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novel name= The Price of Paradise|
{{Infobox Story SMW
series= [[BBC Tenth Doctor Adventures]]|
|image = PriceofParadise.jpg
number= 6|
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
doctor= [[Tenth Doctor]]|
|number = 12
companions= [[Rose Tyler]]|
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
enemy= [[Witiku]], [[Hugan|Brother Hugan]]|
|companions = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
year= [[Laylora]]|
|enemy = [[Witiku]], [[Hugan|Brother Hugan]]
writer= [[Colin Brake]]|
|setting = [[Laylora]], [[24th century]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]]|
|writer = Colin Brake
release date= [[September]] [[2006]]|
|publisher = BBC Books
format= Hardcover, 251 pages|
|release date = 21 September 2006
isbn= ISBN 0-563-48652-X|
|format = Hardcover, 251 pages
previous story= [[The Art of Destruction]]|
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-48652-X
next story= [[Sting of the Zygons]]
|prev = The Art of Destruction (novel)
|}}
|next = Sting of the Zygons (novel)
|clip = |read by = [[Shaun Dingwall]]|cover=[[Henry Steadman]]
}}
'''''The Price of Paradise''''' was the twelfth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Colin Brake]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]].


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Laylora]] — the Paradise Planet. A world of breath-taking beauty, where the peace-loving inhabitants live in harmony with their environment. Or do they? The Doctor and Rose arrive to find that the once perfect eco-system is showing signs of failing. The Paradise Planet has become a death trap as terrifying creatures from ancient legends appear and stalk the land.
[[Laylora]] — the Paradise Planet. A world of breath-taking beauty, where the [[Layloran|peace-loving inhabitants]] live in harmony with their environment, Or do they? The Doctor and Rose arrive to find that the once perfect eco-system is showing signs of failing. The Paradise Planet has become a death trap as terrifying creatures from ancient legends appear and stalk the land.


Is there a connection between the [[human]] explorers who have crash-landed and the savage monsters? What secret lies at the heart of the natives' ancient ceremonies? And what price might one human have to pay to save the only home he has ever known?
Is there a connection between the [[human]] explorers who have crash-landed and the savage [[Witiku|monsters]]? What secret lies at the heart of the natives' ancient ceremonies? And what price might one human have to pay to save the only home he has ever known?


[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] are in a race against time to find a cure for a sick [[planet]].
[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] are in a race against time to find a cure for a sick [[planet]].


==Plot==
== Plot ==
[[Serenta|Sister Serenta]] returns from walking on a beach to rejoin the rest of her group in the forest, only to find a terrible creature. It chases her until she finally trips. Serenta gets a clear view of the creature before it knocks her unconscious — it's a [[Witiku]]!


The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] relax in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], playing [[snooker]] to pass the time as the controls re-calibrate from their previous adventure. The [[Tribe of the Three Valleys]] search for the missing youths and [[Hugan|Brother Hugan]] prays to their goddess for their safe return. Just then, the ground quakes and Hugan comes to the conclusion the she must be angry at the tribe.


Sister Serenta has taken a break from digging an animal trap with her brother Purin and his friend Aerack. She is instead gathering fruit in one of Laylora's forests. As she makes her way back to the boys she hears a loud crashing sound in the trees and is pursued by a large hairy beast with four arms and lethal talons. She flees to the beach where she is finally caught. She realises that the beast in front of her is one of the Witiku of legend before it attacks her and she loses consciousness.
Soon after the tribals' search ends in failure, the [[SS Humphrey Bogart|SS ''Humphrey Bogart'']] jumps from hyperspace, navigates through an asteroid belt, and approaches the [[Laylora|paradise planet]] so long sought after by captain [[Petra Shulough]]. However, the [[planet]] reacts violently to the ship's presence, sending out an [[EMP]] which disables the ''Humphrey Bogart''. [[Jonn Hespell]] manages to send out an SOS as the ship is dragged into the atmosphere.


Aboard the TARDIS, the Doctor and Rose are playing pool (with balls designed to resemble the planets of the solar system) before they arrive at their next destination, which the Doctor claims has been selected by Rose's MP3 player set on random shuffle.
Inside the TARDIS, the SOS is heard, and the Doctor responds by materialising near the source of the alarm. Upon stepping out, Rose is immediately distracted by the planet's beauty. Lush green forests and snow capped mountains beyond them to her right, a perfect white sand beach and turquoise ocean to her left. The Doctor must remind her of why they're there, pointing the column of smoke in the distance.


Back on Laylora, the Tribe of the Three Valleys are concerned about the disappearance of their three youths. Most of the men are away moving animals to winter grazing lands and Mother Jaelette is in charge. At a loss for what to do, she hopes that the ritual of the shaman, Brother Hugan, will provide divine intervention.
Aboard the ''Humphrey Bogart'', the crew suffers few injuries with minimal damage to the ship thanks to [[Kendle]]'s fancy flying. Once emergency power is activated, professor Shulough confirms it. They have landed on [[Laylora]].


A very old spaceship drops out of hyperspace. Grimy and patched-up, it is the ''SS Humphrey Bogart'' and it is owned by Professor Petra Shulough. With a makeshift crew of four, Shulough is eighteen months into an exploration voyage in search of The Paradise Planet. She is accompanied by an experienced old marine, Kendle, who is in his late sixties. The other three are very young: Jae Collins is a playboy pilot fleeing his gambling debts; and just out of the Space Naval Academy are Ania Baker and Jonn Hespell.
The Doctor and Rose are enjoying their walk through the forest, following the readings on [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|the sonic screwdriver]], when they stumble upon some ruins. They are both impressed; however the Doctor notices a flower, still with a head on it, crushed by a stone. Rose [[deduce]]s that the stone must've fallen on it recently. The Doctor nods, saying, "This planet may not be as benevolent as we first thought!"


