Doctor Who: Claws of Axos by Terrance Dicks

Author:Terrance Dicks
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780426117032
Publisher: Target Books
Published: 1983-05-15T10:00:00+00:00

He put the Axonite down on the console, and began adjusting control-settings. He had just pulled back the transparent door when he heard the lab door open. Presumably Winser had returned unexpectedly... But when he looked up he saw that it wasn't Winser.

It was Filer. 'Filer, my dear chap. Did you escape?' There was no reply. The Doctor looked again. The newcomer certainly looked like Filer, exactly like him. But he held himself with a certain stiffness, and the face was completely expressionless. The Doctor had encountered human replication before, during his battle with the Autons. So despite the amazing resemblance, he wasn't deceived by the creature that stalked towards him. This Filer was a fake.

The Doctor was even more sure when the replica spoke. The flatness of the voice was another give-away. 'Come with me, Doctor.

You must come to Axos.'

'Nonsense,' said the Doctor briskly. 'I've no intention of coming with you anywhere. You're not Filer.'

'Come to Axos.' The replica seized the Doctor's arm in an iron grip, repeating the phrase like a broken record. 'You must come to Axos.'

The Doctor felt himself being dragged towards the laboratory door. Only his knowledge of Venusian Aikido enabled him to break free. He gripped the replica's arm, twisted, threw... The fake Filer reeled across the laboratory and slammed into a bench, sending retorts and test tubes crashing to the floor.

A human being would have been stunned by such a fall. But the Axon stumbled to its feet and headed back towards the Doctor.

'You will come to Axos.' Its arm flashed out with amazing speed, clubbing the Doctor to the ground. The Axon began dragging him to the door.

Suddenly another, identical figure appeared in the doorway—

the real Filer. The replica dropped the Doctor, and moved in to the attack.

Confronted by his double, Bill Filer reacted with swift efficiency. He sprang forward and delivered two swift chopping blows which should have knocked the creature out. It ignored the blows, moving forward remorselessly. Bill Filer backed away drawing his Colt Cobra. 'Doc, keep down,' he yelled, and pulled the trigger again and again.

The crash of the heavy revolver filled the laboratory. The impact of the bullets sent the replica staggering back—but that was all. Recovering its balance it stalked forward once more...

Abandoning his gun, Filer closed with it. They fought fiercely, exchanging savage blows. Like the Doctor before him, Filer found himself no match for the Axon's inhuman strength. He managed to trip it and send it staggering... Filer grabbed a lab stool to smash down on the Axon—and the Doctor staggered dazedly to his feet and grabbed him. Desperately the real Filer yelled, 'No, Doc, no... it's me!

'

The Doctor realised he was wrestling with the real flesh and blood. Releasing Filer he swung round. They were just in front of the Particle Accelerator—and the Axon replica, on its feet once more, was rushing towards them. They jumped aside, Filer thrust out a foot—and the Axon shot straight through the open door of the Particle Accelerator.

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