Doctor Who - Target Novelisations - 154 - The Power of the Daleks by John Peel

Author:John Peel
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780426203902
Publisher: Target
Published: 1993-09-14T07:00:00+00:00

‘More than you’d think,’ Ben assured her.

Polly slipped out of the room while Thane was conducting her examination of Ben. She was glad of the excuse to go looking for the Doctor. Now she had some facts to give him about the rebels. Maybe this would help the Doctor somehow to free Quinn. Absorbed in her thoughts, she almost bumped into one of the colonists who was pinning a note to the bulletin board. ‘Oh, sorry,’ she apologized. She was about to back off when she recognized the girl. ‘You’re Lesterson’s assistant, aren’t you?’

‘That’s right,’ Janley agreed. ‘You’re not looking for the Examiner, are you?’

‘Well, yes,’ Polly replied. ‘Isn’t he in the laboratory still?’

‘No, they finished their tests,’ Janley replied. ‘And we just received the word that the Communications Room is now operational, so the Examiner went there to send a message to Earth. About the Daleks, I believe.’

Excitement surged in Polly: it looked like both of their problems were about to be solved. ‘Great,’ she said happily.

‘Thanks. I’ll catch him while he’s there, then.’

‘You’ll find it easily enough,’ Janley told her. ‘It’s on the right, down the next corridor spoke.’

Polly nodded and hurried off in the indicated direction.

Janley watched her leave, a nasty smile playing about her lips. It was all going exactly according to plan.

As Janley had predicted, Polly found the Communications Room within moments. She tapped on the door, then opened it and entered.

She frowned in puzzlement. Despite Janley’s claims, the Doctor wasn’t in the room. Nor, apparently, was anyone else. That was odd, because there were supposed to be some technicians working on repairing the smashed units.

‘Doctor?’ Polly called. ‘Hello! Is there anyone here?’

Then, as she moved forward, she realized that Janley had definitely lied to her: the main computers were dead, and the central panels were still in pieces, electronic parts and wiring scattered about the floor. The room was certainly not operational, as the other woman had claimed.

Worried now, Polly turned back to leave the room. As she started to move, a strong hand clamped about her mouth, and a second about her chest, pinning her arms to her sides. Polly struggled to free herself from this unseen assailant. Then, as she fought, there was a sickly smell as something cracked beneath her nose. She couldn’t help breathing it in, and then she collapsed in her attacker’s arms.

Janley hastily replaced the shattered ampule of tranquilizer into her jacket pocket. She would dispose of it later, where it wouldn’t be found. then she smiled up at the man holding Polly’s limp form in his strong arms. ‘Well done, Valmar. That should keep her quiet for a while.’

Valmar glanced down at the woman again. His craggy face creased into a frown. Then he looked up at Janley from under his long, dark fringe. He was a slender man, nervous, but intense. His dark eyes seemed to absorb information as he looked around. A genius with all things mechanical, he constantly allowed his curiosity to override his judgment.

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