On Laylora, young Kaylen remembers the moment fifteen years earlier, when she was six, that she heard an ear-splitting roar above the forest and saw a plume of black smoke cross the sky. A dark object fell into the trees. When Kaylen reached it she found a small egg-shaped craft with a baby boy strapped inside. This child was adopted by the tribe and raised as her brother, Rez. Kaylen and her brother Rez are now assisting Hugan the shaman in one of his rituals, and Kaylen thinks that the shaman looks more silly than imposing in his ceremonial robes. His rituals and ceremonial costume reflect a time when the Laylorans had worshipped their world as a goddess and their religion had included blood sacrifice. Modern inhabitants of the world, still living in harmony with their environment, are less inclined to see the planet as a living deity. However, the trio are performing a rite for the three missing youths when there is a sudden earth tremor, shaking the ancient temple where they stand and causing its walls to collapse.
[[Kaylen]] finds her mother, [[Jaelette]], cleaning up after the tremor. There was minimal damage to the village, but still plenty to do. Kaylen has a brief discussion with her mother, who shares her views about the village leaders being only men, disliking the fact because Laylora is female.


The ''Humphrey Bogart'', approaching the planet, is suddenly struck by an electromagnetic pulse that disables most of the systems. Major Kendle, the old and experienced pilot, uses manual control to effect an astonishing crash landing. As he does so, Hespell launches a space buoy sending a distress signal.
Rose and the Doctor continue to explore the ruins, finding a [[Layloran Temple|tall cathedral-like building]], its sides covered with carved panels. The carvings feature stick people, animals, and monsters. The Doctor is so intrigued that Rose reminds him that they have an emergency to attend to. The Doctor shifts his attention back to their original purpose; however he can't seem to get a reading on the sonic screwdriver, so he climbs up the side of the temple in order to get a view of his surroundings. He drops his coat down for Rose to take care of, which she fails to catch, and is promptly knocked over by its surprising weight. Rose struggles out from under the coat, folds it, and sits on it. She's tempted to try some fruit from a nearby bush, but remembers the Rule of Space-Time Travel No. 10: don't eat anything unless you're sure it's totally safe. Unless it's a badly cooked kronkburger — in which case don't eat it at all.


The TARDIS receives the signal and the Doctor diverts to Laylora. Rose steps out and is amazed by the beauty of the forest, mountains and beach. In the distance is a plume of black smoke, indicating the site of the crashed spaceship.
While the Doctor makes his way across the roof, Rose begins to relax; but then she hears a strange noise. Feeling less at ease, she searches the pockets of the coat, and, after sifting through some useless baubles, comes up with naught but a torch. Torch in hand, moving towards the noise, she is surprised by a large, hairy beast, waving its talons. Stepping back, tripping and dropping the torch, she cries out as the beast closes in...


Inside the spaceship the five crew members are bruised and shaken but still alive. Damage is minimal but the power is down and forty-eight hours are needed before a take-off can be attempted. Professor Shulough and Major Kendle rig up a back-up power supply in the cargo bay to get the main computers working. As Shulough works at her computer, Kendle comments on how well the young crew handled the emergency. The Professor barely responds because she has confirmed to herself that she has achieved a goal she has been working towards for many years: she has found the Paradise Planet and they are on Laylora.
Kendle takes Hespell out to examine the exterior of the ship which seems to have no serious damage when Hespell notices movement at the edge of the clearing created by their ship as it crashed. Suddenly, a not so friendly native moves swiftly out of the forest towards them. They both sprint for the airlock, Kendle risking a look over his shoulder, and noticing there are not one, but three monsters after them. He makes it to the airlock and Hespell hits the controls. The doors slide shut with a hiss as Hespell gets on the comms to alert the crew of the attack. Professor Shulough responds to this with annoyance and refuses to leave the planet. She tells Kendle to defend the ship.


On their way to the crash site Rose and the Doctor discover the sprawling ruins of the temple and spot the recent effects of the earthquake. The Doctor is fascinated by the crude paintings on the walls of the temple, particularly those of monsters with four arms. Realising he has lost his bearings he climbs the tall central tower of the temple, leaving Rose at the bottom. She hears a noise coming from one of the nearby outbuildings, goes in to investigate and is confronted by a monster with four arms and sharp talons. Rose rolls from side to side to avoid the monster but instead of being attacked she realises it is a young man in a costume. He is blond, young and attractive. And human. She tells him her name and he introduces himself as Rez.
Rose is still rolling about on the ground, waiting for claws to come slicing down when she hears a voice and looks up. The monster is attempting to pull its own head off, and then she realises it is a costume! Underneath the mask was a handsome young lad with short, spiky, blond hair, blue eyes and tanned skin. The boy reacts in surprise when he realises that Rose is a human too. They introduce themselves; the boy is named [[Rez]].


Kendle and Hespell are checking the outer hull of the spaceship for damage. The younger man sees a massive creature, covered in thick black hair and with four arms, emerge from the forest. The two men race back to the airlock and shut the door. Back on the bridge they look at the screens just in time to see one of the monsters destroy the security camera with one blow. Afraid that the monster's talons can slice through the hull, Kendle and Hespell connect the generator to the metal outer plates. The three monsters on the spaceship are hurled away and disappear into the forest. Kendle prepares to go after the monsters and orders Hespell and Collins to follow him. Their journey takes them to the temple ruins, where Hespell fires a shot at a movement on the roof and hits the Doctor, who was on his way down from the tower.
Back in the ''Humphrey Bogart'', the crew watch as the creatures slice through the exterior cameras. Kendle comes up with the idea of electrifying the hull. This sends the attackers flying. They retreat, but Kendle knows that they will be back. With that happy note, they decide to take the offensive. Kendle, Hespell and [[Ania Baker|Ania]] grab weapons and move out. They eventually come upon some ruins, and Hespell spots a figure on a roof. He takes aim...


