Doctor Who: Storm Harvest by Mike Tucker & Robert Perry

Author:Mike Tucker & Robert Perry [Tucker, Mike & Perry, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Doctor Who (Fictitious character), Science fiction; English, Human-alien encounters, Media Tie-In, Archaeological expeditions
ISBN: 9780563555773
Publisher: BBC Worldwide Americas
Published: 1999-06-14T10:00:00+00:00

‘Of course.’ Brenda sounded confused. ‘What else?’

The Doctor shook his head in irritation. ‘Sometimes I forget what century I’m in,’ he said. ‘Can you show me where it happened?’

Brenda tapped the map. ‘Off the Western Rim Islands,’ she said.

The Doctor whipped the data-pad from his pocket and scrutinised the screen.

‘This is bad,’ he said. ‘Very bad. What defences do you have here, Miss Mulholland?’

‘We have an automated defence network. Not very powerful. We don’t really need it, but it’s a standard precaution. It’s never been used...’

‘Anything else?’

‘Only the police. Forty or so. Half a dozen vehicles, one remaining sub. Hand weapons...’

‘You must have storm shutters,’ the Doctor said, ‘from what I’ve heard about the weather on Coralee.’

‘They were Garrett’s greatest achievement,’ Brenda said.

‘Raise them,’ the Doctor snapped. ‘Get everybody off the streets.

We have to seal this place.’

‘What’s happening, Doctor?’ She lit a cigarette.

The Doctor thrust the pad under her nose.

‘This is a map of sorts,’ he said. ‘I believe it shows the nesting grounds of the Krill. And look here.’

‘That’s exactly where the sub blew up,’ Brenda said. ‘What does that mean?’

‘I talked to Edwin Bryce earlier today,’ said the Doctor. ‘He’s studied the Krill legends. One of the things he told me was that they thrive on radiation.’

He paused, scrutinising Brenda. She looked impatient.

‘Think of a seed, Miss Mulholland. Lying dormant, waiting for that first drop of moisture, that first drop of nourishment that will cause it to shoot, cause it to crack open and begin to grow.’

‘What are you saying, Doctor?’

‘The Krill were an unstoppable and almost uncontrollable weapon.

The people who created them probably kept them dormant until they were needed, then fired the eggs into their enemy’s territory and followed up with a nuclear bombardment. I believe the Krill are born out of nuclear fusion.’

‘Oh God...’

‘You remember the cable-laying platform – the Hyperion Dawn?

When I examined it I found a radioactive element attached to its hull.

Now this. Someone’s deliberately trying to revive the Krill, Miss 102

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