Doctor Who: Target - Novelisations [126] - The Time Meddler by Nigel Robinson & Dennis Spooner

Author:Nigel Robinson & Dennis Spooner
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction - Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780491033374
Publisher: Target Books
Published: 1987-11-14T23:00:00+00:00

7

Unwelcome Visitors

Vicki rummaged through the clothes on the bed, trying to find some clue which could explain the Doctor’s mysterious disappearance.

‘Well, this is definitely his cloak,’ she said when her search had proved fruitless.

Steven prudently shut the cell door and crossed over to her. ‘He was in here all right, Vicki,’ he said. ‘But what happened to him?’

‘The door was locked, wasn’t it?’

‘Of course – you saw me force it open… The Monk thought he was in here too; the clothes on the bed hadn’t been moved.’ He sat down beside her on the edge of the bed and looked in desperation at the four solid walls around them. ‘It just doesn’t make sense,’ he said. ‘He couldn’t have walked through the walls. So how did he get out?’

Vicki leapt to her feet. ‘There’s only one possible answer!’ she said definitely. ‘A secret passage!’

Steven groaned, as though Vicki had just cracked a particularly bad joke. ‘A secret passage? Are you serious?’

‘They always had them in castles and monasteries and places like that in case of seige or fire or… or… something…’ Vicki’s voice tailed off: now that Steven had mentioned it, it did seem a very unlikely idea.

‘Come off it,’ Steven said. ‘A secret passage! That’s about as likely as escaping through the ventilation shaft – and just as clichéd!’

‘Do you have a better idea?’ asked Vicki. ‘Because until you do come up with one I suggest you get up off your backside and help me look!’

Wearily Steven got to his feet and followed Vicki’s example of examining the walls of the cell with the palms of his hands.

Behind him Vicki squeaked with excitement. ‘Steven, come and look at this!’

Steven came over to the far wall where Vicki had discovered a large loose stone. He put his fingers into the space between it and the other stones, and levered the loose stone towards him. As he pulled it, it hinged outwards, revealing the entrance to a low dark tunnel.

Vicki was immensely pleased with herself. ‘What did I say?’

‘Who’s a clever girl then? After you.’ Steven waved her on and Vicki skipped smugly into the tunnel.

They had just closed the secret door behind them when the Monk came down the outside corridor. He had made Eldred comfortable and was on his way to collect some medical supplies. On his return he had decided to look in at his prisoner.

He paused at the cell door and stood on tip-toes to look through the spy hole. As he leant against the door it swung open, much to his surprise, and he fell through the doorway to land face down on the cell floor in a most undignified heap.

He picked himself up quickly, anxious to preserve as much dignity as possible, and only then realised that the Doctor was not laughing at him. Puzzled he looked at the disturbed bedclothes and then under the bed itself.

Nothing.

He stood up and scratched his head. A worried frown darkened his brow. Wulnoth and Eldred, even Steven and

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