Rose and Rez witness the shooting but remain silent because of the men's weapons and uniforms. However, as the Doctor is picked up and taken away, he spots Rose and winks at her. She is keen to follow him, but Rez says that the forest is dangerous at night and that she must go with him to the village until morning. The tented village reminds Rose of a Native American settlement. The villagers want to know if she is from the crashed spaceship. When a beautiful girl embraces Rez, Rose feels a pang of jealousy and is delighted to find out that she is his adopted sister Kaylen. Kaylen recognises that Rose and Rez are similar. Rose notices that the Laylorans have only four fingers, among other slight differences to the human norm. Kaylen explains that Rez was found as a baby, and Rez tells Rose that he does not think of the Tribe as anything but his true family. Brother Hugan then appears, announcing that the Witiku will be called forth, and Rez explains that they are the monsters Rose saw in the temple paintings and that he was dressed as one when they first met. Hugan is apparently attempting to whip up a frenzy of bloodlust so that Rose can be sacrificed, but as soon as Rez objects the frenzy dissipates and the old man apologises, saying that was not his intention at all.
The Doctor was climbing down when he saw the humans, creeping and dashing around, carrying guns. He'd better climb down and defuse the situation before anyone got shot. The Doctor doesn't even finish the though when he gets hit by a blast. Immediately stunned, he staggers, falls, and rolls off the roof. The humans come and collect him, carrying him off to the ship. Rose witnesses this, but Rez stops her and takes her to the village.


Hespell is finding the job of guarding the 'unconscious' Doctor tedious. The Time Lord pretends to wake up and quickly wrong-foots the youth with a barrage of questions and some cheerful banter. Hespell soon finds himself talking about the attack by the monsters, much to the Doctor's interest. When Kendle intervenes with the intention of interrogating the Doctor, he finds the Time Lord keen to talk, but after two hours of conversation he is no nearer to discovering who the Doctor is. Professor Shulough decides to take a turn. She is surprised when the Doctor mentions that he has no idea which planet they are on. When she tells him that it is called Laylora, he says that he thought it was only a myth, though he is uncertain if he heard about it in the past or some time in the future.
At the [[Tribe of the Three Valleys|village]], Rose notices that the [[Layloran]]s are not human, Rez is the only one living there who is. They take Rose to the shaman, Brother Hugan, who suggests sacrificing Rose to appease Laylora. Rez and Sister Jaelette step to her defence.


She takes him to her quarters and shows him the handwritten journal of Maurit Guillan, an explorer on a survey mission for a big corporation. Guillan's ship, the ''SS Armstrong'', was discovered drifting in space. Its crew were dead, power and life support were lost and the ship had been stripped by pirates. Scans revealed that the hold had been full of huge amounts of trisilicate, a rare energy source, incredibly valuable. Nobody could work out where Guillan had been except for some pictures in his cabin labelled 'Laylora' and 'paradise'. This led to the legend of 'The Paradise Planet'. For a while people searched for it, then interest faded. Only Shulough carried on with the search. After finding the journal she became obsessed with the desire to find the mysterious planet.
On the ''Humphrey Bogart'', the Doctor is taken prisoner and kept in Hespell's cabin. Hespell tells him about the attack. The Doctor is questioned by Kendle, but after an hour of blabbing, Kendle still hasn't gotten any information at all. Shulough comes to question the Doctor, and rather has him untied and gives him a tour of the ship, telling him about it and the planet.


Their conversation is interrupted by the smell of burning. The Doctor rushes to a locked room and forces the door. Inside the room a short circuit has started a fire and noxious smoke has overcome crewman Collins. The Doctor puts out the fire. When he discovers the young man is dead he is surprised by the lack of reaction from the Professor. She comments that the young man's duties were not integral to the success of the mission. Nonetheless, the Doctor offers to help restore some of the ship's systems and the Professor accepts.
Meanwhile, [[Jae Collins]] is on his way to repair the environmental systems, thinking of how he is stuck on this ship because of his past. He smells smoke, but the sprinkler systems seem to be off-line too. Awhile later, the Doctor faintly smells smoke. They rush to the room Collins was in and pry open the doors. After extinguishing the fire, they find Collins dead.


Rez and Rose spend the evening in his tent, talking and eating. He explains to her that Laylora is a planet of balance and harmony but that recently a series of events more bad than good have spoiled the balance: failed harvests; strange weather; earthquakes. He tells her that Hugan thinks the planet will summon the Witiku to protect itself. He offers her a drink of jinnera, a coffee-like beverage that relaxes the drinker but can kill if overused. Rez tells Rose that he believes the Witiku were once real but that they no longer exist. At that moment a Witiku rips away the wall of the tent.
Back at the village, Rose is now given the hospitality of the villagers, mainly Rez, who gives her food and a cup of [[Jinnera]]. Most of the villagers are sleeping. They talk about Witiku, when suddenly razor sharp talons tear into the tent. The village is being attacked by Witiku! Rose throws a cup of Jinnera at one and it reacts with pain. Hugan and the tribe leaders usher the villagers to safety, but the Witiku carry many of them away.


The Witiku is a huge creature covered in black fur, smelling strongly of sweat. It reminds Rose of a werewolf with red eyes and fangs, but it is wearing something that glitters around its neck. Jumping past it she finds her escape cut off by another Witiku. Her only weapon is a hot cup of jinnera, which she throws at the creature and which, to her surprise, causes it to sink to its knees and scrape off the liquid. Rez pulls Rose from the tent and into the panic of the village. It is impossible to see how many creatures are attacking. Following Brother Hugan's advice, they escape towards the temple, stopping only to see a Witiku carry off a villager. They meet Mother Jaelette in the forest, and she reveals that only three monsters attacked the village but they can see about a dozen on the way to the spaceship. Jaelette also tells them that Hugan is missing.
The Doctor goes around fixing things and is shown the emergency generator. It's a [[micro-fusion generator]], and the waste is not being contained. The Witiku attack again, this time with larger numbers. The Doctor allows them into the ship and they smash the generator. All at once the Witiku stop attacking the ship. [[Ania Baker]] is injured during the attack, and a Witiku is stunned and captured.


The Doctor is busy repairing the spaceship. Hespell is perplexed when the Doctor claims to be older even than Kendle. The Doctor demands to see the emergency generator and is horrified to find that it is a micro-fusion generator that is operating in the ship's cargo bay. Such devices are banned on most civilised planets. This one is venting its exhaust directly into the air around the ship. He finds Shulough and Kendle to berate them about this when the Witiku begin another attack.
Upon waking the next morning, Rose explores the [[Layloran Temple|temple]] and the tunnels beneath it. Eventually she and Rez head off to find the ''Humphrey Bogart''.


