Doctor Who: BBC Past Doctor Adventures [005] - Illegal Alien by Mike Tucker & Robert Perry

Author:Mike Tucker & Robert Perry
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction - Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780563405702
Publisher: BBC Books
Published: 1997-10-02T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

The heavy wooden front door of George Limb’s house opened slowly.

‘Doctor, come in, please, come in.’

The old man seemed shaken.

‘Mr Limb, are you all right?’ asked the Doctor.

‘I have some rather worrying news for you, Doctor. Most perplexing, most perplexing.’

‘Ace…’ said the Doctor.

George Limb nodded and began shuffling towards a side door.

‘I’m afraid since I telephoned you the situation has changed somewhat. I had to go further than I anticipated to make the call. On my way back I had the misfortune to encounter some ruffians. I took evasive action – evidently they were intent on using their fists rather than their brains – and returned to the house. I found the front door ajar, and our young friend gone.’

‘Gone?’

‘Vanished into the night, Doctor.’

The Doctor slumped against the banister rail.

‘Always one step behind. We’re still playing catch-up, Mr Limb.’ He drew himself erect; a small, inoffensive man with lightning in his eyes.

‘Somebody is playing games with me, Mr Limb. And I don’t like it.’

Suddenly he was brisk, businesslike.

‘You said you had some other information for me.’

‘Yes,’ the old man replied. ‘I fear I have been irresponsible, Doctor. I fear I might have unwittingly brought misfortune on to young Ace’s head. Perhaps on to all our heads.’

He turned at the foot of the stairs.

‘After your previous visit it dawned on me that there must be a central collection point for the blood. I have friends in many walks of life, Doctor, and it was relatively easy for me to discover the location of the facility, as it was for me to procure some bags of blood plasma.’

‘And you brought it back here?’

‘Yes.’

‘So where is it, Mr Limb? Where is it?’

George Limb began climbing the grand staircase.

‘Well, naturally, I put it in the guest room,’ he said.

George Limb stopped outside the room that contained the Cyberman.

‘Oh, dear,’ he muttered. The door stood slightly open. ‘This door was locked, I’m certain. I hope Ace didn’t decide to explore up here.

He pushed the door open and stepped into the shadows. ‘You didn’t tell her about this?’

‘No, Doctor. The young lady seemed to have gone through enough. Besides, how does one speak of the unspeakable?’

Light filled the room.

The Cyberman lay, motionless, against the far wall. The only sound it made was a low, continuous hiss, like the escape of gas. The Doctor scurried across the room and squatted in front of it. ‘Yes, it’s as I thought. Its immune system has packed up. Couldn’t cope. Hmm… It’s a Cyberleader.’

A Cyber… leader?’ George Limb stood over the Doctor.

‘Yes…’ said the Doctor thoughtfully. ‘Different design. Different markings. You can tell from what’s left of its head. But what was it doing here?’

‘I must say,’ said George Limb, ‘I feel perfectly dreadful about my hand in all this. I fear of late I have been… a little obsessive about the Lurker. Ever since I had my intuition about what it might be,’ He shook his head sadly. ‘An old man’s tomfoolery. Trying to catch a monster, indeed.

‘A remarkable achievement, Mr Limb.

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