The Colony Hospital - Doctor Who
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randomsushiThe Doctor and Zoe get Jamie to a hospital on the planet Ghiaccio Quattro and uncover an alien plot to control the people using flu. Follows on from The Prison Beneath The Sea.
“Zoe? Is that you?”
Zoe gasped and directed the penlight at the figure in front of her. “Doctor! You frightened the life out of me!” she hissed.
“Shh.” The Doctor held a finger to his lips and listened intently for a few seconds. “Good, it doesn’t sound like anyone heard your scream. Let’s see where we are, shall we?” He carefully lifted up one of the ceiling tiles and peeped into the darkness. “Could I borrow that little light for a second?” he asked.
Zoe handed it over and he shone it down into the hospital. “Just an examination room,” he said eventually and handed the light back. “Now… where’s Jamie?”
“He’s under their control again,” Zoe said unhappily. “I’m sorry, Doctor. They were scanning people as they went past and when he ran away with me, they must have realised he wasn’t under their influence.”
“Oh bother.” The Doctor scowled. “I did so hope they wouldn’t spot him among the others. Do you have any idea whereabouts he might be?”
Zoe shook her head. “He tried to take me back to the operating theatres where the Cybermen are when the lights went out. We were near the X-ray department.”
“Ah yes… Cybermen can’t stand radiation.” The Doctor smiled. “I’m impressed.”
“I was heading back there to look for a portable X-ray machine,” Zoe explained.
“An excellent idea,” the Doctor agreed. “Let’s go, shall we?”
“Doctor?” Zoe asked after a few minutes of crawling. “How long do you think it will take them to get the power on?”
“Oh… quite a while, I should think,” the Doctor replied. “I rewired rather a lot of the circuitry. If anyone tries to restore the power without putting it all back together, they’ll get a very nasty shock.” He stopped and carefully pulled up another ceiling tile. “Is this the place?”
Zoe shone the light into the darkness and then nodded. “If we move over to the right about three tiles, there’s a filing cabinet we can use to climb down.”
It didn’t take them long to climb down into the room, and the Doctor quickly found several hand held X-ray machines in a cupboard. “I don’t know if they’ll be strong enough to kill a Cyberman, but they should make them stand well back,” the Doctor explained, showing her how to use the controls. “Now, Jamie will be fine for the moment so let’s see if we can find out what’s in behind that doorway in the morgue.”
/\/\/\
After half an hour of crawling, Zoe was sure he had a third degree burn on her left thigh and the Doctor was muttering under his breath about the general uselessness of fortieth century technology as the tiny penlight began to die.
“I think we’re close,” he whispered, stopping suddenly and putting his ear to the ceiling. “Aaah, I can hear footsteps. Heavy ones. And a voice. Cyberman. And human. Hmm.” He crawled carefully over a few tiles and pulled one up.
The room below was very dimly lit, but it was enough for the Doctor to see that it was indeed the morgue. The mystery doorway had been cleared and two Cybermen stood in front of it. One of them was talking to the man who’d been in the morgue earlier. As the Doctor watched, he turned and walked into the room beyond, shutting the door behind him.
The Doctor lowered the ceiling tile back into place and began to crawl quietly towards the general direction of the mystery room. “We’re nearly there,” he whispered to Zoe. “We’ll need the X-ray machines when we get there; there’s a man inside and he may try to alert the Cybermen.”
Zoe nodded grimly and followed him. A moment later, the Doctor stopped again and lifted up another ceiling tile.
Immediately he knew it was the room they were looking for. Desks lined the walls, topped by large computer monitors, which were still working despite the power cut and showing rolling lists of names and photos. He recognised one of the two men in the room as the one he’d seen a moment earlier.
Slightly more worrying was the Cyberman stood in the centre of the room.
Thoughtfully, the Doctor switched on the portable X-ray he was holding to see if it would have any effect from that distance.
It did. Immediately, the Cyberman let out a gurgling cry, then froze and toppled over backwards. The two men looked around in surprise at the commotion, and then jumped back as the two Cybermen from the morgue burst into the room. With seconds, they too had keeled over dead.
Once the immediate threat was out of the way, the Doctor climbed out of the ceiling onto a desk. “Hello,” he said cheerfully to the two surprised men, holding out a hand to help Zoe. “I’m the Doctor.”
“Ah.” The oriental man nodded. “I’m Harry. That’s Don. We had a feeling we might be seeing you at some point.”
Zoe grabbed a chair and held it threateningly. “Don’t think you’re going to stop us! You must be mad to be working with the Cybermen!”