Kendle breaks out the small arms and the four surviving crew members take their guns and step out of the ship. The Doctor refuses to carry a weapon and when two Witiku drop from the hull in front of Professor Shulough he prevents her from shooting them. Instead he tells her to let the creatures go into the ship so that he can find out what they want. The Witiku make for the cargo bay and destroy the emergency generator before returning to the forest.
The Doctor examines the Witiku, noticing the strange [[necklace]] it is wearing. He goes outside to meet with Rose and Rose's new friend, Rez. Rose and the Doctor swap stories. Inside the hold, the Witiku begins to stir, unnoticed by its guard, Hespell. The Doctor begins to make a solution from the Jinnen Beans to fight the Witiku, when the Witiku in the hold tries to escape. The Doctor uses the solution and the Witiku transforms into Brother Hugan! Hugan escapes from the ship, flees and winds up going to the temple.


Outside, there has been a fierce fight. The female crew member, Baker, has a wounded shoulder and one of the monsters is unconscious. Kendle and Hespell carry it into the ship while the Doctor tends to Baker's injuries.
Rose takes the Professor to the storerooms of [[trisilicate]], but they are troubled along the way. Shulough falls down a pit, Rose tackles the attacking Witiku into the pit, and they run for the temple. They are finally surrounded and climb through a widow to escape. They go to the tunnels, but the Witiku are there too. They become cornered in a room full of trisilicate.


Rose wakes up in the temple complex, where she spent the night with the villagers. Entering the main temple she finds a stone altar stained with old blood. Downstairs in the crypt she finds stores of grain and jinnera beans as well as older paintings of the Witiku. One room is piled high with crystals. She is discovered there by Kaylen, who tells her she can take as many crystals as she likes; they are ubiquitous on the planet. Kaylen also tells her that eight villagers went missing in the night attack, including Hugan.
Back at the ship, the Doctor finally realises the problem, the planet is allergic to them! They all set out to hunt the Witiku with a Jinnera solution. They enter the tunnels and come across the two women; but the solution fails to work. Ania, Hespell, and Rez flee while Kendle and the Doctor join Rose and Shulough at the top of the pile. They realise the room is like a coal cellar and Rose and Shulough climb out, but are ambushed by Hugan. They leave the Doctor and Kendle behind, however the villagers come to the rescue with spears tipped with Jinnen paste.


When Rose returns to the surface she hears that some of the Laylorans are planning an attack on the spaceship. Rose points out that the Witiku are not from the ship, which has a human crew. She offers to go to the ship herself to ask for help. Rez says he will take her.
Inside the temple, Professor Shulough is tied up, and Brother Hugan prepares to sacrifice Rose. The Doctor strides into the room, followed by the crew and villagers who hang back to allow the Doctor to have Hugan's attention. The Doctor distracts the shaman and Rose flees from the altar as Rez, who had been sneaking around the edge of the room, accidentally pushes a statue over, and it crushes the altar. Just then, an [[earthquake]] hits, and everyone flees. Rose, Rez, and Kendle become separated and are the only ones who can't make it out with the rest of the group. The trio runs through the tunnels, trying to find a way out.


On the ship, Hespell checks on Baker and finds her condition improving. She thanks him for saving her life. He is embarrassed that there seems to be a warmth between them. He goes to find the Doctor examining the Witiku chained in the cargo bay. The Doctor discusses the creature with Hespell, saying that he wants to take the chains off because he thinks the creature is harmless, but Hespell refuses to disobey an order. The Doctor says that Baker was only attacked after she opened fire; the attacking monsters left after they wrecked the generator. The Doctor thinks that their attack as a group shows a primitive quality but their knowledge of what to destroy reveals a higher intelligence. He is also drawn to the necklace that the Witiku is wearing, which contains gems made of trisilicate.
Back in the temple, Brother Hugan climbs out from under some rubble and changes into a Witiku once more...


When Rose arrives there is an emotional reunion with the Doctor. Rose introduces Rez as an orphan who fell from the skies and there is the first sign of emotion from Professor Shulough. Rose explains to the Doctor how jinnera seemed to be a weapon against the Witiku. Shulough questions Rez about being an alien orphan and the Doctor asks the young man to show him a jinnen plant. The Doctor takes some samples aboard the ship to analyse.
Rez leads the group to a circular chamber with stairs; they all begin to climb as they hear a roar behind them. They make it to the top. Kendle guards the interior stairs, but the Witiku smashes its ways onto the exterior ones and climbs to the top. A shadow falls over the tower; it's the ''Humphrey Bogart''! Rez and Rose leap to the airlock, and as Hugan goes to follow them, Kendle tackles him from behind. They begin to fight, and Kendle drags them both off the tower.


Ania Baker finds the Doctor in the laboratory. He has made a jinnen solution to use against the creatures and the two of them set off to the cargo bay to get a cell sample for some tests. Meanwhile, Rez gets bored and wanders off to the cargo hold where he finds Hespell playing a video game. Rez has a go at the game and masters it immediately. Neither pays much attention to the chained Witiku. Rose enters the bay and finds the two young men absorbed in their game. She inspects the unconscious Witiku and is surprised to see it wearing a necklace that she recognises. To her horror it is feigning unconsciousness and leaps at her, ripping its chains from the wall. She is knocked against Hespell who drops his weapon.
Everyone says their farewells, the ''Humphrey Bogart'' departs, taking Rez along, and the Doctor and Rose go off on their next adventure.


