Doctor Who: Target - Novelisations [112] - The Seeds of Death by Terrance Dicks

Author:Terrance Dicks
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction - Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780426202523
Publisher: Target Books
Published: 1986-12-14T23:00:00+00:00

8

The Pods

Moving very slowly and carefully, so as not to alert the Ice Warrior guards, the Doctor edged his way over to Fewsham, who was sitting slumped in his chair. In a quiet but strangely compelling voice, the Doctor said, ‘Why are you helping them?’

Fewsham shot him a frightened glance. ‘To stay alive. I’ve seen what they can do.’

‘Do you know what’s in that container?’

‘All I know is they want me to send something to Earth by T-Mat. I suppose that’s what’s in it.’

‘Then I’ve got to see,’ said the Doctor determinedly. He sat down beside Fewsham. ‘And you are going to help me.’

Zoe, Jamie, Miss Kelly and Phipps had all managed to regain the relative safety of the Solar Energy Storeroom, where they were comparing notes on their recent escapes.

‘So the Doctor’s been captured?’ said Zoe in dismay.

‘Couldn’t you do anything to help him?’

Phipps shook his head. ‘I’m sorry, there was nothing we could do.’

Miss Kelly nodded agreement, well aware that the Doctor had sacrificed himself so that she could escape. ‘We had a job reaching here ourselves.’

‘Aye, so did we!’ said Jamie.

Zoe looked round the cluttered storeroom. ‘Are you sure the Ice Warriors don’t know about this place?’

‘I don’t think so,’ said Phipps. ‘One of them did manage to find it, but I dealt with it.’

‘How?’

‘I fixed up a sort of booby trap with the solar energy power line.’

Miss Kelly said, ‘Those creatures look as if they were invulnerable.’

‘The Doctor said they can’t stand heat,’ said Zoe.

Phipps was thinking hard. ‘The heating system for the entire base is controlled from the centre. If we can reach those controls and turn up the heating…’

Zoe looked doubtful. ‘How? The Ice Warriors are patrolling the corridors.’

‘The maintenance tunnels,’ said Phipps. ‘Look, over here.’

He indicated a wall hatch, sealed with heavy bolts.

‘They run parallel to the main corridors,’ he explained.

Jamie seized on the plan with enthusiasm. ‘Aye, the heat would knock out the Warriors, we could rescue the Doctor…’

‘… and T-Mat ourselves back to Earth,’ concluded Miss Kelly.

Zoe looked puzzled. ‘I thought T-Mat had broken down?’

‘Not any more,’ said Miss Kelly. ‘I repaired it. How do we get this hatch off, Phipps?’

Phipps looked round for his wrench. ‘This part of the base has been disused for ages, the bolts could be rusted solid. It could take some time.’

Jamie spotted the wrench, snatched it up and set to work. ‘We’d better get on with it then. The Doctor may not have very much time.’

‘All right, Fewsham,’ said the Doctor. ‘Now!’

‘I daren’t,’ whispered Fewsham. ‘They’ll kill us both.’

‘Then I shall have to try it by myself, and if I get caught, which is most likely, we will both get killed.’

Something about the Doctor’s quiet determination seemed to put heart in Fewsham.

‘All right, I’ll try…’

He rose to his feet and went over to the main control panel. Immediately the Ice Warrior guard stepped forward. ‘Do not move,’ it ordered.

‘Your commander ordered me to prepare the controls for transmission. I’m just checking that everything is in order.

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