Sensorite Hospitality [2]

'They came to the great amphitheatre through a narrow underground passage which was the only way out of the bright place of the metal floor. They saw the human figure stretched out on a circular dais at the centre and Tony cried out in excitement. “That’s him,” he cried. “That’s the old man in the laboratory in that telephone-box up there. Now we’ll be all right.”

 

'Butch was first there and Dr Who roused himself from a stupor to find himself being licked in the face by a dog! The utter strangeness of this in this unearthly place roused him to complete wakefulness. He stared with red- rimmed eyes at the two children. “Goodness gracious me!” he muttered. “What have we here? I’m in a delirium. It’s these two confounded suns. I’m dreaming, that’s it. These are phantoms of a nightmare. I’m dying and these are my last thoughts. Earth is so far away and I’m dreaming of the lovely, homely things of Earth, of children and of dogs and…”'

 

-- 'The Dr. Who Annual' [1966], courtesy of the BBC

 

Read the whole thing as a PDF on the BBC/2Entertain DVD of 'The Web Planet' [1965].

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