UNIT soldiers had arrived in force at dawn. At 8 a.m. he had been called to Dr Stevens’s office, where the Director of Panorama Chemicals had the Minister of Ecology on the phone ready to speak to, and give orders to, the Brigadier. On the face of it, the Brigadier agreed with the orders he was given. Aided by Sergeant Benton, he had quickly carried out the first part of the orders. Explosive charges were laid down the mine shaft, and, as the Brigadier stood by the pit head watching his men work, wire was attached from the explosives to the plungers that would detonate them. And then the Doctor arrived, driving his vintage car Bessie. ‘Morning, Doctor,’ called the Brigadier cheerfully. ‘Glad to have her with you, are you?’ He indicated the Doctor’s beloved car, which the Brigadier had had brought from London by a UNIT driver. ‘Very thoughtful of you,’ said the Doctor. ‘Now what’s all this about blowing up the mine?’ ‘Best in the long run,’ said the Brigadier. ‘Anyway, orders are orders.
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