Doctor Who: Target - Novelisations [140] - The Chase by John Peel

Author:John Peel
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction - Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780426203360
Publisher: Target Books
Published: 1989-09-14T22:00:00+00:00

9

Fallen Spirits

The Patrol Leader turned with satisfaction from the screens inside the time machine. ‘The scanners indicate that the enemy time machine is still here. We have caught them.’

‘Which planet are we on?’ The Second-in-command asked. ‘Earth. They have changed their geographical and temporal location by only a few units.’

‘They cannot elude us this time.’

‘No.’ The Leader moved away from the controls.

‘Disembark the search force.’

The Daleks began to glide out of their time machine, ready to seek out their foes. Following the instructions of the Leader, they dispersed to look through the dark corridors and rooms. Unlike their four targets, the Daleks had no innate fear of either the shadows or the unknown. If something existed, it could be destroyed; if it did not exist, then it was of no importance. They also had, naturally, no knowledge of the creatures of human myths and imagination.

Exploring upstairs, one of the Daleks came upon the laboratory. Scanning the area showed one humanoid figure, stretched out on a table. Moving forward to investigate, the Dalek passed between the large tubes.

Instantly, the rings of light began to float upwards, inside the vacuum tubes. The Dalek spun about, seeking for whoever had triggered the machinery. There was still no one in sight but the unmoving figure on the table. Switching to infra-red, the Dalek saw that a low-level photoelectric eye had been set up between the tubes. Passing through the beam had set the machinery into motion.

The light-tubes had built up to their peak again, and the twin globes moved over the sheeted figure. A blast of electricity sizzled through the air, and then the being on the table began to stir. The Dalek had no interest in the appearance of the creature – all humanoids looked equally ugly to it – but it was displaying some form of intelligence, even though it was not registering as a living being.

‘Halt!’ the Dalek grated. ‘You will answer my questions!’

Ignoring the order, the Frankenstein monster pushed back the sheet, and sat up, swinging its legs to the floor.

Evidently, the creature would not obey. The Dalek opened fire at it. In the stream of radiation, the monster seemed totally untouched. Then it simply lay down again and covered itself.

The Dalek was worried over the immunity this being showed to the lethal radiation fire. No living creature was supposed to be able to withstand a sustained burst as this creature had. Before the Dalek could reach the logical conclusion, a bell began to peal hollowly from some floor above. The Dalek whirled about, and set off to investigate.

Blissfully unaware of how wrong his conclusions were, the Doctor was once again feeling confident. As usual, this made him smug and garrulous. Ian had difficulty in getting him to listen, but then reminded him that Barbara and Vicki were still missing.

‘Where can they have gone to?’ he asked. ‘We would have seen them if they had gone upstairs. And they certainly didn’t want to get too far away from the TARDIS.’

‘Listen!’ the Doctor interrupted him, holding up a hand.

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