Doctor Who: BBC Past Doctor Adventures [061] - The Colony of Lies by Colin Brake

Author:Colin Brake
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction - Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780563486060
Publisher: BBC Books
Published: 2003-09-22T22:00:00+00:00

EPISODE FOUR

Chapter Ten

Dee looked on in horror; this was the one thing they had always feared. Again and again the colony had discussed trying to rouse the sleepers, always aware that for true viability the group needed to be larger, but each time cowardice had won out. The arguments were simple: while they were asleep they were still alive and the possibility of a revival, at some unspecified time in the future, was a reality; but if they made an attempt to wake the sleepers and it went wrong, they would be committing murder and there would be no way back, no get-out clause. No wonder, then, that year after year the suggestion had been quashed. Until today.

Until us, thought Dee. And now we’ve gone and killed Kirann Ransom, the last, best hope we had.

The Doctor, however, had not given up hope; he was tearing around the room looking for something, anything that might still save the day.

‘We have to restart her heart,’ explained the Doctor. ‘Can you find me a defibrillator?’

Dee and Freedom looked blank. The Doctor felt foolish – of course they wouldn’t have anything like that, would they?

Back to Basics and all that. Make do with what you’ve got, that was the Plymouth Hope way. But that wasn’t going to help Kirann Ransom, though, was it? All he needed was a shock to get the heart going.

The Doctor let out a cry: Of course!’ Freedom and Dee exchanged worried looks as the Doctor jumped off his patient and went in search of his jacket. He started going through his pockets, pulling out an impossible collection of objects: a half-eaten apple, a catapult, a bicycle bell, a couple of spotted handkerchiefs both with knots tied in the corner, a tennis ball, a pair of binoculars, a bundle of King William 10-Euro notes, a Betamax video cassette marked Hancock’s Half Hour and a handful of sweet wrappers, until finally he produced what he was looking for. Dee thought it was some kind of electronic toothbrush with a concealed head; Freedom guessed that it was a tool but it was like no other tool he had ever seen.

The Doctor was making adjustments to it, his tongue poking out of the corner of his mouth as he concentrated hard, as if trying to thread a needle. ‘This is going to be very tricky. Too little charge and we’ll have no effect at all, too much and we will definitely kill her…’

Dee glanced back at the telltale vital signs. ‘Doctor, hurry,’ she said, worried by the time that had passed since Kirann’s last heartbeat.

Without any further words the Doctor hurried over to his patient, the bizarre tool held in his hand. He reached over the woman’s chest, as close to the heart as he could judge.

‘Clear,’ he commanded, although neither Freedom nor Dee was anywhere near the cabinet. The Doctor activated the device and the body of Kirann Ransom twitched as if pulled by an invisible puppet-master. Dee checked the screens – still flat-lining.

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