140 - Doctor Who - The Chase

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Through a Space-Time Visualiser the Doctor and his

companions are horrified to see an execution squad of

Daleks about to leave Skaro on a mission to find the

TARDIS and exterminate the time travellers.

Eluding the Daleks on the barren planet Aridius the Doctor

and his friends escape in the TARDIS. But this is only the

beginning of an epic journey.

As they travel through space and time, they try to shake

off their pursuers by making a series of random

landings—but the Daleks don’t give up easily. This is a

chase to the death...

ISBN 0 426 20336 4

DOCTOR WHO

THE CHASE

Based on the BBC television series by Terry Nation by

arrangement with BBC Books, a division of BBC Enterprises

Ltd

JOHN PEEL

Number 140 in the

Target Doctor Who Library

A TARGET BOOK

published by

The Paperback Division of

W. H. Allen & Co. PLC

A Target Book

Published in 1989

by the Paperback Division of W H Allen & Co Plc

Sekforde House, 175/9 St John Street,

London EC1V 4LL

Corporation 1965, 1989

The BBC producers of The Chase were Verity Lambert and

Mervyn Pinfield

The director was Richard Martin

The role of the Doctor was played by William Hartnell

Printed and bound in Great Britain by

Courier International Ltd, Tiptree, Essex

ISBN 0426 20336 4

This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by

way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or

otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in

any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is

published and without a similar condition including this

condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

CONTENTS

Authors Note

1 The Executioners

2 A Speech in Time

3 The Sands of Death

4 The Victims

5 Deadline

6 Flight through Eternity

7 Nightmare

8 Journey into Terror

9 Fallen Spirits

10 Who’s Who?

11 To the Death!

12 The Mechanoids

13 The End of the Hunt

14 Home!

Author’s Note

This book is not strictly an adaptation of the televised

version of The Chase. It follows, for the most part, the original

scripts for the show, as written by Terry Nation. As is the case

with most series, the original scripts were rewritten for various

reasons—to make scenes less expensive, to perform the

actions in a simpler way, or to add character touches to the

story. In the case of The Chase, the changes made from Terry’s

original scripts were sometimes quite extensive.

Faced with the task of novelizing either Terry’s scripts or

the televised ones (presumably the changes having been made

by then-story editor Dennis Spooner), I have in most cases

opted to stay with Terry’s versions. There are two main

reasons for this. Firstly, the original scripts delve more deeply

into the alienness of the creatures that the Doctor and his

companions meet. On the television, a lot of this was cut

simply because it would have been too expensive to film. In a

book, I am under no such constraints. Secondly, the television

version of The Chase exists in its entirety, and may some day be

seen again by British audiences. (American viewers are better

off, since they have the story in their syndication package.)

Thus, it seemed to me to be more interesting to novelize the

scripts that cannot be seen.

However, I did elect to retain certain sequences that

exist in the filmed version of the tale and not in Terry’s

scripts. I also made a number of changes in the Mary Celeste

sequence, to fit the final novel into the known facts about that

most mysterious of ships. Readers with enquiring natures can

find an excellent account of the facts in Mystery Ship, written

by George S. Bryan, and published by Lippincott in 1942.

Finally, this note would not be complete without

mention of Kate Nation—Terry’s wife—who unearthed the

original scripts for us; and of Nan—my wife—who read and

made relevant comments and suggestions throughout the

work. Accordingly, it is to these two ladies that this book is

dedicated. Without their help and encouragement, life would

be considerably more complex and less enjoyable.

The Executioners

The room had a background pulse, like an electronic

heart slowly beating. The lighting was subdued, too dim for

human eyes. There were no human eyes present, merely the

computer-augmented lenses of the Dalek monitoring staff,

and that of the Black Dalek. On an elevated ramp, it moved

backwards and forwards, slowly and patiently, its eyestick

turned to survey the instruments in the pit below. Flickering

lights played across the many instruments and sensors,

though none in the pattern that the Black Dalek’s inbuilt

computer was waiting for.

Finally, the screens lit up with an electric-blue pattern,

shifting and changing, spiralling inwards on the main

monitor. The Chief Scientist spun around. ‘The enemy time

machine has been located,’ it reported formally, though the

Black Dalek was already aware of the fact.

‘Location?’

‘It has just left the planet Xeros,’ the scientist answered.

‘Our projections place its next destination as the planet

Aridius.’

‘Acceptable,’ the Black Dalek replied—its highest

compliment. ‘Order the special squad to assemble in the

Project Room.’

‘I obey!’

The Black Dalek moved out of the room, heading for

the Project itself. Years of planning were finally reaching the

day of action. For decades, the Daleks had been balked in

their plans to expand and take their rightful place as the

masters of the Universe—chiefly through the activities of a

single being. Now, however, the balance would be restored,

and their greatest enemy would be destroyed. Ahead of the

Black Dalek, a door slid open, and it entered the special

Project Room. An elevated ramp allowed it to look down at

the featureless box in the centre of the room. This stood some

eight feet square, with a door on what was obviously the front.

Nothing else marked it as being the single greatest

achievement of Dalek technology.

Below the ramp, another door opened, and the special

team entered, to form a precise line in front of the box. Their

eyesticks raised to face the Black Dalek, expectantly.

‘Our greatest enemy has been located,’ it informed

them. ‘His location is being programmed into your

instrumentation. Your instructions are to follow —locate—

and destroy!’ It turned to trigger the large monitor screen on

the far wall. It sprang to life, showing what appeared to be a

London Police Box of the 1960s. ‘The TARDIS!’ the Black

Dalek exclaimed.

‘TARDIS!!’ the assembled Daleks echoed.

‘Our enemy is the Doctor. His appearance has changed

many times over the years, yet our instruments have

determined his basic metabolic pattern. This has been

programmed into your computers. You are to locate and

exterminate him. Exterminate!’

‘Exterminate!’

With satisfaction, the Black Dalek watched as its Daleks

filed into their own time machine. Shortly after the final one

had entered, there was a strange, electrical tension in the air.

With a rush of wind, the box vanished.

The executioners were on their way to intercept and

destroy the Doctor. The Black Dalek paused for a short while,

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