022 - Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion

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The Doctor walked slowly forward into

the cul-de-sac. The giant dinosaur turned

its head to focus on the midget now

approaching . . . the Doctor aimed his

gun to fire . . . suddenly from behind

came a great roar of anger. He spun

round — blocking the exit from the

narrow street towered a tyrannosaurus

rex, its savage jaws dripping with

blood . . .

The Doctor and Sarah arrive back in the

TARDIS to find London completely

deserted — except for the dinosaurs. Has

the return of these prehistoric creatures

been deliberately planned and, if so, who

can be behind it all?

U.K. ............................................................ 40p

MALTA .................................................45c ISBN

426

10874

DOCTOR WHO

AND THE

DINOSAUR INVASION

Based on the BBC television serial Doctor Who and the

Invasion of the Dinosaurs by Malcolm Hulke by

arrangement with the British Broadcasting Corporation

MALCOLM HULKE

published by

The Paperback Division of

W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd

A Target Book

Published in 1976

by the Paperback Division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd.

A Howard & Wyndham Company

44 Hill Street, London W1X 8LB

British Broadcasting Corporation

Printed in Great Britain by

The Anchor Press Ltd, Tiptree, Essex

ISBN 0426 10874 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

Prologue

1 London Alert!

2 ‘Shoot to Kill!’

3 The Time Eddy

4 The Timescoop

5 Monster in Chains

6 The Spaceship

7 The Reminder Room

8 Escape!

9 Operation Golden Age

10 The Final Countdown

The Dinosaurs

Three hundred and fifty million years ago, reptiles

became the first animals to breed on land. Reptilian

land life developed into many forms, the first true

dinosaurs, not more than six inches long, appearing

during the Triassic* period. By one hundred and fifty

million years ago, some reptiles had developed into

giants. One, the Diplodocus, measured eighty-four feet

from head to tip of tail, and must have weighed thirty-

five tons. During the Age of the Reptiles, many varieties

of dinosaurs—all enormous in size—spread and

multiplied over the Earth’s surface.

Then, over a very short period in geological terms,

the dinosaurs died out. Their remains have been found

in every continent. Was it a sudden change in the

Earth’s temperature that killed them off? Was it disease?

Or did the newer and more nimble life-forms, the

mammals, attack and kill them? Perhaps no one will

ever know.

Certainly no one ever expected them to come back.

* Triassic—after the three-fold mountain system in Germany. The first

mammals, and also flies and termites, appeared at that time.

London Alert!

Shughie McPherson woke up that morning with a

pounding headache. For a full half hour he lay on his

untidy bed and stared at a crack in the ceiling. He was

thinking about the, muddle which was his life. In his

thirty-seven years he had had more jobs than he could

remember. He was married once, but that hadn’t lasted

long. One day his wife had said to him, ‘Shughie, you’re

a layabout!’ Then she’d packed a suitcase and gone back

home to her mother. He had never tried to find her.

That was years ago. His mind turned to more

recent events. About a week ago some of his Glasgow

friends had said, ‘Shughie, we’re going to London for

the Cup Final. Why not come along?’

‘I’ve nae money,’ he explained. ‘You’ll ha’ to do

without me this time.’

‘We’re going in wee Jamie’s van,’ they replied. ‘It’ll

cost you nothing.’

Eight of them got into the van, two in front and six

sitting on crates of beer in the back. By the time they

reached London nine hours later, Shughie had

forgotten where they were going or why. He was drunk.

He remembered waking up in this house the next

morning. Donald Ewing, a ship’s riveter from Clyde-

side, was shaking his shoulders.

‘Shughie, rouse yoursel! We’re awa’ back to

Glasgee!’

Shughie’s sleepy brain tried to make sense of the

situation. ‘But we’re in London, and we’re going to see

the Cup.’

‘Not now we’re not,’ said Donald. He was already

fully dressed. ‘Everyone’s got to leave London. It’s an

emergency.’

Jamie, the owner of the van, came to the door of

the little bedroom and yelled, ‘Will you no come and get

in the van, Donald? I’m leaving in five seconds! ‘

Donald protested. ‘There’s wee Shughie here, still

in bed.’

Jamie looked down at Shughie. ‘If you don’t get

yoursel into my van double quick, you can stay here and

die! Come on, Donald, let’s be off.’

The two men tumbled out of the room. Shughie

thought they’d both gone mad. He turned over and

went back to sleep.

When he woke up later the house was completely

silent. Pangs of hunger drove him out of bed. Standing

on the landing, he called out: ‘Donald? Jamie? Ian?’

No answer. He went down the stairs into the hall

and called again. Still no answer. He stumbled into a

back room, and through there into the kitchen. Here he

found a cupboard well stocked with tinned food. He

ripped open a tin of corned beef and gorged the

contents. Finding some matches, he turned one of the

knobs on the cooker to make himself a cup of tea.

Nothing happened. He tried another knob. No gas.

Nothing strange in that. Many times in his life the Gas

Board had disconnected his gas supply because he

hadn’t paid the bills. He went to the sink for a glass of

water. The tap spat out a few drops, and no more. Well,

maybe that bill hadn’t been paid either. He returned to

the back room where he’d noticed a television set: it

didn’t work. He tried the lights: no electricity. Daylight

was beginning to fail. He searched the cupboards for

candles: there was a bundle next to the dead electricity

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