Doctor Who_ The Nightmare of Black Island - Mike Tucker [70]
‘You’ve sent them back to their war, then?’ Rose sounded disapproving.
‘Yeah, but by the scenic route.’
‘How scenic?’
‘Oh. . . about. . . forty or fifty parsecs out of their way. Should take them a couple of years at that speed.’
‘A couple of years.’ Rose looked shocked. ‘Can they survive that long in that sardine tin?’
‘Course they can! Lovely little stasis capsules in that thing. They’ll sleep all the way home! Mind you. . . ’ He tailed off.
‘What?’
‘They might have a few bad dreams on the way.’
‘Dreams?’ Rose raised a quizzical eyebrow.
‘Well, nightmares if you want to be strictly accurate. Just enough to ensure that they won’t fancy coming back.’
‘Oh yeah, and what do creatures like the Cynrog have nightmares about?’
The Doctor just smiled.
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Acknowledgements
Grateful thanks are due to Justin, my editor, for refusing to take no for an answer and for endless encouragement and problem-solving during the writing of this book. And to Ian Grutchfield for convincing me that saying yes was the right thing to do. Thanks also to the usual suspects, who kept me sane during the process:
Karen Parks (x)
Sue Cowley and Steve Roberts (and their pussy cat) Steve Cole (for belly-dancing)
Moogie and Andy Tucker (Baz lives again!)
Robert Perry (where are you?)
The Boys from the Model Unit (for Beers, Badgers and BAFTAs) Soph and Sylv (without whom. . . )
and
Christopher, David and Billie (for bringing it back for a new generation). 167
About the Author
Mike Tucker is a visual effects designer who, after twenty years at the BBC, now runs his own company, The Model Unit, out of Ealing Studios. Having worked as an effects assistant on the original series of Doctor Who, he has been the Miniature Effects Supervisor on the first two seasons of the new series, overseeing the team responsible for (among other things) the destruction of Big Ben, the Daleks (and their Emperor) and K-9.