Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace (15 page)

‘Right!’ said the Doctor, rising to the bait. ‘Just for that I’ll show you. Where shall we go? I know, let’s go to Mars!’

He made a few adjustments to the TARDIS’s guidance circuits. ‘I’ll show you if I can control the TARDIS or not,’

he muttered. ‘Next stop the planet Mars!’

Suddenly the time-machine began to shudder violently, throwing the four travellers about the room. Warning lights began to blaze on the control console, and a deafening crescendo of sound filled the control chamber.

‘What’s happening?’ shrieked Polly, as the floor pitched and tossed under her and she lost her footing.

‘I seem to have done something,’ shouted the Doctor.

and staggered back to the control console, clutching its sides to maintain his balance. ‘It’s all your fault, doubting my ability to steer,’ he said sulkily, and then cried out as the TARDIS lurched violently to one side, throwing them all into the corner of the room. ‘Hang on, everyone! I’m afraid the TARDIS is out of control!’

Wherever the TARDIS was going it certainly wasn’t Mars...

• Front cover
  
• Rear cover
  
• Title page
  
• Copyright
  
• Contents
  
• Prologue
  
• 1 Under The Volcano
  
• 2 Sacrifices To Amdo
  
• 3 Professor Zaroff
  
• 4 Escapees
  
• 5 An Audience With The King
  
• 6 The Voice Of Amdo
  
• 7 Kidnap
  
• 8 �Nothing In The World Can Stop MeNow!�
  
• 9 Desperate Remedies
  
• 10 The Prudence Of Zaroff
  
• 11 The Hidden Assassin
  
• Epilogue