Sting of the Zygons by Stephen Cole

Author:Stephen Cole [Cole, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Radio and Television Novels, Media Tie-In, Comics & Graphic Novels, Doctor Who (Fictitious Character)
ISBN: 9781846072253
Publisher: BBC
Published: 2007-07-18T07:00:00+00:00

casually clocking the few controls he understood. ‘If Mrs U was really Mrs Z, why not bring me here sooner?’

‘It did not serve our interests.’ Taro’s bloated lips tugged into a smile. ‘This ship is submerged beneath Lake Kelmore. You came to our lair of your own free will.’

‘Well, apart from having a good gloat, what is it you want from me?’ the Doctor demanded. ‘I mean, you’ve ruined my plan, stopped me sending your Skarasen to sleep. You’ve got the old activator back now.’

Taro duly held it up.

‘Tell us how you planned to subdue the

Skarasen.’

‘Why d’you want to know?’ he asked, genuinely interested.

‘Tell us, truthfully.’ the Zygon insisted. ‘Or we shall kill your friend.’

‘All right.’ The Doctor took a deep breath. ‘I thought a burst of energised sound on the right wavelength might set the delta-wave generator resonating in harmony with the diastellic signal receptors in the Skarasen’s brain. Or in purely sonic terms: whirrrrr-wheeeee-brbrbrbrbrbrbr-Zzzzzzz.’ He made a snoring noise, then raised his eyebrows. ‘Well, you did ask.’

‘So the therapy would be non-invasive?’

‘You’d know more about invasions than me.’ He smiled. ‘So! I’ve answered your questions – here are some of mine. What’s going on with little Molly Melton? I mean, why impersonate a child just to have her point people towards your pet monster? And those cranes, the diggers in the barn – the best gear this century can supply for coping with a giant amphibious cyborg. . . I’m pretty sure you ordered them, not Sir Albert Morton – not the real Sir Albert, anyway. It’s almost like you wanted the humans to take on your Skarasen.’

‘Be silent, Doctor, or the girl –’

‘No!’ Angrily, he shook his arms free of the two Zygons and advanced on Taro. ‘You won’t kill Martha, because you need answers from me. And if you so much as scratch her I’ll never tell you a thing.’

He slammed his hand down on the weirdly glowing console. ‘ Never.’

‘Are you so very sure, Doctor?’ she whispered. ‘We are sole survivors of a stellar calamity. Our ship has crash-landed here. We are alone on 95

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