080 - Doctor Who - Arc of Infinity

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When the Doctor returns to Gallifrey, he learns

that his bio data extract has been stolen from

the Time Lords’ master computer known

as the Matrix.

The bio data extract is a detailed description

of the Doctor’s molecular structure—and this

information, in the wrong hands, could be

exploited with disastrous effect.

The Gallifreyan High Council believe that

anti-matter will be infiltrated into the universe

as a result of the theft. In order to render

the information useless, they decide the

Doctor must die...

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ISBN 0-426-19342-3

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DOCTOR WHO

ARC OF INFINITY

Based on the BBC television serial by Johnny Byrne by

arrangement with the British Broadcasting Corporation

TERRANCE DICKS

A TARGET BOOK

published by

The Paperback Division of

W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd

A Target Book

Published in 1983

by the Paperback Division of

W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd

A Howard & WyndhamCompany

44 Hill Street, London W1X 8LB

First published in Great Britain by

W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd 1983

Corporation 1982, 1983

Printed and bound in Great Britain by

Anchor Brendon Ltd, Tiptree, Essex

ISBN 0 426 19342 3

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

1 Deadly Meeting

2 The Horror in the Crypt

3 Recall

4 Death Sentence

5 The Prisoner

6 Termination

7 The Matrix

8 The Traitor

9 Unmasked

10 Hunt for Omega

11 Transference

12 Omega’s Freedom

Deadly Meeting

They met in a hidden chamber, deep beneath the

Capitol: the being from another dimension, and the

Time Lord who was betraying not only his people but

his Universe.

The Time Lord slipped a cube-shaped code key

into complex control-device. There was an upward-

rushing fountain of green light, and a projection of the

alien appeared. The tall. cloaked figure wore an

elaborately stylised mask. There was an ornate

medallion on its chest, and the figure appeared negative

rather than positive, since it was not in its proper

Universe.

The Time Lord sat in darkness beyond the circle of

light.

‘You have made your choice?’ demanded the alien.

‘Yes. We are ready to begin.’

‘Excellent! And who is it to be?’

‘It has not been easy. Because of time, present

location, personality – for these and other reasons, it

must be the Doctor.’

For a moment the alien seemed startled. ‘The

Doctor?’ Then he chuckled eerily, ‘Yes, most ingenious.

A perfect, choice, Time Lord.’

The light dimmed and the alien faded away.

The Time Lord rose and went to begin his

betrayal.

In the Capitol computer room everything was peaceful.

But then, it always was. Two brown-robed specialist

computer technicians were going about their duties,

surrounded by the humming banks of equipment. The

older of the two, a thin, balding Gallifreyan, was called

Talor. The other was a good-looking young technican

named Damon.

Suddenly a warning light began blinking on the

main console. Damon went over to investigate, while

Talor looked on intrigued. Emergencies were rare here.

‘It’s the security circuit,’ said Damon, puzzled. ‘Cut

the scrambler, will you?’

Talor operated a control and the warning light cut

out. Damon lifted an access flap, extracted a circuit and

studied it thoughtfully. ‘That’s odd. There’s a photon

cell burn-out.’

He took a replacement circuit from a nearby rack

and slipped it in place. ‘I’d better check the data bank’s

unharmed.’ He touched another control and reacted in

surprise as a screen lit up. It was filled with a steadily

unrolling blur of complex symbols. ‘I don’t believe it.

Someone’s transmitting bio-data!’

Talor came to join him. ‘What is it?’

Damon stared disbelievingly at the screen. ‘It’s the

bio-data extract of one of the Time Lords!’

Talon was horrified. ‘Cut it! Cut it at once!’

Damon obeyed and the screen went dark.

‘This is treason,’ said Talor worriedly. ‘I must

report it immediately.’

He hurried from the computer room.

Sometimes even a Time Lord never seems to have quite

enough time. Little jobs pile up, things get in the way...

The Doctor was tackling one such little job now,

feeling the sense of virtuous efficiency that comes when

you finally catch upon some task that should have been

done ages ago.

He was in one of the TARDIS corridors, working

at the jumble of equipment behind a roundel that had

been removed from the wall. Now in his fifth

incarnation, the Doctor was a slightly-built, fair-haired

young man in the dress of an Edwardian cricketer –

striped trousers, fawn frock-coat with red piping, white

sweater and open-necked shirt.

