Doctor Who_ Cave Monsters - Malcolm Hulke [0]
UNIT is called in and the Brigadier is soon joined by DOCTOR WHO and Liz Shaw in a tense and exciting adventure with subterranean reptile men—SILURIANS—
and a 40 ft. high Tyrannosaurus rex, the biggest, most savage mammal which ever trod the earth!
'DOCTOR WHO, the children's own programme which adults adore...' Gerard Garrett, The Daily Sketch
ISBN 0 436 11471 X
DOCTOR WHO
AND THE
CAVE-MONSTERS
Based on the BBC television serial Doctor Who and the Silurians by Malcolm Hulke by arrangement with the British Broadcasting Corporation
MALCOLM HULKE
Illustrated by Chris Achilleos
CONTENTS
1 Prologue: The Little Planet
2 The Doctor Gets a Message
3 The Traitor
4 Power Loss
5 The Fighting Monster
6 Into the Caves
7 Quinn Visits His Friends
8 Into an Alien World
9 The Search
10 Man Trap
11 The Doctor Makes a Visit
12 Goodbye, Doctor Quinn
13 The Prisoner
14 Man from the Ministry
15 Attack and Counter-Attack
16 The Itch
17 Epidemic
18 A Hot World
19 The Lie
First published simultaneously in Great Britain by Universal-Tandem Publishing Co., Ltd, and
Allan Wingate (Publishers) Ltd., 1974
by the Paperback Division of W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd.
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Text of book copyright © Malcolm Hulke, 1974
Illustrations copyright © Universal-Tandem Ltd., 1974
'Doctor Who' series copyright © British Broadcasting Corporation, 1974
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A Howard & Wyndham Company
Printed in Great Britain by The Anchor Press Ltd., and bound by Wm. Brendon & Son Ltd., both of Tiptree, Essex ISBN 0 426 11471 X
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Here you see the hilly countryside, with a part cut away to show what is to be found beneath the surface. (1) the reptile people's shelter (2) the research centre (3) lift shaft going down to the research centre (4) the caves (5) road leading from the main road to the top of the lift shaft (6) the main road (7) the main entrance to the caves.
Horizontal section of Wenley Moor showing cave system and research centre complex
1
Prologue: the Little Planet
Okdel stood watching as the last of the young reptile men and women took their turn to go down to safety in the lift. The gleaming metal doors of the lift were set in rock; the doors slid open and shut soundlessly, taking another group of Okdel's people to safety below the ground. Across the valley the sun was already setting, and its last light made the green scales of the young people shine brilliantly.
Okdel wondered when he would see the sun again.
'Look, the planet!' K'to the scientist had come up to Okdel and was pointing to the eastern horizon where the sky was already dark.
The little rogue planet stood out as a white disc in the sky, lit by the sun. A month ago the planet had been a dot in the night sky. Now Okdel could see it clearly: there were patterns on the surface as though it too, like Earth, had seas and mountains. The little planet was travelling at an enormous speed towards Earth.
Okdel asked, 'Could there be life on it?'
'It's been travelling through Space for millions of years,' said K'to. 'Life is only possible on a planet if it goes round a sun and gets warmth.'
'You are sure it will not collide with Earth?' said Okdel.
'Our astronomers calculate that it will sweep by Earth,' said K'to patiently. 'Our seas will rise up in great waves and for some days the air will be drawn up from the surface of our planet. But the air will come back, and the seas