At this point the Doctor and Baker arrive. Seeing the danger Rose is in the Doctor throws his jinnen solution at the beast. It immediately transforms into the shape of Brother Hugan. Rose realises that the monsters are, in fact, the missing villagers.
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Rez]]
* [[Petra Shulough|Professor Shulough]]
* [[Hugan|Brother Hugan]]
* [[Kendle]]
* [[Ania Baker]]
* [[Jonn Hespell]]
* [[Jae Collins]]


Hugan is taken to the MedLab for treatment. Shulough announces that his vital signs are normal. The Doctor decides to make more jinnera, and Rez says he will take them to the village where there are huge stockpiles of jinnen. As Shulough, the Doctor and Rose plan their trip to the village, Rez blunders in suffering from a head wound. He says that Hugan attacked him and fled from the ship. The professor tends his injuries, again showing more sympathy than was evident earlier when her own crewman died. Outside, Hugan runs like a man possessed, ready to rouse his people in a battle to remove the aliens and their technology from his world.
== Worldbuilding ==
* In his pockets, the Doctor carries a couple of [[yo-yo]]s, a packet of [[boiled sweet]]s, a pack of [[playing card]]s, a [[conker]], a toy [[car]], a [[banana]] and a [[cricket ball]].
* Jackie has a CD of the soundtrack of ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' starring Philip Schofield.
* Mentions of 'trisillicate engine'


The Doctor finds traces of Hugan's trail as the party make their trek to the village. He tries to involve Professor Shulough in a conversation as he attempts to work out her motivation for discovering the whereabouts of the Paradise Planet but she is less than forthcoming. When they get to the village the members of the Tribe have already returned from the temple and resumed their life. Hugan is back in his tent and Kaylen takes the Doctor and Rez to speak with him. The Professor is amazed by the jewellery of the Tribe, made from perfect trisilicate crystals. Rose offers to take her to the temple where there is a room full of them.
=== Food and Beverages ===
* Rose eats an orange-coloured [[vegetable soup]] on Laylora, as well as [[salad]] and [[vegetable]]s. She has a half-empty packet of Polos in her pocket and prefers [[tea]] to [[coffee]].


Hugan's speech is incoherent and rambling, returning always for the need for Laylora to be cleansed. Kaylen gives a cup of jinnera to Hugan but he spits it out and leaps from his bed, racing out of his tent past the Doctor and off in the direction of the temple. The Doctor instructs Rose and the professor to follow Hugan while he stays behind to get more jinnen. Kaylen and Rez help him to carry bags of the seeds to the spaceship. Hespell and Baker greet them and the Doctor is pleased to see the growing intimacy between the two crew members.
== Notes ==
* This is Rose's last novel appearance.
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.


The Doctor leaves Hespell and Baker concocting more jinnen solution and works beside Kendle creating a delivery system that can fire the jinnera at the Witiku. The Doctor discovers that Kendle is Shulough's uncle. His sister and brother-in-law, Shulough's mother and father, were part of Guillan's crew and died on the ''Armstrong'' on its return from Laylora. Kendle says that the death of her parents changed Petra Shulough from a happy ten-year-old into an emotionally bereft and fiercely driven academic, following a life and career that led to Laylora.
== Continuity ==
* Rose asks if the SOS signal is a [[mauve alert]] (amongst other colours), said by the Ninth Doctor to be an intergalactic signal for danger. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'')
* The [[Moxx of Balhoon]] and the [[Ood]] are mentioned. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'', ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'')
* Rose compares [[Witiku]] to the [[Werewolf]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')
* Rose rummages through the Doctor's pockets and notices that they are bigger on the inside, like the TARDIS. [[Donna Noble]] later mentions this. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
* Trisilicate Crystals are used to power the Humphrey Bogart, and are found in abundance on Laylora. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'')
* Rose tells Rez, "You can trust me on this", thinking of her father, a reference to the alternate-world [[Peter Tyler (Pete's World)|Peter Tyler]] who used the phrase as his catchphrase. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'')
* Rose remembers their visit to ancient Rome. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stone Rose (novel)|The Stone Rose]]'')
* Rose recalls she once hid in a cupboard in 10 Downing Street while the house fell apart around her. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'')
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] saved a sentient planet in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Grimm Reality (novel)|Grimm Reality]]''.


Night falls as Rose and the professor try to find the temple. The professor insists they leave the path, contrary to instructions from the villagers, to take a short cut. She promptly falls into a pit dug as an animal trap. While Rose is extemporising a rope made from some creepers, a Witiku arrives on the scene. Rose has to undertake a complicated series of manoeuvres but ends up with the Witiku in the pit and the professor out of it. The two women race off to the temple ruins but when they reach the walls they find themselves surrounded by Witiku.
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Kendle allows the Doctor to read Guillan's journal in the professor's quarters. The Doctor realises that the previous expedition made a hasty departure from the planet when they deduced that their mere presence was destroying the balance of the planet's ecosystem. He tells Kendle that the planet is allergic to alien intrusion and that the Witiku are the response to new elements.
== Audiobook ==
* This novel was released as an audiobook on [[2 November (releases)|2 November]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Shaun Dingwall]].


Meanwhile, Rose and Shulough climb the uneven temple wall and enter through a window. They go down to the crypt, where a maze of cellars might offer escape; also, that is where the crystals are. They eventually arrive at a huge chamber surrounded by five or six enormous statues of Witiku. Realising they are in a killing pit where sacrifices were once made they pass through an open archway, not realising they are being followed.
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Kendle leads Baker, Hespell, Rez and the Doctor from the ship. Each is wearing a belt from which hang bags of jinnen solution and each has a pump-action water pistol connected to a tank of the liquid. Baker and Hespell hold hands as the party traverses the night-time forest. The Doctor talks to Rez who sadly informs him that Laylora was once a perfect planet but is now blighted by crop failures and unusual weather patterns. The situation is worsening year by year and Rez claims it only started to go wrong when he arrived and was found by Kaylen.
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Witiku force Rose and Professor Shulough to take refuge in the chamber of crystals and the two women resort to throwing handfuls of trisilicate at the monsters to keep them at bay. Hearing the noise the Doctor and his party race down to the crypt and deploy their weapons, soaking the Witiku but otherwise having no effect other than to anger them. As the monsters turn to attack the newcomers, Rez, Hespell and Baker race back into the corridor. The Doctor and Kendle run around the Witiku and join the women on top of the crystals where the Doctor sees a trapdoor above their heads. Rose climbs on his shoulders to open it and the two women scramble up to the room above. Brother Hugan is waiting for them, dressed in the Witiku costume. He takes the professor hostage and places the talons at her throat while ordering Rose to shut the trapdoor.
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Hespell, Rez and Baker decide to return to the Doctor and Kendle when a party of villagers arrive in the temple. The young humans explain that the jinnen solution was not strong enough. Jaelette, at the head of the villagers shows them the weapons they have brought, sharpened spears made from the jinnen bush tipped with jinnen paste. They reach the chamber while Kendle is shooting the crystals from under the feet of Witiku trying to climb the mound. The villagers hurl their spears or jab at the Witiku who transform immediately back into villagers. Jaelette's party have brought blankets and clothes to cover the nakedness of the missing villagers. The Doctor thanks Jaelette who tells him that every missing villager has been accounted for except Brother Hugan. She also informs him that the room above is the Hall of Offering where sacrifices were once made.
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Hugan forces Rose to tie up the professor at the feet of one of the giant statues. He knocks Rose out with a pad soaked in jinnera and places her on the altar. He begins a ceremony which will end with him plunging a knife into Rose's heart. The Doctor arrives and tries to distract the shaman by saying that all the new arrivals will leave the planet. Others creep into the room behind him and Rez tries to make his way round behind the statues. Hugan does not agree with, or believe, the Doctor's words so the Doctor offers himself as a sacrifice instead. He says he is the last of his race and has two hearts. This gives the shaman pause for thought, which allows Kendle to untie the professor. She immediately steps forward and offers herself as a sacrifice, too. Then Kendle offers himself, as do Hespell and the Layloran villagers. Hugan is confused and decides to simply stab Rose anyway. She has woken up and swings away from the blade even as the Doctor pulls her to safety. Rez has got himself stuck behind the statue. As he forces himself free it unbalances and crashes down, shattering into pieces. There is a moment of celebration interrupted by an earthquake.
 
