Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time by Terrance Dicks

Author:Terrance Dicks
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780426200932
Publisher: Target Books
Published: 1983-05-15T10:00:00+00:00

9 The Vardans

The Doctor said, 'Please don't do that, I am the President, you know, show some respect, stun him, K9!'

K9 did. Andred slumped to the floor.

'Well, don't just stand there,' said the Doctor ungratefully. 'Get on with it, reconnect.'

'Commencing reconnection.' K9 resumed his communion with the Matrix.

The ominous shimmering presence of a Vardan at his elbow, Castellan Kelner sat studying his monitor screen. On it was a picture of a number of Andred's guards lurking furtively around the TARDIS. Kelner didn't quite understand what was going on, but he had seen more than enough to worry him. Nervously, he made a decision snapping his fingers to summon the bodyguard in the doorway. 'Take a squad and arrest Commander Andred and the guards who are with him. If they resist, kill them.'

The bodyguard saluted and departed.

'Something is wrong?' enquired the Vardan coldly.

'Nothing my bodyguard cannot deal with," said Kelner hastily. 'Just an infringement of discipline to be punished.'

'You act correctly. Lack of discipline cannot be tolerated.'

Kelner looked pleased. He was going to get on well with his new masters after all. Perhaps even better than the Doctor. In which case... was the Doctor's continued existence really necessary?

'Come on, K9,' said the Doctor impatiently. 'Get on with it, they'll start to miss me soon.'

He was so absorbed that he failed to notice that Andred had recovered and was rising groggily to his feet, the staser still in his hand. 'Die, traitor!'

'Not now,' said the Doctor absently. 'Can't you see I'm busy?'

Andred fired.

Nothing happened.

He fired again and again, still with no result.

'It won't work in here,' explained the Doctor calmly, 'not inside the relative dimensional stabilizer field.'

'Then why did you tell that thing to stun me?'

'I wanted you out of the way for a bit. Now, are you going to behave, or shall I tell K9 to stun you again? I'd sooner not bother K9, he's rather busy.'

Andred holstered his useless staser. 'What treachery are you attempting now?'

'Something rather more efficient than your recent efforts I hope!'

The Doctor returned his attention to the console. 'Come on, K9, get on with it.'

The bodyguard squad marched swiftly up to the TARDIS, taking Andred's guards completely by surprise. There was a brief useless attempt at resistance, which ended in massacre as the bodyguard squad ruthlessly shot down Andred's men.

As the crackle of staser-bolts died away, the squad leader raised his communicator. 'Operation completed, Castellan.'

'You might as well surrender, Doctor,' said Andred. 'This capsule is surrounded by my men. There's no way you can go outside and stay alive.'

The Doctor ignored him. 'K9, I'm going outside for a moment, I'm relying on you. Don't let this idiot touch anything.'

The Doctor headed for the door.

'Goodbye, Doctor,' said Andred ironically, and waited for the sound of staser fire.

The Doctor came out of the TARDIS and surveyed the bodyguard squad with a look of lordly surprise. 'What's going on here?'

'These men were trying to assassinate you, sir.'

'Did you have to kill them?'

'Yes,' said the bodyguard bluntly.

'Yes, I suppose you did.

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