Doctor Who: Nightshade by Mark Gatiss

Author:Mark Gatiss
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780426203766
Publisher: Doctor Who Books
Published: 1992-10-15T10:00:00+00:00

Ace nodded. ‘They can be a pain in the arse, can’t they?’

On the radio, The Move were urging everyone to call the

‘Look, if you’re going to the monastery, I can meet you fire brigade. Medway hummed along tunelessly until static there. I’ll only be a couple of hours.’

crackled across the frequency.

The smile returned to her face. ‘All right then. It’s a date.’

With one hand still on the steering wheel, he fiddled with Robin grinned and shrugged. ‘Yeah. I suppose it is.’

the dial and cursed as the reception broke up completely.

He kissed her quickly on the cheek and, waving goodbye He clicked the dial to ‘off’ and the car was silent except for to the rest, left the room.

the gentle hum of the heating.

‘Ready?’ said the Doctor.

The road ahead emerged on to the moor and he pulled up Cooper began to fumble under a bench. ‘Hang on a tick, the car a moment to check his bearings. The windscreen Doctor. I’ll need to get in touch with you if there’s another wipers thrummed repeatedly as a fine drizzle swept across energy surge.’ She popped up again. ‘Here.’

the land.

She tossed a small black box across the room to the Doctor, Medway craned his neck and saw the old bus shelter with which he caught nimbly.

the road sign by it.

‘Walkie-talkie,’ she said. ‘Not much of a range but that

‘Crook Marsham. One mile.’ He smiled to himself, might work in our favour. It may have survived the pressing down on the accelerator.

blowout. Anyway, if you hear from me, then we’ll know.’

The road across the moor was narrow and black, rain

‘Thank you.’ The Doctor slipped the device into his glistening on its old surface. Black and white posts studded already bulging pockets. ‘Au revoir.’ He marched out. Ace with hexagonal reflectors appeared every few yards. They gave a general smile to the room and dashed after him.

were quite tall, in order to project, Medway assumed, above

‘What a funny little man,’ said Cooper.

the deep snow which doubtless struck the area.

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