Doctor Who - Telos Novellas - 13 - Companion Piece by Mike Tucker & Robert Perry

Author:Mike Tucker & Robert Perry
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fiction
ISBN: 9781903889268
Publisher: Telos Pub Ltd
Published: 2003-10-15T07:00:00+00:00

‘Journey?’ del Toro snapped.

‘As I understand it, we stand accused of the murder of a Cardinal at the altar of his cathedral.’

‘You wish to confess?’

A faint smile flickered across the Doctor’s face. ‘I wish to have the case heard by the proper authority. This isn’t a matter of doctrine – the charge could hardly be more grave. This must be tried by the Pope in Rome.’

Patriarch Julian let out a guffaw, then began to cough again.

‘You claim a privilege of the faithful!’ snapped del Toro.

‘The girl’s a Catholic,’ said the Patriarch.

‘And I am an honorary dean of Westminster Abbey,’ said the Doctor. ‘The Venerable Bede himself put me up.’

‘Time Lord trickery,’ del Toro snarled.

‘But correct on a point of law,’ chuckled the old Patriarch.

‘But the Pope might even now be dead! Unless you’re suggesting we go to the heretic back in Old Rome. Or that abomination in the Magellanic Clouds.’

‘No, we shall go to Rome and hope that the conclave allows itself to be guided for once by the Holy Spirit.’

‘We can’t get to Rome!’ del Toro snapped. ‘This half of the galaxy is on the brink of war. The Magellanic hoards are poised only a few solar systems from here.’

‘Nonsense, nonsense,’ retorted the Patriarch. ‘Poor Runciman was going himself, before he was struck down. And who would stop a ship of the Holy Inquisition?’

The Inquisitor was silent, staring at the floor, looking thunderous.

The Patriarch rubbed his hands together. ‘So many years since I was in Rome,’ he said with a mix of nostalgia and anticipation. ‘I doubt I shall recognise the place.’

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