Doctor Who - Target Novelisations - 114 - The Ark by Paul Erickson

Author:Paul Erickson [Erickson, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Time Travel, Doctor Who (Fictitious Character), Aliens, Television Series, Infections, Conflict
ISBN: 9780426202530
Publisher: W.H. Allen
Published: 1987-03-14T07:00:00+00:00

‘Very well, then,’ barked Zentos. ‘Take them away and carry out the sentence.’

As the Doctor and his companions, together with Rhos, were seized and led away protesting, Mellium entered the control room and addressed them: ‘My father...’

‘What about him?’ Zentos asked.

‘He wishes to speak to you!’

Automatically Zentos and the others glanced at the relay source. Zentos addressed it: ‘Yes, Commander?’

‘You are making a foolish and unjust mistake!’ the Commander declared.

But his voice did not come from the relay source.

Instead it came directly from the Commander himself as he strode into the Control Room.

‘For as you can see, I am well... totally restored to health!’ He smiled at the Doctor. ‘Thanks to the skills of our visitors!’

There was immediate consternation among the Guardians and the Monoids, who automatically released their captives.

‘My fever has totally abated,’ the Commander stated emphatically. ‘My temperature is back to normal and my pulse is regular.’ He turned to Zentos. ‘I think that you are making a hasty judgement, Zentos. I respect your reasons, but I am compelled to over-rule you.’

‘Thank heavens for that,’ Dodo ejaculated. ‘I like space travel, but not the sort of journey they were planning for us!’ The Doctor smiled. ‘For once your English seems to be in order and expresses my feelings exactly.’

Zentos finally spoke: ‘I am glad to see that you are well, Commander; but I must make sure of the others.’

He signalled to Manyak to make a monitor scan of the distant places that the Doctor and Rhos had visited. The images came in quickly and from all points the evidence was the same. All those who had been struck down by the fever were now fully recovered. Zentos turned to the Doctor.

‘It seems that I owe you a deep apology, Doctor. You and your companions.’

‘Think nothing of it, dear boy,’ the Doctor replied magnanimously. ‘Everyone can make a mistake. We made ours by bringing the fever here in the first place...’

‘And put it right by curing it,’ Zentos stated.

Manyak suddenly attracted their attention by referring to the master monitor screen. ‘Look at this,’ he called. ‘The Earth...’

They all stared in fascinated horror at the monitor screen as the Earth could be seen finally tumbling out of its normal orbit around the Sun. It hurtled towards it, first its fringes catching fire, then the whole planet transformed into a ball of flame.

‘The last moments for Earth have arrived,’ the Doctor pronounced. He turned to the Guardians and the Monoids.’Let’s hope that your Refusis turns out to be just as agreeable a place as the Earth once was.’

He made his way into the Great Hall, followed by Steven, Dodo, the Commander and the others.

‘That’s something we will never know, Doctor,’ the Commander replied. ‘Only our descendants will find that out.’

‘In seven hundred years,’ said Dodo. ‘And by that time that thing will be finished.’

She pointed to the statue of Homo Sapiens. So far only the feet and one of its ankles had taken shape.

‘That... er... thing is a symbol of hope, my dear,’ the Doctor pointed out.

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