41 - Father Time

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‘I love her,’ the Doctor said.

‘Of course you do, she’s your daughter.’

Earth in the nineteen-eighties is a battleground. Rival alien factions have

travelled from the far future to pursue their vendetta.

With UFOs ﬁlling the skies, a giant robot stalking the Derbyshire hills, and

alien hunters searching for the mysterious Last One, the Doctor is the only

man who can protect the innocents caught in the crossﬁre.

But old scores are being settled, the fate of a Galactic Empire is at stake, and,

against his will, the Doctor is drawn into a decade-long war that will strike at

those he holds most dear.

The Doctor has lost his memory, his friends, his past and his TARDIS.

All he has now is the love of his daughter.

But will even that be taken from him?

This is another in the series of adventures for the Eighth Doctor.

Father Time

Lance Parkin

Published by BBC Worldwide Ltd,

Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane

London W12 0TT

First published 2000

Lance Parkin 2000

The moral right of the author has been asserted

Original series broadcast on the BBC

Doctor Who and TARDIS are trademarks of the BBC

ISBN 0 563 53810 4

Imaging by Black Sheep, copyright BBC 2000

Printed and bound in Great Britain by Mackays of Chatham

Cover printed by Belmont Press Ltd, Northampton

Dedicated to child of the eighties, Cassandra May.

Thanks to the usual suspects: Cassandra May, Mark Jones, Mark Clapham, Mike

Evans, Kate Orman and Jon Blum.

And also to Lisa Brattan, Henry Potts, Allan and Charis Bednar, Lorraine Mann,

Jonny Morris, Rebecca Levene, Graham Evans, Amanda Dingle, Lawrence Miles

and Paul Griggs.

The cover is based on an original concept by Allan Bednar.

Contents

Planet of Death 6

Part One 9

Knights and Castles 10

The Doctor 20

The Girl with Two Hearts 28

Close Encounters 38

Contact 46

Talking to Strangers 57

Inside the Spaceship 68

Prefect Timing 80

The Last Battle 92

Part Two 106

Eighties’ Child 107

UFO Detected 115

Voices from the Past 125

The Black Tower 133

The Interrogation Game 141

Target Acquisition 149

The Party of Doom 157

Urban Regeneration 166

Escape to Destiny 173

Date with Death 181

Don’t Leave Me This Way 189

Part Three 197

All Around the World 198

Today America, Tomorrow the World 209

Escape Velocity 218

Home is Where the Hearts Are 227

Power to the People 238

Death in the Family 248

Death Comes to Time 258

The Next Generation 271

‘Father Time – The Album’ 277

About the Author 278

Chapter Zero

Planet of Death

It was a planet shrouded in fog.

Thick grey mists clung to the broken, rocky ground. Nothing but the simplest

vegetation lived on the surface, although there were ruined walls and cracked

roadways, evidence that a civilisation had once prospered on this world. At

higher altitudes the fog grew thinner, but also more sulphurous. The sky was

yellow, sickly. Even at noon, the sunlight was weak, ﬁltered through layers of

haze. Everywhere, the air was stagnant. There were no winds, not even the

hint of a breeze.

But life still clung to this planet, dotted around in sealed cities, tunnels and

bunkers.

A ﬂying disc broke through the gloom and soundlessly approached the largest

of these strongholds.

The palace was a collection of twisted silver spires, like ﬁngers reaching up

to grasp the stars. It was vast, the size of a city, with the tips of the tallest spires

poking out of the poisonous atmosphere. There were signs of damage, and

the metal surface had become tarnished over time, but it was an impressive

spectacle, and the lights and air trafﬁc were clear signs that this place was

occupied, even vibrant.

The ﬂying disc began slowing, altering its course ever so slightly. It drifted

through a gap in the palace walls. As it passed, a transparent dome slid

smoothly across, enclosing it.

The room smelled of cinnamon and sandalwood. He could feel the ﬁrm stone

ﬂoor beneath his knee and his feet, and hear the hum of the ventilation ducts.

Not even heavy robes could keep out the cold. None of this mattered.

His shoulder was aching again. He had a sharp pain in his stomach. The

headache that had prevented him from sleeping hadn’t subsided, despite the

pills. None of this mattered.

Planet of Death 7

He heard the footsteps, identiﬁed their owner while he was still ﬁfty paces

away. He didn’t rise, but kept his gaze ﬁxed ﬁrmly on the knife that sat on

the family shrine. He resumed his prayers of dedication, staring into the pitted

blade, remembering.

Five paces away, and the footsteps stopped, as he knew they would.

‘There is news, Eminence,’ the Deputy announced.

He closed his eyes, prayed that after a lifetime this was the end.

‘Tell me,’ he commanded quietly.

‘The Hunters are here. They say they have located the Last One.’

He nodded, gave silent thanks to the gods, and turned to face the Deputy.

The old man was in his fatigues, ready for combat, even here. After all this

time, the Deputy still relished the ﬁght. This old man had been his rock all

these years. There had been times – forgive him – when he had thought of

abandoning his mission, renouncing his sacred duty, times when he thought

there had already been too much killing, too much blood.

But you cannot escape the past: the great weight of decades of history and

memory that shape you, make you what you are. Fate was the inevitable result

of genetics and politics. The Deputy shared none of this heritage, at least not by

birth, but knew what was important. What sort of man would the Deputy have

been without the war? The Deputy wouldn’t have the scar, but what about his

permanently narrowed eyes or his hunched physique?

Only one more killing, and it would be over. He would have played his role

to its conclusion.

‘Where?’

‘The planet Earth, in the twentieth century of the Humanian Era.’

‘A precise ﬁx?’

‘To within ten square kilometres.’ The Deputy sounded impressed, despite

himself.

‘They have done well. Authorise the second payment.’

‘Sir. . . ’

He laughed. ‘I know: you are worried that they’ll take the money without

ﬁnishing the job. Authorise the second payment, but don’t let them leave the

palace.’

‘I am uncertain of their loyalties.’

‘You are right to be, they are not part of this. They require someone to keep

them in check. We both know who would be best for that role. Commission

him.’

‘Yes, Eminence.’

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