Everyone except Hugan escapes from the chamber but in the confusion of the collapsing temple Kendle, Rez and Rose are separated from the others. Finding the way blocked Rez takes them down through the warren of tunnels and up a long flight of stairs up the tower above the temple. Brother Hugan transforms into a Witiku and gives chase. Outside, the Doctor sees that most of the temple has been destroyed. Through his night vision binoculars he watches the three humans being chased up the stairs. Pulling a handful of trisilicate crystals from his pocket he asks if it is enough to get the spaceship into the air.
 
The trio reach the observation deck at the top of the tower while Kendle holds the Witiku at bay with laser shots into the walls further down the stairs. The Doctor takes the controls of the spaceship and flies it to the temple, hovering just above the tower. Rose and Rez manage to leap aboard, pulled in by Hespell and the professor, but the transformed Brother Hugan lunges past Kendle to reach the ship. A laser blast to the back merely knocks the monster over and several more shots barely halt its progress towards the old marine. Kendle leaps forward to punch the Witiku in the face and both of them fall to their deaths.
 
A fierce storm prevents the ''Humphrey Bogart'' from leaving the planet. Rez admits that he knows he must leave. All the catastrophes, including this storm and the electromagnetic pulse that brought the spaceship down, have been caused by his presence. As the rain abates, Rose, the Doctor and Rez go to the ship to say their farewells. Rose congratulates Hespell and Baker on becoming a couple. The Doctor finds the professor in her quarters and commiserates with her over the death of her uncle. They agree that Laylora must be taken off the map. The professor says she will take Rez with her and try to be a mother to him.
 
Rez says his farewells to his family and the spaceship lifts off and gracefully departs. He takes with him a cube that was found in his escape pod and Professor Shulough shows him how it works. He sees a hologram of his parents, talking to him as they put him into the pod. For the first time he will know who he is and where he comes from. Professor Shulough realises she has a new, and more valuable, quest in front of her.
 
The Doctor leads Rose to the TARDIS. She says how sad it is to find a paradise planet that no human can visit. She looks longingly at the beach before the doors close and then says they could always go to Clacton. The Doctor offers her something better than that as he dematerialises the TARDIS.
 
==Characters==
*[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
*[[Rose Tyler]]
*[[Rez]]
*[[Petra Shulough|Professor Shulough]]
*[[Hugan|Brother Hugan]]
*[[Kendle]]
*[[Ania Baker]]
*[[Hespell]]
 
==Plot==
[[Rose Tyler|Rose]] and [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] receive a distress signal from the Humphrey Bogart, after it had been hit by an electromagnetic pulse and crash-landed on [[Laylora]]. They land the Tardis on the planet, and are instantly awed by it's raw beauty, but see no immediate signs of the spacecraft in trouble.
 
As they explore, they stumble across ruins of a temple, and the Doctor tells Rose to stay put while he climbs up to take a look. This leads to their separation when the Doctor is taken hostage by the Humans from the crashed ship, and Rose follows Rez, a Human who has been living amongst the Laylorans since crash landing in an escape pod when he was a baby.
 
It doesn't take long for the Doctor to win over the crew of the Humphrey Bogart with his charm and helpfulness, but he is appalled by the damage that their ship is doing to the planet with the amount of pollution it is causing. He begins make repairs to the ship so they are able to leave. The captain, Professor Shulough, is a woman who wants things done a certain way, and grates a bit on the Doctor's nerves.
 
Meanwhile, Rose learns from the villagers that the Witiku, a legendary creature with huge claws and fur, has been rumored to be active, and that two children have gone missing. While Rose and Rez are chatting and drinking Jinnera (a steaming hot brewed beverage), they are attacked by the very creatures they had been discussing. Rose throws her hot cup towards the Witiku, having no other weapon, and is amazed at the reaction. The Witiku cries out and begins trying to wipe the liquid off. Rose and Rez use the distraction as a chance to run. They meet up with the villagers in an old temple, and stay the night there. Rose tries to explain that the crashed spaceship is not the origin of the Witiku, and volunteers to go there herself to talk with the crew. She has an affectionate reunion with the doctor, and they proceed to catch each other up on the things that have happened since they were separated.
 
The Doctor creates a potion out of Jinnera to help hold off the Witiku. When one of the Witiku turns back into a Layloran priest, named Brother Hugan, after being doused with the potion, the Doctor and Rose realize that the planet is creating the monsters out of her own population, in order to protect her delicate balance. The potion is unreliable, however, and eventually Rose and the Doctor are separated again when the Witiku surround them, and Rose is taken hostage by Brother Hugan. When the priest knocks her unconscious, straps her to an alter, and prepares to sacrifice her to his goddess, the Doctor rushes in and attempts to save her by offering himself instead, being a more worthy offering since he is the last of his race and has two hearts. Then all the other crewmates offer themselves as well, and the Layloran villagers join in. This gives Rose enough time to awaken and she rolls out of the way of the knife.
 
