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|series=''[[Doctor Who Magazine|DWM]]'' short stories | |series=''[[Doctor Who Magazine|DWM]]'' short stories | ||
|doctor=Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions=[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], [[Harry Sullivan|Harry]] | |companions=[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], [[Harry Sullivan|Harry]] | ||
|setting= [[Dead Sea]], [[Israel]], Stone Age | |setting= [[Dead Sea]], [[Israel]], Stone Age | ||
|writer= | |writer = Andrew Lowes | ||
|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 117|117]] | |publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 117|117]] | ||
|cover date= | |cover date= October 1986 | ||
|prev=Power to the People (short story) | |prev = Power to the People (short story) | ||
|next=Hall of Mirrors (short story) | |next=Hall of Mirrors (short story) | ||
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[[Olag]] was one of the lucky few to be allowed to hunt while his tribe were held as slaves by the "melters-of-rock". They had arrived in their metal ships and were now drilling down through the rock, ever forward towards the centre of the [[Earth]]. They forced his people to work the mines by their new masters. They were ape-like creatures who carried "thundersticks" that sent bolts of light capable of melting rock. | [[Olag]] was one of the lucky few to be allowed to hunt while his tribe were held as slaves by the "melters-of-rock". They had arrived in their metal ships and were now drilling down through the rock, ever forward towards the centre of the [[Earth]]. They forced his people to work the mines by their new masters. They were ape-like creatures who carried "thundersticks" that sent bolts of light capable of melting rock. | ||
Olag steals a "thunderstick" from one of the creatures. He runs into the tunnels and encounters three more strangers (the [[Fourth Doctor]], and his travelling companions [[Harry Sullivan]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]). There is a huge energy pattern on the scale of [[Hiroshima]] in [[1945]], so the Doctor has arrived to investigate. He greet Olag and hides from the invaders. The Doctor recognises them as [[Ronan (species)| | Olag steals a "thunderstick" from one of the creatures. He runs into the tunnels and encounters three more strangers (the [[Fourth Doctor]], and his travelling companions [[Harry Sullivan]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]). There is a huge energy pattern on the scale of [[Hiroshima]] in [[1945]], so the Doctor has arrived to investigate. He greet Olag and hides from the invaders. The Doctor recognises them as [[Ronan (species)|Ronans]] from the [[planet]] [[Ronos]]. The planet was believed destroyed when the Ronans drilled into their own planet. It was moving away from its sun and became colder. | ||
This small band of survivors sought to do the same to the Earth and chose the [[Dead Sea]] as one of the thinnest parts of the Earth's crust. However, Ronos was a dry world and the Ronans were allergic to [[salt water]]. | This small band of survivors sought to do the same to the Earth and chose the [[Dead Sea]] as one of the thinnest parts of the Earth's crust. However, Ronos was a dry world and the Ronans were allergic to [[salt water]]. | ||
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== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* On a previous visit (a bit later), to the Dead Sea, the Doctor had helped develop a permanent ink for writing the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]]. | * On a previous visit (a bit later), to the Dead Sea, the Doctor had helped develop a permanent ink for writing the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]]. | ||