Doctor Who: The Wounded Earth - The History of the Doctor

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Chris McKeon DOCTOR WHO: THE WOUNDED EARTH side of the decidedly inhuman ship slid open and against each other with heavy clanks, and from within the dark interior emerged three lizard-like beings with leathery scaled grey-green skin, huge rigid fan-flaps for ears, a perpetually rounded mouth-hole, and a large glowing orb housed with a chamber of skin above a pair of squinting eyes. To all in the Doctor’s party except Harry and Sarah Jane, the three creatures were unmistakably recognisable as Silurians, the original land inhabitants of Ancient Earth. The Doctor recognised the trio from an earlier encounter as the Silurian Triad, the ruling council of their race. Since he had been wearing a different persona at the time, he decided against renewing their acquaintance and adding to the confusion. One of the Silurians stepped forward and spoke with a voice high and bubbling. ‘I am Ichtar. I speak for the Triad. We, the Land and Water Reptiles of this planet, seek an audience of truce with the Ape Descendents.’ The Brigadier bristled at being referenced in relation to primates and drew himself up. ‘If you mean the human race, then I can speak for them, and listen very closely to what your two peoples have to tell us. Now, why have you come here’ It was Decrix who responded. ‘We have risen once more in response to a great crisis which threatens all of our races: the seas boil in agony and the land oozes its inner fluids from deep piercings. If we do not act swiftly to heal these wounds, then all life on this world, our world, will perish!’ The Doctor pulled his mouth downwards into a frown and shrugged his shoulders. ‘Well, Brigadier if there’s ever a good reason for an alliance I’d call it that.’ PAGE 30
Chris McKeon DOCTOR WHO: THE WOUNDED EARTH They – the Doctor and his friends, with Ichtar, and Decrix – decided to assemble away from any prying eyes inside the yacht’s main guest room, a spacious circular enclosure of polished chrome with a ceiling of darkened glass and a floor of transparent glass. Sarah Jane was standing upon the glass panel adjusting the sound level controls of her new voice recorder, a small, thin red tube with microphone grilles affixed to both ends, which the Doctor had built for her in case they ever needed to eavesdrop on interesting conversations. Sarah Jane had also found the device quite useful for discreet recordings during interviews for her articles, in case her subjects were skittish about her written transcripts. She finished her tuning and looked down and found the constant view of the riverbed beneath her feet disorienting, so she quickly took a seat next to the Doctor (who was casting out and reeling back a yellow yo-yo in an ever-increasing variety of extravagant tricks) upon one the room’s two available plush black leather ergonomic couches and took the quiet opportunity to pull out from a side pouch in her environmental suit her journal, to which she began adding a new entry. Sitting across from the Doctor and Sarah Jane on a matching couch was Harry, who looked rather conspicuous while flanked by the two Earth Reptiles, both of whom seemed equally out of place enjoying such human luxury. Standing next to one another to the left of the couches were the Brigadier and Yates; Yates wore a neutral expression, as if ready to receive whatever information should come his way with an open mind, while the Brigadier pondered if he had ever witnessed a stranger diplomatic gathering in his career. Directly opposite the two soldiers was Benton, who had a hard time keeping face relaxed while inside he was positively beaming to be amongst all of his friends once again. I just hope this isn’t the last time we get together like this. PAGE 31
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