Equipped with space suits, golf clubs and a flag, the Doctor and Rose are planning to live it up on the Moon, Apollo-mission style. But the TARDIS has other plans, landing them instead in a village on the south coast of England; a picture-postcard sort of place where nothing much happens. . . until now.
Archaeologists have dug up a Roman mosaic, dating from the year 70
AD. It shows scenes from ancient myths, bunches of grapes – and a Dalek. A few days later a young woman, rushing to get to work, is knocked over and killed by a bus. Then she comes back to life.
It’s not long before all hell breaks loose, and the Doctor and Rose must use all their courage and cunning against an alien enemy – and a not-quite-alien accomplice – who are intent on destroying humanity.
Featuring the Doctor and Rose as played by David Tennant and Billie Piper in the hit series from BBC Television.
I Am a Dalek
Gareth Roberts
Published by BBC Books, BBC Worldwide Ltd,
Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0TT
First published 2006
Copyright © Gareth Roberts 2006
The moral right of the author has been asserted.
Doctor Who logo © BBC 2004
Original series broadcast on BBC television
Format © BBC 1963
‘Doctor Who’, ‘TARDIS’, ‘Dalek’ and the Doctor Who logo are trademarks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and are used under licence.
‘Dalek’ image copyright © BBC/Terry Nation 1963
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.
ISBN 0 563 48648 1
Commissioning Editor: Stuart Cooper
Consultant Editor: Helen Raynor
Editor: Justin Richards
Doctor Who is a BBC Wales production for BBC ONE Executive Producers: Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner Producer: Phil Collinson
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either a product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual people living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
Cover design by Henry Steadman © BBC 2006
Typeset in Stone Serif by SX Composing DTP, Rayleigh, Essex Printed and bound in Great Britain by Bookmarque, Surrey For more information about this and other BBC books, please visit our website at www.bbcshop.com
Contents
Chapter One
1
Chapter Two
5
Chapter Three
11
Chapter Four
17
Chapter Five
23
Chapter Six
29
Chapter Seven
33
Chapter Eight
39
Chapter Nine
45
Chapter Ten
49
Chapter Eleven
53
Chapter Twelve
57
Chapter Thirteen
63
Chapter Fourteen
65
Acknowledgements
67
World Book Day: Quick Reads
69
CHAPTER ONE
ROSE CHECKED THE SEAL on her space helmet, then she looked across the TARDIS controls to the Doctor.
‘Turning off the air,’ he said, his white-gloved hand flicking one of the many switches on the panel. His voice reached Rose through a two-way radio link built into their helmets. ‘Turning off the gravity.’
He flicked another switch and smiled over at her. Then he remembered something. ‘Oh – and balance pressure,’ he added, flipping another control. ‘Because we don’t wanna burst. Going up, Mary Poppins.’
Rose felt the weight leave her body and reached out to steady herself on the edge of her side of the panel. ‘Can’t believe it,’ she said.
She cast a glance to the police box doors, imagining what lay outside.
‘Walking on the moon.’
‘More like leaping,’ said the Doctor happily. To demonstrate, he put one foot forward and let himself be carried through the vacuum, landing with the grace of a ballet dancer a good fifteen feet away. ‘Practise, then,’ he told Rose. ‘You don’t want to fall flat on your backside out there. Leap!’
Rose let go of the panel and followed his example, remembering to push gently, and landing only a little less expertly right next to him.
‘Giant leap. And leap!’ the Doctor encouraged her, and
Archaeologists have dug up a Roman mosaic, dating from the year 70
AD. It shows scenes from ancient myths, bunches of grapes – and a Dalek. A few days later a young woman, rushing to get to work, is knocked over and killed by a bus. Then she comes back to life.
It’s not long before all hell breaks loose, and the Doctor and Rose must use all their courage and cunning against an alien enemy – and a not-quite-alien accomplice – who are intent on destroying humanity.
Featuring the Doctor and Rose as played by David Tennant and Billie Piper in the hit series from BBC Television.
I Am a Dalek
Gareth Roberts
Published by BBC Books, BBC Worldwide Ltd,
Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0TT
First published 2006
Copyright © Gareth Roberts 2006
The moral right of the author has been asserted.
Doctor Who logo © BBC 2004
Original series broadcast on BBC television
Format © BBC 1963
‘Doctor Who’, ‘TARDIS’, ‘Dalek’ and the Doctor Who logo are trademarks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and are used under licence.
‘Dalek’ image copyright © BBC/Terry Nation 1963
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.
ISBN 0 563 48648 1
Commissioning Editor: Stuart Cooper
Consultant Editor: Helen Raynor
Editor: Justin Richards
Doctor Who is a BBC Wales production for BBC ONE Executive Producers: Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner Producer: Phil Collinson
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either a product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual people living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
Cover design by Henry Steadman © BBC 2006
Typeset in Stone Serif by SX Composing DTP, Rayleigh, Essex Printed and bound in Great Britain by Bookmarque, Surrey For more information about this and other BBC books, please visit our website at www.bbcshop.com
Contents
Chapter One
1
Chapter Two
5
Chapter Three
11
Chapter Four
17
Chapter Five
23
Chapter Six
29
Chapter Seven
33
Chapter Eight
39
Chapter Nine
45
Chapter Ten
49
Chapter Eleven
53
Chapter Twelve
57
Chapter Thirteen
63
Chapter Fourteen
65
Acknowledgements
67
World Book Day: Quick Reads
69
CHAPTER ONE
ROSE CHECKED THE SEAL on her space helmet, then she looked across the TARDIS controls to the Doctor.
‘Turning off the air,’ he said, his white-gloved hand flicking one of the many switches on the panel. His voice reached Rose through a two-way radio link built into their helmets. ‘Turning off the gravity.’
He flicked another switch and smiled over at her. Then he remembered something. ‘Oh – and balance pressure,’ he added, flipping another control. ‘Because we don’t wanna burst. Going up, Mary Poppins.’
Rose felt the weight leave her body and reached out to steady herself on the edge of her side of the panel. ‘Can’t believe it,’ she said.
She cast a glance to the police box doors, imagining what lay outside.
‘Walking on the moon.’
‘More like leaping,’ said the Doctor happily. To demonstrate, he put one foot forward and let himself be carried through the vacuum, landing with the grace of a ballet dancer a good fifteen feet away. ‘Practise, then,’ he told Rose. ‘You don’t want to fall flat on your backside out there. Leap!’
Rose let go of the panel and followed his example, remembering to push gently, and landing only a little less expertly right next to him.
‘Giant leap. And leap!’ the Doctor encouraged her, and
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