The Mind of Evil by Terrance Dicks

Author:Terrance Dicks [Dicks, Terrance]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science-Fiction - Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780491033336
Publisher: Target Books
Published: 1985-04-14T22:00:00+00:00

9

The Test

The Doctor drove up to the main gate and submitted to the usual rigmarole with spy-camera and pass. It seemed to take a little longer this time for some reason.

The gate was opened and as the Doctor drove under the arch, a uniformed figure jumped into the back of the car and jabbed a rifle at his head.

‘Don’t point that thing at me!’ said the Doctor indignantly. ‘I’m here on official business. I understand there’s been some trouble in here.’

‘That’s right, and you’re in it. Now, let’s get this heap inside.’

Suddenly the Doctor realised that the man wasn’t a warder, he was a prisoner. Calmly the Doctor moved the rifle-barrel out of line with his head. ‘I was going there anyway,’ he said with dignity, and drove along the ring-road towards the inner courtyard.

The main door clanged shut behind him.

A few minutes later, armed prisoners were shoving the Doctor into the Governor’s office.

The figure at the desk was turned away from him.

Suddenly the swivel chair swung round, revealing the face of the Master. He waved the prisoners away. ‘All right, Vosper, Mailer…’

The Doctor dropped into a chair. ‘Yes, I thought as much.’

The Master looked disappointed. ‘You don’t seem very surprised?’

‘Hardly. How’s the riot going?’

‘Long since over,’ said the Master proudly. ‘I now have control of the entire prison.’

‘And where’s Jo Grant?’

‘In our best cell.’

‘Is she indeed?’ The Doctor leaned forward. ‘If you so much as touch a hair on her head, I’ll…’

Suddenly there was a gun in the Master’s hand. ‘You’ll do nothing, Doctor, or I’ll put bullets through both your hearts.’

The Doctor raised a hand in temporary surrender. ‘All right, all right. Why the delay – I take it I’m to be killed eventually?’

‘Eventually, yes, Doctor. But for the moment, I need your help.’

‘To control that Machine of yours – Professor Keller? You want to be careful, one day it’ll end up killing you.’

‘Oh, it won’t harm me,’ said the Master boastfully. ‘I created it, after all. But I admit, it has developed something of a will of its own. You, I am sure, have the ability to control it – while I am engaged on other business.’

‘What other business?’

‘Your UNIT friends, Doctor, are transporting a nerve-gas missile. I intend to take it away from them.’

The Doctor shook his head. ‘It’s a lunatic-sounding scheme – still, I suppose that’s only to be expected.’

The Master smiled. ‘Come now, Doctor, let’s not be petty. How can I fail? I launch the missile, wipe out the Peace Conference, the great Powers will blame each other and the world will be at war.’

The Master leaned back, preening himself – and the Doctor tipped the desk over on top of him.

Cat-quick reflexes enabled the Master to avoid being pinned down. But the effort cost him his balance and he crashed over backwards on his chair.

Gun in hand he scrambled to his feet – and slipped and fell in the pool of water from the Governor’s overturned carafe. He scrambled to his feet again, saw a cloaked figure looming over him and fired…

There was a hollow clang.

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