The Solar System by Gary Russell

Author:Gary Russell [Russell, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science-Fiction - Doctor Who
Publisher: Big Finish
Published: 2005-08-31T22:00:00+00:00

Saturn

Alison Lawson

An Adventure of the Fifth Doctor,

with Nyssa of Traken

‘A pot of tea for two, please,’ said the Doctor, smiling broadly at the robot waiter. Returning the smile, the waiter retreated from the warm sunshine of the pavement café back into the relative cool of the kitchen.

Nyssa took in her surroundings and shielded her eyes from the sun as she watched people walking by. ‘This is very pleasant, Doctor. It makes a very welcome change to find somewhere where the people all seem to be happy and the elements are not automatically ranged against us.’

‘Really, Nyssa,’ admonished the Doctor. ‘You make it sound as if we never have a day off.’

Nyssa raised an eyebrow.

Officers Buc and Huc patrolled their beat with the relaxed comfort that comes with knowing it isn’t very likely for a crime to be committed on your watch and, even if one were committed, it would probably be so small or so easily dealt with that there need be no worries. They enjoyed their work. Saturnites felt safe to see them on patrol, dressed in their smart dark green uniforms and matching caps, discreetly carrying their seldom-used handguns in holsters under their jackets.

It was as they were strolling along a path in the pleasure gardens that the alarm went off. No one could hear it, of course, but both officers felt it simultaneously – the vibrate alarm integral to their communicators buzzed virtually silently, alerting them, and only them, to the incident.

‘Looks like we’ve got a denial in progress,’ said Buc. ‘Haven’t had one of those in a while.’

‘Where is it?’ asked Huc, as his colleague adjusted controls on his communicator to find the miscreant’s location with the built-in tracker.

‘Not far from here. Sector two. Better get over there.’

Quickening their pace slightly, the officers headed away from the pleasure gardens and out onto the streets.

Nyssa sipped her tea and wondered how the Doctor could drink his so quickly without scalding his throat.

‘And although I’d heard about a utopian society on Saturn in the forty-seventh century,’ he was saying. ‘I’d never managed to fit in a visit, and now we’re here…’

He had been talking for some time, but the sunshine was so warm and the air so sweet, that Nyssa found she wasn’t really concentrating on what he was saying. She watched as a young couple of about her own age approached the café. A slender woman with shoulder-length dark hair and deep brown eyes, and a slightly stocky man with short black hair and brown eyes. Nyssa realised suddenly that all the Saturnites seemed to have dark hair and brown eyes. Catching the eye of the woman, Nyssa smiled, and the woman smiled back.

‘I wonder how they stabilise the surface and maintain the atmosphere,’ the Doctor was saying, talking chiefly to himself.

Nyssa could see that the young couple could find no table to sit at, so she waved at them, smiling.

‘Who are you waving at?’ asked the Doctor, breaking off from his Saturn monologue.

‘Why don’t you sit with us?’ called Nyssa in the couple’s direction.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.