050 - Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars

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For many thousands of years SUTEKH had waited...

trapped in the heart of an Egyptian Pyramid. Now at last

the time had come - the moment of release, when all the

force of his pent-up evil and malice would be unleashed

upon the world...

The TARDIS lands on the site of UNIT headquarters in the

year 1911, and the Doctor and Sarah emerge to fight a

terrifying and deadly battle... against Egyptian Mummies,

half-possessed humans - and the overwhelming evil

power of SUTEKH!

ISBN 0 426 11666 6

DOCTOR WHO

AND THE

PYRAMIDS OF MARS

Based on the BBC television serial by Stephen Harris by

arrangement with the British Broadcasting Corporation

TERRANCE DICKS

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

Corporation 1975

Reproduced, printed and bound in Great Britain by

Hunt Barnard Printing Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks

ISBN 0 426 11666 6

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 The Terror is Unleashed

2 The Mummy Awakes

3 The Servents of Sutekh

4 The Return of Marcus Scarman

5 The World Destroyed...

6 The Mummies Attack

7 The Doctor Fights Back

8 ‘I am Sutekh!’

9 In the Power of Sutekh

10 A Journey to Mars

11 The Guardians of Horus

12 The Weapon of the Time Lords

Epilogue

Prologue

The Legend of the Osirians

In a galaxy unimaginably distant from ours, on a planet

called Phaester Osiris, there arose a race so powerful that they

became like gods.

As well as mastering technology and science, the

Osirians developed powers of pure thought, bending the

physical world to their will by the strength of their minds

alone.

As they grew in power, so they grew in wisdom—all but

one. His name was Sutekh and he was great among the

Osirians. But greater still was his brother Horus, whom all

Osirians called leader. All but Sutekh, who hated Horus and

was jealous of him.

The Osirians spread throughout the galaxies of the

cosmos. They ruled many worlds, and were often worshipped

as gods. But Sutekh stayed on Phaester Osiris, their home

planet, working to develop his powers so that he might one

day overthrow his brother Horus.

The Osirians were a long-lived race. Sutekh worked and

studied for thousands of years, until his powers were truly

awe-inspiring. But his mind was full of jealousy and hatred,

and in time this turned to madness. Over-mastered by his

own fears, Sutekh became convinced that not only the other

Osirians, but all sentient life was his mortal enemy. Not just

the more intelligent life-forms, but animals. reptiles, insects,

plants... Sutekh hated them all. He feared that someday,

somewhere there might evolve a life-form powerful enough to

destroy him.

An insane ambition formed in Sutekh’s twisted mind.

He would range through the galaxies and destroy all life, until

only he remained as unchallenged ruler. He became Sutekh

the Destroyer—and he began by destroying his own planet.

Leaving the shattered desolation of Phaester Osiris

behind him, Sutekh blazed a trail of havoc across the cosmos,

wrecking and smashing world after world with his titanic

powers. Soon news of his madness reached fellow Osirians.

Led by Horus, they began the search for Sutekh, determined

to destroy him.

Tracking him by his trail of destruction, they hunted

him across the cosmos. At last Sutekh took refuge on an

obscure planet called Earth, and here, finally, his fellow

Osirians found him.

The battle was long and fierce, for Sutekh was a

formidable opponent. Seven hundred and forty Osirians

came to Earth to combine against him, before he was finally

defeated and made captive, in a land called Egypt.

They brought him before his brother Horus for

judgement. Many urged that all the Osirians should link their

minds and blast Sutekh from existence. But Horus would not

agree. To kill Sutekh would mean that they too were

destroyers. Horus decreed that Sutekh should not die but

should be made eternally captive. A pyramid was built to

become his prison. And since more than walls of stone were

needed to imprison such a being as Sutekh, he was locked in

the grip of a mighty forcefield, paralysed and utterly helpless.