Watching him was a brown-haired girl with fine,

rather aristocratic features. She wore a kind of velvet

trouser-suit with elaborately puffed sleeves. This was his

current companion, Nyssa of Traken. The product of a

highly technological society, and a bio-electronics expert

in her own right, Nyssa felt that the Doctor ran the

TARDIS in far too haphazard a manner.

The Doctor made a final adjustment to the audio-

circuit, and slotted it back in place. ‘Such a simple little

repair job really!’

‘Quite,’ said Nyssa pointedly. ‘Why didn’t you do it

sooner?’

‘Well, you know how it is,’ said the Doctor vaguely.

‘You put things off for a day. Next thing you know it’s a

hundred years later and it’s still not done.’

Nyssa sighed, realising she was never going to get

the Doctor properly organised. ‘Never mind, it’s done

now. It’ll be nice to have audio link-up on the scanner

again.’

The Doctor replaced the roundel. ‘Let’s go and see

if it works!’

Robin Stuart stood on one of Amsterdam’s innumerable

picturesque bridges, staring gloomily down at the

waters of the canal. The colourful bustling street-scene

was all around him, but Robin was too worried to take it

in.

Wearing jeans and anorak, loaded down with a

great bulging pack like a turtle carrying his own home,

Robin Stuart looked exactly like all the other young

people who spend their summers wandering around

Europe. There aren’t quite so many of them these days.

Some of the big capital cities have become cold and

unwelcoming. But not friendly old Amsterdam. The

Dutch are a tolerant people, willing to turn a blind eye

to such crimes as being young and hard-up.

Robin turned and walked along the bridge to the

telephone kiosk at the far end. Another back-pack, fully

as big as his own, was propped up outside, and inside

was another very similar young man. His friend Colin

Frazer was currently engaged in an endless telephone

conversation with some mysterious cousin other, who

was due to come out to Amsterdam to visit them the

following day.

The door of the box was propped open and Robin

could hear Colin’s familiar Australian twang. ‘No,

everywhere’s full, we’ve got to sleep rough tonight.

We’ll be at the hostel from tomorrow, though – that’s

the number I gave you.’ He nodded to Robin, and said,

‘Look, I’ve got to go now. I’ll see you at the airport

tomorrow. Take care.’

He came out of the kiosk. Robin helped him on

with his pack and said, ‘Everything okay?’

‘Yes, she’ll be – what’s the matter?’

Robin had suddenly tensed and turned away, and

was staring at the canal with apparent fascination. ‘Oh

no! A policeman,’ he whispered.

A large Dutch policeman was strolling along on the

other side of the road. It was quite obvious to Colin that

the policeman was enjoying the pleasant spring day,

and wasn’t the slightest bit interested in them. But all

the same Robin was quite unable to relax until the

policeman had gone by.

Colin grinned. ‘It’s all right, Robin. The Dutch are

a civilised race. They don’t put people in prison for

losing a passport.’

‘No, but they do deport you, though!’

A couple of nights ago, Robin’s passport had been

stolen in one of Amsterdam’s crowded cafes, though

luckily the thief had missed his wallet. Colin had

suggested Robin report the loss of the passport to the

police, the British Embassy, or both, but Robin didn’t

want to – not yet. He was convinced that reporting the

loss would mean an official telling-off hundreds of forms

to fill in, and, worst of all, the immediate ending of his

holiday, since he’d be packed off home at once. He

knew he’d have to report the loss sooner or later, but he

was determined to put it off till the last possible

moment.

Unfortunately, Robin was a bit of a worrier by

nature. The loss of his passport made him feel like a

stateless person, and he went round acting like the

proverbial man-on-the-run every time he saw a

policeman.

‘It’s all right,’ said Colin. ‘He’s gone. Let’s go and

get something to cat. Then we’ve got to find a place to

sleep tonight.’

Robin said, ‘I was going to tell you, I think I found

somewhere when I was wandering around earlier. I did

a bit of exploring. Not the most appealing place in the

world, but central – and very cheap.’

‘Sounds perfect. Not too noisy, is it?’

Robin smiled. ‘Quiet as the grave!’

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WhentheDoctorreturnstoGallifrey,helearnsthathisbiodataextracthasbeenstolenfromtheTimeLords’mastercomputerknownastheMatrix.ThebiodataextractisadetaileddescriptionoftheDoctor’smolecularstructure—andthisinformation,inthewronghands,couldbeexploitedwithdisastrouseffect.TheGallifreyanHighCouncilbelievetha...

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