An earthquake shakes the temple and it begins to crumble. Rose, Rez, and one of the Humphrey Bogart crew, Kendle, race up the tower ahead of Hugan, who turns back into a Witiku along the way. From the ground, the doctor gets the ship running and flies it up to the top of the tower, where Rose and Rez jump from the tower to the ship. Kendle leaps at the Witiku and they both fall to their deaths.
 
Rez decides to leave with the ship, being human after all, to protect the Layloran people from the Witiku returning. He finds a mentor in Professor Shulough, and bravely says goodbye to his Layloren foster family and journeys into a whole new life.
 
When Rose comments that it's sad that a planet so beautiful must remain unseen, the Doctor compares it to coming downstairs on a winter day and seeing a blanket of snow, clean and untouched, and though it can't remain so forever, they ought to let it be so for a while longer.
 
==Story Notes==
* Rose notes that, although the Tardis could translate any spoken or written language for her, it never seemed to want to help her read the Doctor's peculiar script of curves and circles, leaving her unable to decipher where the Tardis was actually headed.
* This is Rose's last novel appearance
 
==Continuity==
* Rose asks if the SOS signal is a [[mauve alert]] (amongst other colours), said by the Ninth Doctor to be an Intergalactic Distress Signal ([[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]''). (However, the Doctor answers: 'Nope, it's not one of those, it's an Intergalactic Mayday', which is an apparent contradiction).
* The [[Moxx of Balhoon]] and the [[Ood]] are mentioned.
* Rose rummages through the Doctor's pockets and notices that they are bigger on the inside, like the TARDIS. Later mentioned by [[Donna Noble]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'')
* Trisilicate Crystals are used to power the Humphrey Bogart, and are found in abundance on Laylora. First mentioned in ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'')
* Rose tells Rez: 'You can trust me on this', thinking of her father, a reference to the alternate-world Peter Tyler ([[DW]]: [[Rise of the Cybermen]])
 
==Timeline==
*This story occurs after [[NSA]]: ''[[The Art of Destruction]]''
*This story occurs before [[DWAM]]: ''[[A Delicate Operation]]''
 
==Audiobook Release==
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*Read by [[Shaun Dingwall]]
 
==External Links==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobb912.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Price of Paradise''']
* [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/NS13.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for '''The Price of Paradise''']
 
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The Price of Paradise was the twelfth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Colin Brake and featured the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler.

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Laylora — the Paradise Planet. A world of breath-taking beauty, where the peace-loving inhabitants live in harmony with their environment, Or do they? The Doctor and Rose arrive to find that the once perfect eco-system is showing signs of failing. The Paradise Planet has become a death trap as terrifying creatures from ancient legends appear and stalk the land.

Is there a connection between the human explorers who have crash-landed and the savage monsters? What secret lies at the heart of the natives' ancient ceremonies? And what price might one human have to pay to save the only home he has ever known?

The Doctor and Rose are in a race against time to find a cure for a sick planet.

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Sister Serenta returns from walking on a beach to rejoin the rest of her group in the forest, only to find a terrible creature. It chases her until she finally trips. Serenta gets a clear view of the creature before it knocks her unconscious — it's a Witiku!

The Tenth Doctor and Rose relax in the TARDIS, playing snooker to pass the time as the controls re-calibrate from their previous adventure. The Tribe of the Three Valleys search for the missing youths and Brother Hugan prays to their goddess for their safe return. Just then, the ground quakes and Hugan comes to the conclusion the she must be angry at the tribe.

Soon after the tribals' search ends in failure, the SS Humphrey Bogart jumps from hyperspace, navigates through an asteroid belt, and approaches the paradise planet so long sought after by captain Petra Shulough. However, the planet reacts violently to the ship's presence, sending out an EMP which disables the Humphrey Bogart. Jonn Hespell manages to send out an SOS as the ship is dragged into the atmosphere.

Inside the TARDIS, the SOS is heard, and the Doctor responds by materialising near the source of the alarm. Upon stepping out, Rose is immediately distracted by the planet's beauty. Lush green forests and snow capped mountains beyond them to her right, a perfect white sand beach and turquoise ocean to her left. The Doctor must remind her of why they're there, pointing the column of smoke in the distance.

Aboard the Humphrey Bogart, the crew suffers few injuries with minimal damage to the ship thanks to Kendle's fancy flying. Once emergency power is activated, professor Shulough confirms it. They have landed on Laylora.

The Doctor and Rose are enjoying their walk through the forest, following the readings on the sonic screwdriver, when they stumble upon some ruins. They are both impressed; however the Doctor notices a flower, still with a head on it, crushed by a stone. Rose deduces that the stone must've fallen on it recently. The Doctor nods, saying, "This planet may not be as benevolent as we first thought!"

Kaylen finds her mother, Jaelette, cleaning up after the tremor. There was minimal damage to the village, but still plenty to do. Kaylen has a brief discussion with her mother, who shares her views about the village leaders being only men, disliking the fact because Laylora is female.

Rose and the Doctor continue to explore the ruins, finding a tall cathedral-like building, its sides covered with carved panels. The carvings feature stick people, animals, and monsters. The Doctor is so intrigued that Rose reminds him that they have an emergency to attend to. The Doctor shifts his attention back to their original purpose; however he can't seem to get a reading on the sonic screwdriver, so he climbs up the side of the temple in order to get a view of his surroundings. He drops his coat down for Rose to take care of, which she fails to catch, and is promptly knocked over by its surprising weight. Rose struggles out from under the coat, folds it, and sits on it. She's tempted to try some fruit from a nearby bush, but remembers the Rule of Space-Time Travel No. 10: don't eat anything unless you're sure it's totally safe. Unless it's a badly cooked kronkburger — in which case don't eat it at all.

While the Doctor makes his way across the roof, Rose begins to relax; but then she hears a strange noise. Feeling less at ease, she searches the pockets of the coat, and, after sifting through some useless baubles, comes up with naught but a torch. Torch in hand, moving towards the noise, she is surprised by a large, hairy beast, waving its talons. Stepping back, tripping and dropping the torch, she cries out as the beast closes in...

