Destination: Bandril (unproduced novel): Difference between revisions

Part One, mostly conceived by Morris, featured Sergeant [[Benton]] going undercover as a gangster to investigate [[Kontron crystal|strange, glowing alien crystal]]s; the Doctor and Jo going undercover as an elderly man and his granddaughter to investigate strange apparitions at an elderly home, where they meet Queenie O'Toole; and the reveal of the [[Bandril]]s following a warehouse shoot-out. Part Two, largely written by Parkin, explained that the Bandril were located partially on [[Earth]] and partially on [[Karfel]], and they were working with [[mercenary|mercenaries]] to obtain [[weapon]]s. The Doctor builds a detector to track the time corridors. Meanwhile, Jo is accidentally brought to Karfel with some mercenaries.

Part Four begins with the Doctor and his group lost in the caverns beneath Karfel City. The Doctor uses a hitherto-unmentioned ability to hypnotise the fearsome [[Morlox]], but he and Magellan are captured by the Green Men. Back on Earth, the Brigadier used the Doctor's time corridor deflector to trap a Bandril, who immediately became soft-spoken and placid, introducing itself and explaining that Bandrils were never usually like this. Something must be telepathically controlling them. They head to Karfel to investigate, but the Bandril suddenly turns aggressive again. Still in the tunnels, the Green Men nearly kill the Doctor and Megellan before Megellan uses mysterious technology to turn the Men against themselves. After a brief encounter with a weightless tunnel, they find and rescue Jo, but the Doctor turns on Megellan: his aggression ray is the true cause of the Bandril's invasion.