Doctor Who: New Series Adventures [018] - Wetworld by Mark Michalowski

Author:Mark Michalowski
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Adventure, Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Media Tie-In
ISBN: 9781846072710
Publisher: BBC Books
Published: 2007-09-19T07:00:00+00:00

‘The other skeletons that I heard you’d found: have they been given a good going-over?’

Ty nodded. ‘They were all people who disappeared during the flood.

Dental records are pretty clear.’

‘Causes of death?’

‘Impossible to tell from the skeletons – I assumed they drowned.

But they all have holes in their chests or their heads – different sizes.

Some the size of a fist, others just pinpricks.’

The Doctor chewed thoughtfully on the arm of his glasses.

‘Sounds to me like someone’s been experimenting. Someone. Or some thing.’

‘Experimenting?’

‘Experimenting with human bodies – working out how they work, how to get inside them.’

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ty hug her arms to herself tighter.

‘We really could do with understanding why, what those slimy little pets of the otters are up to.’ His eyes lit up and he grinned. ‘You know what we need to decode the RNA and the proteins, don’t you?’

Ty shook her head.

‘What we need is the most advanced biological computer I can think of.’

‘Here?’ Ty scoffed. ‘You’re lucky we’ve got all this stuff. Where d’you think you’re going to lay your hands on something like that?’

The Doctor raised an eyebrow and gave her one of those stares.

‘You’re looking at it,’ he said.

‘You’re mad!’ cried Ty, staring at the Doctor with wide eyes.

‘One man’s madness is another man’s, erm, poison,’ the Doctor replied. ‘Say hello to the Doctor-o-tronic.’

‘Exactly,’ Ty reiterated. ‘This stuff is poison. Look what it’s done to Martha – and you’re going to, what, inject it into yourself?’

The Doctor pressed his lips together and took Ty’s hands in his. His skin felt strangely cool.

‘If there was another choice. . . ’ he said gently. ‘We need to know what those slime-things are putting into the otters – and into Martha.

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