Doctor Who: The Time Travellers by Simon Guerrier

Author:Simon Guerrier
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780563486336
Publisher: BBC Books
Published: 2005-11-09T10:00:00+00:00

She held on tightly to Susan's hand, keeping the girl from getting too close to the man.

He beckoned them to a doorway, his face grave. 'There are too many men round the main entrance,' he said. 'We can't go out that way.'

'Whatever you think best,' said Barbara. She saw him try to hide how the words hurt him. He must know he wasn't real, she thought. She could spare no pity for him, though.

'So what will we do?' asked Susan.

'I don't know,' he admitted. 'What else can we do?'

Barbara glared at him. This was just hopeless. Susan, however, tugged at her arm. Her eyes were alive with excitement. 'We can ask Griffiths!'

They made their way down the stairs from the courtroom. The Doctor lagged behind, his old bones unable to keep up. Kelly did not often feel the sprightly one, but the Doctor seemed inordinately old. He leant him an arm to lean on, and the Doctor accepted gratefully. Bamford did not wait for them. 'She's utterly ruthless,' Kelly whispered. 'That woman was her: 'She's hiding something,' said the Doctor.

'You think she's actually upset about it?'

'Perhaps. But you saw the understanding between them, about what had happened. That other one of her, she accepted her fate. She surrendered herself to the firing squad. That's not like this woman at all, she's a fighter. Believe me, Bamford knows more about your experiment, and its ramifications, than she's ever admitted to us.'

'You think so?'

'I'm sure of it.' She hit upon the Ship, too. The police box. She knew it was involved all along, as if she'd seen it before...'

'I don't follow. How could she? And you said it had nothing do with it.'

'Well, I lied,' he shrugged. Kelly let it pass. 'She's scared out of her wits by something.'

'The enemy is on our heels, Doctor.'

'It's not that,' he said. 'It's something to do with your work.

She knows something.'

'What are you two blathering about?' Bamford called, from -

levels below them on the stairs.

'The experiment,' Kelly called back. 'We were discussing what we could do...'

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