Kendle takes Hespell out to examine the exterior of the ship which seems to have no serious damage when Hespell notices movement at the edge of the clearing created by their ship as it crashed. Suddenly, a not so friendly native moves swiftly out of the forest towards them. They both sprint for the airlock, Kendle risking a look over his shoulder, and noticing there are not one, but three monsters after them. He makes it to the airlock and Hespell hits the controls. The doors slide shut with a hiss as Hespell gets on the comms to alert the crew of the attack. Professor Shulough responds to this with annoyance and refuses to leave the planet. She tells Kendle to defend the ship.

Rose is still rolling about on the ground, waiting for claws to come slicing down when she hears a voice and looks up. The monster is attempting to pull its own head off, and then she realises it is a costume! Underneath the mask was a handsome young lad with short, spiky, blond hair, blue eyes and tanned skin. The boy reacts in surprise when he realises that Rose is a human too. They introduce themselves; the boy is named Rez.

Back in the Humphrey Bogart, the crew watch as the creatures slice through the exterior cameras. Kendle comes up with the idea of electrifying the hull. This sends the attackers flying. They retreat, but Kendle knows that they will be back. With that happy note, they decide to take the offensive. Kendle, Hespell and Ania grab weapons and move out. They eventually come upon some ruins, and Hespell spots a figure on a roof. He takes aim...

The Doctor was climbing down when he saw the humans, creeping and dashing around, carrying guns. He'd better climb down and defuse the situation before anyone got shot. The Doctor doesn't even finish the though when he gets hit by a blast. Immediately stunned, he staggers, falls, and rolls off the roof. The humans come and collect him, carrying him off to the ship. Rose witnesses this, but Rez stops her and takes her to the village.

At the village, Rose notices that the Laylorans are not human, Rez is the only one living there who is. They take Rose to the shaman, Brother Hugan, who suggests sacrificing Rose to appease Laylora. Rez and Sister Jaelette step to her defence.

On the Humphrey Bogart, the Doctor is taken prisoner and kept in Hespell's cabin. Hespell tells him about the attack. The Doctor is questioned by Kendle, but after an hour of blabbing, Kendle still hasn't gotten any information at all. Shulough comes to question the Doctor, and rather has him untied and gives him a tour of the ship, telling him about it and the planet.

Meanwhile, Jae Collins is on his way to repair the environmental systems, thinking of how he is stuck on this ship because of his past. He smells smoke, but the sprinkler systems seem to be off-line too. Awhile later, the Doctor faintly smells smoke. They rush to the room Collins was in and pry open the doors. After extinguishing the fire, they find Collins dead.

Back at the village, Rose is now given the hospitality of the villagers, mainly Rez, who gives her food and a cup of Jinnera. Most of the villagers are sleeping. They talk about Witiku, when suddenly razor sharp talons tear into the tent. The village is being attacked by Witiku! Rose throws a cup of Jinnera at one and it reacts with pain. Hugan and the tribe leaders usher the villagers to safety, but the Witiku carry many of them away.

The Doctor goes around fixing things and is shown the emergency generator. It's a micro-fusion generator, and the waste is not being contained. The Witiku attack again, this time with larger numbers. The Doctor allows them into the ship and they smash the generator. All at once the Witiku stop attacking the ship. Ania Baker is injured during the attack, and a Witiku is stunned and captured.

Upon waking the next morning, Rose explores the temple and the tunnels beneath it. Eventually she and Rez head off to find the Humphrey Bogart.

The Doctor examines the Witiku, noticing the strange necklace it is wearing. He goes outside to meet with Rose and Rose's new friend, Rez. Rose and the Doctor swap stories. Inside the hold, the Witiku begins to stir, unnoticed by its guard, Hespell. The Doctor begins to make a solution from the Jinnen Beans to fight the Witiku, when the Witiku in the hold tries to escape. The Doctor uses the solution and the Witiku transforms into Brother Hugan! Hugan escapes from the ship, flees and winds up going to the temple.

Rose takes the Professor to the storerooms of trisilicate, but they are troubled along the way. Shulough falls down a pit, Rose tackles the attacking Witiku into the pit, and they run for the temple. They are finally surrounded and climb through a widow to escape. They go to the tunnels, but the Witiku are there too. They become cornered in a room full of trisilicate.

Back at the ship, the Doctor finally realises the problem, the planet is allergic to them! They all set out to hunt the Witiku with a Jinnera solution. They enter the tunnels and come across the two women; but the solution fails to work. Ania, Hespell, and Rez flee while Kendle and the Doctor join Rose and Shulough at the top of the pile. They realise the room is like a coal cellar and Rose and Shulough climb out, but are ambushed by Hugan. They leave the Doctor and Kendle behind, however the villagers come to the rescue with spears tipped with Jinnen paste.

Inside the temple, Professor Shulough is tied up, and Brother Hugan prepares to sacrifice Rose. The Doctor strides into the room, followed by the crew and villagers who hang back to allow the Doctor to have Hugan's attention. The Doctor distracts the shaman and Rose flees from the altar as Rez, who had been sneaking around the edge of the room, accidentally pushes a statue over, and it crushes the altar. Just then, an earthquake hits, and everyone flees. Rose, Rez, and Kendle become separated and are the only ones who can't make it out with the rest of the group. The trio runs through the tunnels, trying to find a way out.

Back in the temple, Brother Hugan climbs out from under some rubble and changes into a Witiku once more...

Rez leads the group to a circular chamber with stairs; they all begin to climb as they hear a roar behind them. They make it to the top. Kendle guards the interior stairs, but the Witiku smashes its ways onto the exterior ones and climbs to the top. A shadow falls over the tower; it's the Humphrey Bogart! Rez and Rose leap to the airlock, and as Hugan goes to follow them, Kendle tackles him from behind. They begin to fight, and Kendle drags them both off the tower.

Everyone says their farewells, the Humphrey Bogart departs, taking Rez along, and the Doctor and Rose go off on their next adventure.

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  • This is Rose's last novel appearance.
  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

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