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He seemed grateful for her company, and was being
exceptionally charming. Chorley was a skilled interviewer,
who knew how to use the soft approach when it paid him. To
her surprise, Victoria was soon telling him all about the
TARDIS. Chorley listened, struggling to understand. ‘And
you say this machine of the Doctor’s could get you out of
here?’
‘Yes, of course it could. The TARDIS can go anywhere.’
‘And it’s still at Covent Garden where you left it?’
‘I suppose it must be.’
‘Then why doesn’t the Doctor use it to rescue us all?’
‘I suppose he will, if there’s no alternative. But he won’t
leave until Jamie turns up. And now they’re going to blow up
the tunnel...’ Victoria held back a sob.
The Doctor came into the room and looked at them,
sensing something strange in the atmosphere.
Chorley spoke in a strained voice. ‘We were just talking
about you, Doctor... I hadn’t realised...’ Suddenly he rushed
from the room.
The Doctor looked after him in astonishment. ‘What’s
the matter with him?’
‘I think he’s worried about them blowing up the tunnel.’
‘He needn’t be—I doubt if they’ll succeed,’ said the
Doctor. ‘Anyway, why should he worry about that?’
‘He’s got some idea you could take us all away in the
TARDIS—he doesn’t want us to be cut off from it.’
‘Victoria—you didn’t tell him about the TARDIS?’
Victoria nodded. It was impossible to explain the impact
of Chorley’s charm. ‘You don’t think he wants to steal it?’ she
asked in sudden alarm.
‘I wouldn’t put it past him.’ The Doctor tried the door.
It was locked. ‘Oh, Victoria,’ he said reproachfully. Victoria
started to cry.
As Harold Chorley hurried to the Fortress exit, he was
surprised to find it open. Jamie and Evans, back at last, were
just being admitted by a suspicious sentry. ‘Has the Colonel’s
party already left?’ Chorley gasped breathlessly.
It was Jamie who answered. ‘Aye, they’re already off to
Holborn. We passed them on the way down the tunnel.’
Before anyone could stop him, Chorley dashed into the
tunnel. The sentry decided he could look after himself, and
closed and barred the door again. Jamie and Evans moved
along the Fortress corridors. They heard a muffled banging
from the door of the Common Room, which seemed to be
locked on the outside. Jamie unlocked and opened the door.
Victoria and the Doctor fell out almost on top of him. There
was a brief and rapturous reunion which the Doctor
interrupted by saying urgently, ‘Jamie, have you seen
Chorley?’
‘Aye, just a minute ago. He went out as we came in.
Seemed in a rare old state, too.’
‘Come on!’ The Doctor ran down the corridor. Jamie
and Victoria looked helplessly at each other and set off in
pursuit. After a moment’s hesitation, Evans followed them.
There was clearly something nasty going on here, and he
didn’t want to face it alone. Maybe there would be safety in
numbers.
He caught up with them just as the Doctor was
persuading the reluctant sentries to open the main door yet
again.
‘What do you think I am,’ one of them grumbled.
‘Doorman at Harrods?’
Jamie, the Doctor, Victoria and Evans rushed out into
the tunnels. The sentry slammed the door behind them and
turned back to his mate. ‘This time it stays closed.’
A giant shape began moving quietly down the corridor
towards them.
Travers threw down his tweezers in disgust, and looked
up from the control sphere. ‘Well, where is the Doctor, then?
I’ve gone as far on this as I can without his help. Gives you a
job to do and then disappears.’
Anne smiled. ‘Shall I go and see if he’s back yet?’ Before
Travers could reply, there was a distant thump, and a muffled
scream. Travers got to his feet. ‘Stay here, Anne.’ Ignoring [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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He seemed grateful for her company, and was being
exceptionally charming. Chorley was a skilled interviewer,
who knew how to use the soft approach when it paid him. To
her surprise, Victoria was soon telling him all about the
TARDIS. Chorley listened, struggling to understand. ‘And
you say this machine of the Doctor’s could get you out of
here?’
‘Yes, of course it could. The TARDIS can go anywhere.’
‘And it’s still at Covent Garden where you left it?’
‘I suppose it must be.’
‘Then why doesn’t the Doctor use it to rescue us all?’
‘I suppose he will, if there’s no alternative. But he won’t
leave until Jamie turns up. And now they’re going to blow up
the tunnel...’ Victoria held back a sob.
The Doctor came into the room and looked at them,
sensing something strange in the atmosphere.
Chorley spoke in a strained voice. ‘We were just talking
about you, Doctor... I hadn’t realised...’ Suddenly he rushed
from the room.
The Doctor looked after him in astonishment. ‘What’s
the matter with him?’
‘I think he’s worried about them blowing up the tunnel.’
‘He needn’t be—I doubt if they’ll succeed,’ said the
Doctor. ‘Anyway, why should he worry about that?’
‘He’s got some idea you could take us all away in the
TARDIS—he doesn’t want us to be cut off from it.’
‘Victoria—you didn’t tell him about the TARDIS?’
Victoria nodded. It was impossible to explain the impact
of Chorley’s charm. ‘You don’t think he wants to steal it?’ she
asked in sudden alarm.
‘I wouldn’t put it past him.’ The Doctor tried the door.
It was locked. ‘Oh, Victoria,’ he said reproachfully. Victoria
started to cry.
As Harold Chorley hurried to the Fortress exit, he was
surprised to find it open. Jamie and Evans, back at last, were
just being admitted by a suspicious sentry. ‘Has the Colonel’s
party already left?’ Chorley gasped breathlessly.
It was Jamie who answered. ‘Aye, they’re already off to
Holborn. We passed them on the way down the tunnel.’
Before anyone could stop him, Chorley dashed into the
tunnel. The sentry decided he could look after himself, and
closed and barred the door again. Jamie and Evans moved
along the Fortress corridors. They heard a muffled banging
from the door of the Common Room, which seemed to be
locked on the outside. Jamie unlocked and opened the door.
Victoria and the Doctor fell out almost on top of him. There
was a brief and rapturous reunion which the Doctor
interrupted by saying urgently, ‘Jamie, have you seen
Chorley?’
‘Aye, just a minute ago. He went out as we came in.
Seemed in a rare old state, too.’
‘Come on!’ The Doctor ran down the corridor. Jamie
and Victoria looked helplessly at each other and set off in
pursuit. After a moment’s hesitation, Evans followed them.
There was clearly something nasty going on here, and he
didn’t want to face it alone. Maybe there would be safety in
numbers.
He caught up with them just as the Doctor was
persuading the reluctant sentries to open the main door yet
again.
‘What do you think I am,’ one of them grumbled.
‘Doorman at Harrods?’
Jamie, the Doctor, Victoria and Evans rushed out into
the tunnels. The sentry slammed the door behind them and
turned back to his mate. ‘This time it stays closed.’
A giant shape began moving quietly down the corridor
towards them.
Travers threw down his tweezers in disgust, and looked
up from the control sphere. ‘Well, where is the Doctor, then?
I’ve gone as far on this as I can without his help. Gives you a
job to do and then disappears.’
Anne smiled. ‘Shall I go and see if he’s back yet?’ Before
Travers could reply, there was a distant thump, and a muffled
scream. Travers got to his feet. ‘Stay here, Anne.’ Ignoring [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]