Doctor Who: Magic of the Angels by Rayner Jacqueline

Author:Rayner, Jacqueline [Rayner, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781446417638
Publisher: BBC Digital
Published: 2012-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Eight

AS SOON AS Amy shut the door of the box, the Doctor set to work. He’d hidden the sonic screwdriver up his sleeve, and now he shook it down into his hand. Amy had been careful to leave the chains loose enough to allow him to do that.

A couple of quick buzzes from the screwdriver made the chains and padlocks fall away, followed by the handcuffs. The Doctor pulled the sack off his head and knelt down.

He’d watched Sammy Star’s act closely. Sammy had appeared from a ‘grave’ as if by magic. The Doctor had worked out that there must be a trapdoor in the stage. He’d told Amy to put the cabinet over that exact spot. Now he opened the trapdoor and climbed down.

There was just enough space to stand up under the stage. He shut the trapdoor behind him, then looked around. A dim light showed a door to one side. The Doctor went through it and found himself in the heart of the theatre. There were no guards or dogs as no intruder was supposed to get this far in. This was the place he’d been searching for, Sammy Star’s prop store.

There was a keypad by the storeroom door. A sequence of numbers would be needed to unlock it.

Just as he was about to attack the lock with the sonic screwdriver, he heard movement. There was someone inside the room. It couldn’t be Sammy Star, as he was still upstairs in the theatre. The Doctor shrugged and knocked on the door. It seemed the easiest way.

‘Who is it?’ a girl’s voice called from inside the room.

‘It’s me,’ the Doctor called back. He’d noticed before that people often accepted that without asking who ‘me’ was.

Sure enough, the door was opened from inside. A girl stood there. She had long black hair and wore a white Victorian-style nightdress. The Doctor did a double-take, but a second look showed it wasn’t Kylie Duncan. She was in the past now, the Doctor knew. It must be that Sammy Star chose girls who looked alike. That way people wouldn’t notice it was a new girl every night.

‘Hello?’ said the girl.

‘Hello, I’m the Doctor,’ replied the Doctor cheerfully. He shut the door behind him and was inside the room before she knew what had happened.

He looked around with interest. A cage in a corner held a large, sad white rabbit with floppy ears. Plastic gravestones leant against the walls. There was a full-length mirror on a stand. Chains and ropes dangled from hooks. A dozen costumes hung from a rail.

Next to the rabbit’s cage was a tall box. It was about the same size and shape as the one he’d been locked in. He smiled, thinking of Amy still dancing around on the stage.

As the girl watched, confused, he ran the sonic screwdriver across the box. ‘Hmm,’ he said, glancing at a reading. ‘Lead-lined.’

‘No one’s allowed to touch that box!’ the girl cried. ‘That’s why the door was locked!’

‘Well, yes, he would have told you that,’ said the Doctor.

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