new race of Daleks perhaps?’
‘The Daleks will be reborn,’ said the Dalek. ‘But I will spare Earth. I will spare the woman Rose and all the other humans.’
‘And some other planet, they all get killed,’ said Rose.
‘There is no choice. In a crisis, impure creatures care only for the ones they know. This is a weakness.’ The Dalek was speaking to the Doctor. ‘The Doctor will not allow me to destroy your planet. To kill your family.’
The Doctor turned pale. He looked over at Rose. ‘It’s right. It can play me like an old fiddle.’
‘You’re gonna give it what it wants?’
The Doctor nodded. ‘Nothing else I can do. I can’t let Earth be destroyed.’
‘But this other planet and all the others out there. . . ’
‘They will be exterminated!’ the Dalek exulted. ‘And the new race of Daleks will be born. Daleks of my creation!’
55
CHAPTER TWELVE
THE DOCTOR WALKED SLOWLY into the TARDIS. It was clear that he wasn’t happy. Rose followed, slamming the door quickly after her.
‘How convincing was I?’ she said. ‘I deserve an Oscar for that.’
The Doctor looked at her grimly. ‘I wasn’t bluffing.’
‘I know you. You’re gonna fix up some booby trap, send the Dalek flying off into the space-time vortex or something, kill it.’
The Doctor shook his head and said gently, ‘Rose, that Dalek is a genius. An expert in space-time engineering. If I try any kind of trick, it’ll see it a mile off.’
Rose watched as he strode over to a shadowy corner of the TARDIS
and pulled out a huge, old-fashioned trunk. ‘But you can’t actually do it!’
‘I can save Earth,’ said the Doctor. He swung open the lid of the trunk. ‘For a Dalek, that’s a good deal.’
‘People who do deals with Daleks. . . ’ Rose reminded him.
‘Even if I was the sort of person who liked pulling triggers, do you know anything that could stop that Dalek? It’s fully formed now. I can’t just throw a brick at it again. It’s got a tough, radiation-proof casing. It’s immune to every infection. It’d just blink at a nuclear explosion. If it could blink.’ He rooted through the trunk, which contained a weird collection of jumble.
Rose came up close to him. ‘We destroyed them before,’ she said seriously. ‘I destroyed them.’ She remembered becoming the bad wolf, looking into the time vortex, wiping away a million Daleks with the wave of one hand.
‘Try that again and you could take the whole universe down with you,’ said the Doctor. ‘This is the only way. Here.’ He’d found what he was looking for in the trunk and held it up for her to see. It was a thick metal bangle decorated with a strange seal. ‘It’s old, but I reckon 57
I can get it going.’ He buzzed the sonic screwdriver over the seal and it glowed gently. ‘Time Ring, it’s like a personal TARDIS. Could take you anywhere.’
Rose stared at him. ‘So we’re really selling out? Letting it go?’
The Doctor looked down sadly. Then he gently stroked her cheek.
‘Either option is a nightmare. But the Dalek was right.’ He gazed over her shoulder, looking into the past. ‘We go back a long, long time.
The Dalek knows me. It knows I can’t stand back and watch it destroy your home.’
Kate the human Dalek watched the Doctor and Rose emerge from the TARDIS. She was filled with devotion and righteous anger. It was time for her master to leave this pathetic planet and secure the true destiny of the Daleks.
‘One Time Ring,’ said the Doctor, twirling it casually round his finger. ‘So, where do you want to go?’
The Dalek scanned the bangle. ‘The device is acceptable. Attach it.’
The Doctor slipped the bangle over the sucker arm.
‘I cannot operate the control panel,’ said the Dalek. ‘It is designed for human operation. The one called Kate will set the coordinates.’
Kate stepped forward eagerly. Her finger touched the seal of the bangle and instantly her Dalek brain recognised its design and
‘The Daleks will be reborn,’ said the Dalek. ‘But I will spare Earth. I will spare the woman Rose and all the other humans.’
‘And some other planet, they all get killed,’ said Rose.
‘There is no choice. In a crisis, impure creatures care only for the ones they know. This is a weakness.’ The Dalek was speaking to the Doctor. ‘The Doctor will not allow me to destroy your planet. To kill your family.’
The Doctor turned pale. He looked over at Rose. ‘It’s right. It can play me like an old fiddle.’
‘You’re gonna give it what it wants?’
The Doctor nodded. ‘Nothing else I can do. I can’t let Earth be destroyed.’
‘But this other planet and all the others out there. . . ’
‘They will be exterminated!’ the Dalek exulted. ‘And the new race of Daleks will be born. Daleks of my creation!’
55
CHAPTER TWELVE
THE DOCTOR WALKED SLOWLY into the TARDIS. It was clear that he wasn’t happy. Rose followed, slamming the door quickly after her.
‘How convincing was I?’ she said. ‘I deserve an Oscar for that.’
The Doctor looked at her grimly. ‘I wasn’t bluffing.’
‘I know you. You’re gonna fix up some booby trap, send the Dalek flying off into the space-time vortex or something, kill it.’
The Doctor shook his head and said gently, ‘Rose, that Dalek is a genius. An expert in space-time engineering. If I try any kind of trick, it’ll see it a mile off.’
Rose watched as he strode over to a shadowy corner of the TARDIS
and pulled out a huge, old-fashioned trunk. ‘But you can’t actually do it!’
‘I can save Earth,’ said the Doctor. He swung open the lid of the trunk. ‘For a Dalek, that’s a good deal.’
‘People who do deals with Daleks. . . ’ Rose reminded him.
‘Even if I was the sort of person who liked pulling triggers, do you know anything that could stop that Dalek? It’s fully formed now. I can’t just throw a brick at it again. It’s got a tough, radiation-proof casing. It’s immune to every infection. It’d just blink at a nuclear explosion. If it could blink.’ He rooted through the trunk, which contained a weird collection of jumble.
Rose came up close to him. ‘We destroyed them before,’ she said seriously. ‘I destroyed them.’ She remembered becoming the bad wolf, looking into the time vortex, wiping away a million Daleks with the wave of one hand.
‘Try that again and you could take the whole universe down with you,’ said the Doctor. ‘This is the only way. Here.’ He’d found what he was looking for in the trunk and held it up for her to see. It was a thick metal bangle decorated with a strange seal. ‘It’s old, but I reckon 57
I can get it going.’ He buzzed the sonic screwdriver over the seal and it glowed gently. ‘Time Ring, it’s like a personal TARDIS. Could take you anywhere.’
Rose stared at him. ‘So we’re really selling out? Letting it go?’
The Doctor looked down sadly. Then he gently stroked her cheek.
‘Either option is a nightmare. But the Dalek was right.’ He gazed over her shoulder, looking into the past. ‘We go back a long, long time.
The Dalek knows me. It knows I can’t stand back and watch it destroy your home.’
Kate the human Dalek watched the Doctor and Rose emerge from the TARDIS. She was filled with devotion and righteous anger. It was time for her master to leave this pathetic planet and secure the true destiny of the Daleks.
‘One Time Ring,’ said the Doctor, twirling it casually round his finger. ‘So, where do you want to go?’
The Dalek scanned the bangle. ‘The device is acceptable. Attach it.’
The Doctor slipped the bangle over the sucker arm.
‘I cannot operate the control panel,’ said the Dalek. ‘It is designed for human operation. The one called Kate will set the coordinates.’
Kate stepped forward eagerly. Her finger touched the seal of the bangle and instantly her Dalek brain recognised its design and
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