema possible. The projector has to have a bright light, but the rest of us can’t have light if anyone is to see what’s being shown on the screen. Without darkness, with too much light, we can’t see the projected images any more and the Selyoids have no way to influence us. No way to create their illusions. Once I’d turned on the light we couldn’t see what was on screen any more.

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