Doctor Who: BBC Past Doctor Adventures [017] - The Infinity Doctors by Lance Parkin

Author:Lance Parkin
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction - Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780563405917
Publisher: BBC Books
Published: 1998-11-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Death of a Time Lord

The Doctor had stood, Larna at his side, as Savar had told his story. He’d listened to every one of the madman’s words, speaking in a soft voice only to answer a direct question. It had been quite a contrast with Savar, who had strutted and paced around the room, the pitch of his voice rising and falling as he spat out the words. What this Savar lacked in physical presence and strength, he attempted to convey with venom.

The anger was as terrifying as it was fascinating. As Larna watched Savar’s face contorting, as she analysed his sentence structure and posture, she realised that he was insane, by any of the accepted definitions. Of course that had been obvious from the actions of his other self: murder, kidnap, seemingly random destructive acts. This disturbed Larna, not for its violation of the criminal law, but the physical ones. Time Lords felt time flow through them, but more than that, they helped to shape and refine time and space around them. All sentient life did this, of course, their observations helping to resolve quantum events, bring the universe into its current form according to the four anthropic principles. But because of their unique powers and the scope of their technology, Time Lords did more than most races to affect the universe. Their victories in the Time Wars fought in the generations after Rassilon had helped to stabilise the cosmos, they had laid down the foundations of the modern, rationalistic universe. Would a mad Time Lord have the opposite effect? Would his insanity become contagious, affecting the past and the future like a virus?

When he had finished, Savar stood there panting like an animal, exhausted by his rants. The Doctor had glanced across to Larna, who had smiled nervously. The Doctor was an adept telepath, one of the most proficient that Larna had known, but Savar’s powers seemed to be in a league of their own. She could feel his mind snarling at her. A further sign of his mental instability – that he couldn’t even keep his thoughts to himself?

‘The Effect can change the past?’ The Doctor asked.

‘Yes,’ Savar replied calmly.

There was a look in the Doctor’s eyes, an intensity. These two men had a lot in common, Larna realised. Both had left the Capitol, seen the universe and been changed by the experience. Needless to say, the Doctor’s experiences had been a great deal more enriching. Both were explorers, but Savar was dangerous, the things he had seen had been destructive, deathly.

‘Changing the past is impossible,’ Larna interjected. ‘It’s an alchemist’s dream, like being able to reverse entropy or see the future.’

‘The Time Lords of old could see the future,’ the Doctor noted.

‘It’s a fairy story, unscientific rubbish.’

The Doctor looked over to her, flashing a quick smile.

‘That’s exactly what Rassilon said.’

‘What would you do with the power to change the past?’

Savar asked.

The Doctor looked away. ‘We have to see the Council,’ he told Larna quietly. ‘We have to take Savar to them, give him a chance to argue his case.

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