Secret of Arkatron (short story): Difference between revisions

|image          = DWA 2011 SS SECRET OF ARKATRON.jpg

|illustrator    = [[James Offredi]] (colours) <br />[[John Ross]] (line art)

|publication    = [[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2011]] (6 & 2 pages)

Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor and Amy Pond arrive on a barren asteroid with a breathable atmosphere and find a large spooky looking house (complete with Gargoyles), high on a plateau. Exploring the run-down house, with remnants of the word ‘Arkatron’ inscribed above the door, the house appears to be empty and abandoned. Inside they find the walls lined with picture frames that, on detecting, play a series of videos that features military generals giving speeches, overlooking battles or some sort of ceremonial occasion but all without sound. The Doctor becomes distracted when he discovers loose wires and finds that defences to the house seem to have been disabled and judging by the footprints in the dust – recently! After more exploring and a scare for Amy, they meet two others in the house – [[Crisp (Secret of Arkatron)|Miss Crisp]] and [[Landale|Professor Landale]]. Having recently arrived themselves, Crisp and Landale claim salvage rights to the house and it was them that disabled the house defences. The early notion that the house was a museum or gallery is dismissed when the Doctor points out that everything is off the same period. When one of the suits of armour is reactivated and attacks Amy, the Doctor uses his [[sonic screwdriver]] to deactivate it and discovers a hidden room that the suit was guarding. Inside the room they find an empty bed in the middle of the room with a rolling screen of names at the foot listing the names with the screen headed with the words ‘Lest you forget’. More suits of armour stand around the room and from the shadows creeps an unremarkable looking man who demands to know who the newcomers are. The man introduces himself as [[Maxim Klart|Lester Forge]], the Curator of the Museum of the [[Ninth Dynasty of Arkatron]] – a bloodthirsty regime during the time of the dictators. While Crisp has a look around the body of an elderly woman falls from a cupboard and slumps to the floor. Lester recognises the body and says it was his assistant [[Maxim Klart|Miss Dellman]]. As Lester asks what’s going on, the Doctor turns to Amy and says he knows exactly whats been going on and is surprised Amy hasn’t picked up on the clues….

 

* [[Crisp (Secret of Arkatron)|Miss Crisp]]

* [[Maxim Crisp|Miss Dellman]]

* [[Animatated suit of armour|Robotic suits of armour]]