Doctor Who_ Match of the Day - Chris Boucher [118]
„He did not think as the fighters in the school thought. He was not the same as them.‟
„I imagine that‟s why Benron suggested him.‟
Leela looked up from the knife. Her expression was sceptical. „Benron suggested him?‟
He said everyone could learn a lot from Keefer and that his late father would have approved of the appointment.‟
Leela snorted and went back to working on the knife. „And then,‟ she said after a moment, „we take the big decorative box and disappear.‟
„Here today and gone tomorrow,‟ the Doctor agreed. „Or should that be here tomorrow and gone today.‟ He shrugged.
„Whichever.‟ He was pleased to be finished with that world, he was pleased to be back in the TARDIS, he was just generally pleased. „Tell me something,‟ he said. What stopped you and Keefer from fighting in the arena? He did challenge you.‟
„I had given you my word.‟
„I‟m impressed,‟ the Doctor said. There was a lot of pressure.‟
Leela smiled, „It was never a real match, was it,‟ she said.
„No?‟
Leela shook her head. „Only a fool would use a knife against a gun in that sort of duel,‟ she said. „I am a warrior not a fool.‟
The Doctor smiled. „You‟re certainly not a fool,‟ he said.
„Except where that knife is concerned. I know: how would you like to learn to play chess?‟
„What is chess?‟
„It‟s a very violent war game,‟ the Doctor said encouragingly. „A game for warriors. But you don‟t need a knife. Or a gun.‟
„What do you use?‟
„The most powerful and dangerous weapon of all.‟
„Is this one of your puzzles?‟ Leela said and sighed. „What is the most powerful and dangerous weapon of all? How many guesses do I have?‟
„You should only need one,‟ the Doctor said, „otherwise it isn‟t.‟ And he wandered off to look for the chess set.
About the Author
CHRIS BOUCHER is a respected writer of both novels and television drama. He wrote three highly popular scripts for Tom Baker‟s incarnation of Doctor Who - The Face of Evil, The Robots of Death, and Image of the Fendahl - and has continued the Doctor and Leela‟s developing relationship in his novels for BBC Books.
Chris is also well known to genre experts as the script editor of every episode of Blake’s 7 and author of many of the most popular episodes of that series. As well as working on BBC
drama series like Bergerac, he created Star Cops, which has just been released on DVD.
Document Outline
Front Cover
Back Cover
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
About the Author
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen