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''to | Dr. Who and his friends have escaped from the Romans in the year 64 AD and are still trying to return home. Instead, Tardis takes them to the fogbound Oldark Moor, where they find a sleepwalking woman named Veronica and take her back to her home. Her husband, Count Tarkin, thanks them for their help and offers them a place to stay for the night. In the middle of the night, Susan hears movement in the attic, and she and Ian find that the manservant has been throttled to death. Doctor Who investigates and finds that Tarkin has apparently been locked in the attic by an intruder. Ian is unable to break the door down, and Doctor Who has Veronica take him to her husband's laboratory, hoping to find an axe. Tarkin finds them there, and when they explain what they are doing he claims that the man in the attic is his insane brother. The brother breaks out of the attic thanks to Ian, and confronts Tarkin, claiming that the Count is not his brother but his creation, and that he murdered the butler when the butler learned the truth. The clearly delusional man attacks Tarkin, and as they fight, Veronica gets in the way and falls against the fireplace, striking her head and apparently dying. Ian's attempts to intervene start a fire which spread rapidly through the room, and the others are forced to flee as Tarkin returns to the flames for Veronica. Dr. Who and his companions make their apologise and depart, as Count Tarkin and Veronica watch the burning house -- unaware that the body of the elder, "mad" Tarkin is lying in the drawing room, draped protectively over the dead body of his wife Veronica as it lies by the fireplace. | ||
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Revision as of 22:51, 17 August 2018
Dr Who and the House on Oldark Moor was the twelfth short story in the Short Trips anthology Short Trips and Side Steps. It was written by Justin Richards. It featured Dr Who, Ian, Barbara and Susan.
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Dr. Who and his friends have escaped from the Romans in the year 64 AD and are still trying to return home. Instead, Tardis takes them to the fogbound Oldark Moor, where they find a sleepwalking woman named Veronica and take her back to her home. Her husband, Count Tarkin, thanks them for their help and offers them a place to stay for the night. In the middle of the night, Susan hears movement in the attic, and she and Ian find that the manservant has been throttled to death. Doctor Who investigates and finds that Tarkin has apparently been locked in the attic by an intruder. Ian is unable to break the door down, and Doctor Who has Veronica take him to her husband's laboratory, hoping to find an axe. Tarkin finds them there, and when they explain what they are doing he claims that the man in the attic is his insane brother. The brother breaks out of the attic thanks to Ian, and confronts Tarkin, claiming that the Count is not his brother but his creation, and that he murdered the butler when the butler learned the truth. The clearly delusional man attacks Tarkin, and as they fight, Veronica gets in the way and falls against the fireplace, striking her head and apparently dying. Ian's attempts to intervene start a fire which spread rapidly through the room, and the others are forced to flee as Tarkin returns to the flames for Veronica. Dr. Who and his companions make their apologise and depart, as Count Tarkin and Veronica watch the burning house -- unaware that the body of the elder, "mad" Tarkin is lying in the drawing room, draped protectively over the dead body of his wife Veronica as it lies by the fireplace.
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