Doctor Who: The Mind Robber by Peter Ling

Author:Peter Ling
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780426202868
Publisher: Target Books
Published: 1987-04-15T10:00:00+00:00

his eyes – which are his eyes?’

He started to choose a likely pair; but Zoe stopped him and handed him the correct ones. The Doctor cleared his throat: ‘Ah, yes – I know, I know – don’t keep interfering...

’

Between them, they sorted out the various features that made up Jamie’s face, and put them together on the blank cut-out.

Immediately the two dimensions increased to three: Jamie resumed his shape and stature, and came to life again

– this time, with his own face. Zoe hugged him thankfully.

‘Oh, Jamie – thank goodness you’re back!’

‘Back?’ He stared at her. ‘What d’ye mean – “back”? I haven’t been anywhere... ’

The Doctor smilingly produced his pocket-mirror again, as Zoe explained: ‘You’ve got your face back.’

‘I have?’ Jamie checked his reflection and grinned broadly. ‘Aye – so I have... That’s a lot better.’

With renewed confidence, he indicated the front door which still stood half-open, and suggested: ‘What d’ye say we explore inside the house? You never know – we might find out a bit more about what’s going on.’

The Doctor agreed, and they all entered the ramshackle mansion. As they walked in, the front door swung slowly shut behind them.

They looked about them: the sight that met their eyes was very curious – a high-ceilinged hall, lit by antique candelabra, with flickering flames that guttered into trickles of wax.

‘There must be somebody here,’ Zoe pointed out.

‘Someone had to light the candles.’

She looked around nervously – and gasped, as a sudden flurry of movement caught her eye. At one end of the hall was a long table, covered in a damask cloth that had once been white, but was now discoloured with dust and grime.

At the head.of the table stood a wedding cake: it had been there for years, and had long since gone mouldy – only its thick sugar icing held it together, in three grand tiers that had begun to topple at a precarious angle. Cobwebs veiled it, from the topmost wreath of orange blossom to the ceremonial knife, laid out ready to cut the cake – a knife that was never used.

And at the heart of the cake, a family of mice had made their nest: they twitched their tails and disappeared at the sight of the newcomers.

Zoe shuddered: ‘A wedding cake that was never cut... ’

‘For a wedding that never took place,’ the Doctor completed her sentence. ‘But that’s another story – by a chap called Dickens – you wouldn’t know about him either, I’m afraid... Shall we proceed?’

Jamie had ventured a little further, and now reported back: ‘There are four passages leading out of this hall – and four flights of stone steps that all seem to lead downwards...

Into the cellars by the look of it... It’d be very easy to get lost in a place like this.’

‘Just a moment!’ The Doctor stooped, and picked up a small round object which lay at his feet. ‘A ball of twine...

This must be an invitation.’

‘What do you mean?’

‘It’s the classic method of finding the way through a maze.

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