“Oh we don’t want to stop you,” Don said hastily, holding his hands up in defence. “We want to help!”
“Zoe? Is that you?”
Zoe gasped and directed the penlight at the figure in front of her. “Doctor! You frightened the life out of me!” she hissed.
“Shh.” The Doctor held a finger to his lips and listened intently for a few seconds. “Good, it doesn’t sound like anyone heard your scream. Let’s see where we are, shall we?” He carefully lifted up one of the ceiling tiles and peeped into the darkness. “Could I borrow that little light for a second?” he asked.
Zoe handed it over and he shone it down into the hospital. “Just an examination room,” he said eventually and handed the light back. “Now… where’s Jamie?”
“He’s under their control again,” Zoe said unhappily. “I’m sorry, Doctor. They were scanning people as they went past and when he ran away with me, they must have realised he wasn’t under their influence.”
“Oh bother.” The Doctor scowled. “I did so hope they wouldn’t spot him among the others. Do you have any idea whereabouts he might be?”
Zoe shook her head. “He tried to take me back to the operating theatres where the Cybermen are when the lights went out. We were near the X-ray department.”
“Ah yes… Cybermen can’t stand radiation.” The Doctor smiled. “I’m impressed.”
“I was heading back there to look for a portable X-ray machine,” Zoe explained.
“An excellent idea,” the Doctor agreed. “Let’s go, shall we?”
“Doctor?” Zoe asked after a few minutes of crawling. “How long do you think it will take them to get the power on?”
“Oh… quite a while, I should think,” the Doctor replied. “I rewired rather a lot of the circuitry. If anyone tries to restore the power without putting it all back together, they’ll get a very nasty shock.” He stopped and carefully pulled up another ceiling tile. “Is this the place?”
Zoe shone the light into the darkness and then nodded. “If we move over to the right about three tiles, there’s a filing cabinet we can use to climb down.”
It didn’t take them long to climb down into the room, and the Doctor quickly found several hand held X-ray machines in a cupboard. “I don’t know if they’ll be strong enough to kill a Cyberman, but they should make them stand well back,” the Doctor explained, showing her how to use the controls. “Now, Jamie will be fine for the moment so let’s see if we can find out what’s in behind that doorway in the morgue.”
/\/\/\
After half an hour of crawling, Zoe was sure he had a third degree burn on her left thigh and the Doctor was muttering under his breath about the general uselessness of fortieth century technology as the tiny penlight began to die.
“I think we’re close,” he whispered, stopping suddenly and putting his ear to the ceiling. “Aaah, I can hear footsteps. Heavy ones. And a voice. Cyberman. And human. Hmm.” He crawled carefully over a few tiles and pulled one up.
The room below was very dimly lit, but it was enough for the Doctor to see that it was indeed the morgue. The mystery doorway had been cleared and two Cybermen stood in front of it. One of them was talking to the man who’d been in the morgue earlier. As the Doctor watched, he turned and walked into the room beyond, shutting the door behind him.
The Doctor lowered the ceiling tile back into place and began to crawl quietly towards the general direction of the mystery room. “We’re nearly there,” he whispered to Zoe. “We’ll need the X-ray machines when we get there; there’s a man inside and he may try to alert the Cybermen.”
Zoe nodded grimly and followed him. A moment later, the Doctor stopped again and lifted up another ceiling tile.
Immediately he knew it was the room they were looking for. Desks lined the walls, topped by large computer monitors, which were still working despite the power cut and showing rolling lists of names and photos. He recognised one of the two men in the room as the one he’d seen a moment earlier.
Slightly more worrying was the Cyberman stood in the centre of the room.
Thoughtfully, the Doctor switched on the portable X-ray he was holding to see if it would have any effect from that distance.
It did. Immediately, the Cyberman let out a gurgling cry, then froze and toppled over backwards. The two men looked around in surprise at the commotion, and then jumped back as the two Cybermen from the morgue burst into the room. With seconds, they too had keeled over dead.
Once the immediate threat was out of the way, the Doctor climbed out of the ceiling onto a desk. “Hello,” he said cheerfully to the two surprised men, holding out a hand to help Zoe. “I’m the Doctor.”
“Ah.” The oriental man nodded. “I’m Harry. That’s Don. We had a feeling we might be seeing you at some point.”
Zoe grabbed a chair and held it threateningly. “Don’t think you’re going to stop us! You must be mad to be working with the Cybermen!”
“Oh we don’t want to stop you,” Don said hastily, holding his hands up in defence. “We want to help!”
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