For even greater safety, the control-point of this

forcefield was placed not on Earth, but on one of the other

planets circling its sun. On Earth, a secret cult of Egyptian

priests was set up, to guard the Pyramid. Satisfied that Sutekh

was for ever bound, Horus and the other Osirians went on

their way. What became of the Osirians no one can say. They

vanished from our cosmos and were seen no more. On Earth

they left behind them legends of the all-powerful gods who

fought wars among themselves.

Deep inside the Pyramid, Sutekh lived on. For

thousands upon thousands of years he endured his long

captivity. Bound by the forcefield of Horus, scarcely able to

move a muscle, only his twisted brain was active. It planned

and plotted without cease, waiting for the day of his escape.

For Horus would not leave even Sutekh quite without hope.

He had told him that escape was possible, though the

difficulties and obstacles were so great as to be almost

insurmountable.

The mighty civilisation of Egypt rose and fell. Other

civilisations and Empires took its place. Sutekh and Horus

and the Osirians were remembered only as a legend. Still

Sutekh waited in his hidden Pyramid. Until one day...

The Terror is Unleashed

In a hidden valley, shimmering in the blazing heat of

the Egyptian sun. two men stood gazing at the squat black

shape of a Pyramid. One was an Egyptian in tattered, striped

robes and red fez. The other was tall and thin, with a keen,

scholarly face. Despite the heat, he wore a white tropical suit,

with stiff collar and public school tie. The year was 1911, and

Englishmen abroad were expected to maintain certain

standards.

The Englishman was Professor Marcus Scarman and he

was a dedicated Egyptologist. At this moment, his eyes were

blazing with controlled excitement as he gazed on the greatest

discovery of his career. A secret Pyramid of unfamiliar design,

tucked away in a valley still unvisited by other Egyptologists.

Here was a find to make him the envy of all his rivals.

Rumours of the existence of a hidden Black Pyramid, centre

of some secret native cult, had long been circulating in

achaeological circles. Many had scoffed at them. But Marcus

Scarman had passed long years tracking them down,

spending many English sovereigns to buy information in the

bazaars of Cairo. At long last he had found Ahmed, whose

love of gold had finally overcome his fear. They had

journeyed together into the desert for many days, and now

they had arrived.

Near by, a gang of half-naked Egyptian labourers

squatted patiently by the tethered camels. Marcus made a

brief examination of the exterior of the Pyramid, then

beckoned them over. ‘There’s a sealed entrance—here.

Shouldn’t take you long to get it open. Ahmed, go and fetch

two lanterns.’ The labourers began swinging their picks, and

Marcus watched impatiently as they chipped away mortar and

started lifting aside the heavy stone blocks. As soon as the

space was big enough, he pushed them aside. ‘All right, that’ll

do. Ahmed, tell them to wait here. You come with me.’

Eagerly Marcus climbed through the gap, Ahmed following

cautiously behind him.

They found themselves in a long stone-walled tunnel.

going deep into the heart of the Pyramid. Marcus pressed

eagerly ahead. the tunnel led into a huge echoing burial

chamber. Marcus held up his lantern and looked around. The

light flickered eerily off jewelled caskets and ornately

decorated golden urns. ‘Perfect,’ he breathed. ‘Absolutely

perfect and quite untouched. The reliquaries are still sealed.

Great Heavens, what a find! This tomb must date back to the

first dynasty of the Pharaohs.’

Ahmed looked about nervously, sharing none of the

Englishman’s enthusiasm. In the dank, echoing darkness of

the burial chamber, surrounded by mysterious shapes, he was

overcome by the fear that he was blaspheming the ancient

gods of his people. Surely there would be punishment...

Too absorbed to notice his companion’s lack of

enthusiasm, Marcus moved through the chamber, till he

reached the wall at its far end. The wall was hung with a

jewel-encrusted tapestry of enormous value. Marcus stretched

out a trembling hand and touched it reverently. ‘How many

thousands of years since the priests sealed the inner chamber,

and draped this tapestry over the entrance?’ he whispered to

himself. It was obvious from the rich furnishings of the burial

chamber that this had been the tomb of some great one of

ancient times. But whose? Impatient to know the answer,

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