Doctor Who_ Enlightenment - Barbara Clegg [42]
Turlough did not know what he meant for a minute.
Then he pulled the Communication Cube from his pocket.
All that remained of it was a blackened, burnt-out shell. He hurled it into the blazing heap on the chair, and the Doctor and Tegan and he watched it, as the flames caught it and blazed up brighter for a moment, and then slowly sank.
Before long, all that was left on the chair was a heap of drifting ash.
‘I never wanted to make the pact with him,’ Turlough said quietly. The Doctor looked at him at last. ‘I didn’t think so,’ he replied gently. Tegan could not stand it any longer. ‘You’re mad!’ she burst out to the Doctor. ‘You’re not going to believe him? Just because he gave up his share of Enlightenment!’
‘He didn’t,’ the Doctor replied, giving her a long look.
‘You’ve missed the point, Tegan. Enlightenment wasn’t the diamond! Simply a lump of carbon! Enlightenment was the choice.’
‘Be vigilant!’ came the White Guardian’s voice, as he started to fade. ‘The Black Guardian will try again –’
‘Hasn’t he been destroyed?, Turlough asked, in a bewildered voice. He could not believe that any creature had survived that holocaust. But though the White Guardian’s voice was fainter still, he heard the reply.
‘While I exist, he exists. Until we are no longer needed.’
And then he was gone.
Tegan looked round the deserted wheel-house. Its outlines were blurring and becoming indistinct, as though the matter of which it was composed was becoming tenuous, was slowly starting to dissolve; as though soon the whole ship, like officers and crew, would disappear and only space remain. ‘Can’t we get away from here?’ she asked with a shudder.
‘Anywhere in particular?’ The Doctor was practical as always.
‘My home planet.’ There was a great longing in Turlough’s voice, and the Doctor looked at him sympathetically. ‘Why not? he said, with a smile. ‘The TARDIS is waiting.’
Document Outline
Front cover
Rear cover
Title page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
1 Winner Takes All
2 The Race
3 Here She Blows!
4 Marker Buoy
5 One Down!
6 The Officers
7 Man Overboard!
8 The Buccaneer
9 The Grid Room
10 Spy!
11 Focus Point
12 The Prize
Table of Contents
1 Winner Takes All
2 The Race
3 Here She Blows!
4 Marker Buoy
5 One Down!
6 The Officers
7 Man Overboard!
8 The Buccaneer
9 The Grid Room
10 Spy!
11 Focus Point
12 The Prize