Novelization of the Doctor Who TV episdoes/story of the same name. When the Doctor, Polly and Ben visit a human colony that appears to be one big holiday camp, they think they have come across a truly happy place. But a shadowy presence soon makes them realise that the surface contentment is car...
‘What are they doing?’ Polly wanted to know. ‘We call that probing,’ Medok told her. ‘They are testing for further supplies of gas.’ ‘More gas!’ ‘Oh yes. The process never stops.’ Medok was bitter. ‘We find one source, create a pressure point, fix cables to syphon it off, and then go on and do th...
He had been juggling with a number of the intricate dials on the banks of instruments that ranged across the TARDIS’s control console, making calculations, adjusting a multi-computer, and coming to conclusions that brought a dry smile to his time-weathered features. ‘It’s not always I can predict...
The One Who Got Away The Doctor paced up and down in Sir Charles’s library, while his host looked on anxiously. ‘Take my advice, Doctor. Try to relax. There’s no point in upsetting yourself like this.’ ‘He should have been back hours ago,’ said the Doctor. ‘I should never have let him go.’ ‘You k...