From: doctor@infopls.chi.il.us (david lucas)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: shada text continued
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 20:49:49 CDT
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continued from where I last left off
 
 

   The prisoners and the Krargs troop out followed by Skagra. He stands 
and

   watches them with satisfaction.  He then turns to the wide panoramic 
window 

   to the stars.

   "And soon, an infinite concert of the mind..."

         

   The  Doctor works feverishly over a strange helmet-like device he has

   constructed from items in the TARDIS equipment room.  One bit only 
works

   when in connection with the metal top of the table.  He attacks the 
table 

   with a laser gun.

         

   ---

         

   The Doctor looks at his finished work:  An oddly-shaped, multi-colored

   helmet with  a piece of table stuck on top.

   "With  that on my head, it won't matter whether it works or not. 
They'll all

   be paralyzed laughing at me."

   Warily, he walks out of the equipment room.

        

   Skagra prepares to leave.  "Are the ships ready?"

   "They are, my Lord," his Krarg replies.

   "Then from this moment mark the beginning of the new life, the 

   new universe...."

   He is interrupted by the materialization of the Professor's 

   TARDIS--in its now usual shape of a door--on the wall.

   "Doctor!!!   This man is like an itching flea on my skin. We will 
eliminate

   him  once and for all!  Come.  We will meet him."

   The prisoners line up in a semi-circle around the door.

   "Out you come, Doctor.  Out you come."

         

   The Doctor has been watching events from the TARDIS. He opens the 
TARDIS

   doors.

   "Let's go and say hello."

         

   K9 emerges through the Professor's TARDIS door. 

   "Hostile force, my  master  commands that you cease your activities 

   immediately and surrender to him."

   Skagra laughs.  "He sends his dog out to me!  Stop hiding in there, 
Doctor.

   Come out and meet your fate."    

 

 

 

 

   The Doctor emerges from the TARDIS--behind Skagra.  "Did someone 
call?"

   Skagra--and the others--spin round.  "Doctor!  How did you get in 
there?"

   "What do you mean how did I get in there?  It's mine; I belong in 
there."

   "As  of now, Doctor, you don't belong anywhere at all. there is no 
place for

   you in my universe.  You shall die now."

   Skagra looks round sharply at the Doctor.  All the prisoners look 
round. 

   The Doctor's  face  hardens.  

   "Well, Skagra, that's a very interesting theory. Let's try putting it 
to the

   test, shall we?"

   The Doctor presses a small button on his helmet. He looks directly at 
Skagra

   and smiles.  All the prisoners look round and smile.

   Skagra  is  horrified.  "Doctor!  What have you done!"  With intense 
effort,

   he turns the prisoners back towards the Doctor.

   "No,  what have >you< done?  You used your deranged billiard ball once 
too 

   often.  

   You  forgot, I have a brain in there, too.  Don't I?"  He turns the 

   line of faces  back to Skagra.  "Think about it..."

   Thus ensues a titanic battle of wills.  Each prisoner like an 

   animated chess piece being moved around the room. The Doctor seems to 
be

   gaining the upper hand with a majority of the pawns moving to his 
will.

   Suddenly, Skagra snaps his fingers and the Krarg swings into 
action--making

   straight for the Doctor. Distracted by the Krarg, the Doctor loses the

   advantage and the prisoners all swing back towards him.

   "K9, fire!"

   K9  hits  the Krarg square on and holds it in check near  the 
generation 

   chamber door.

   "Now, Skagra!  Let's see the quality of your mind."

   The  prisoners and Chris now split into two distinct groups; 

   one for  the  Doctor, the other for Skagra.  

   They close with each other and start to wrestle.

   K9  now has heated up the Krarg as before and the Doctor 

   skillfully edges Skagra towards it and the danger is obvious to him.

   "Back!  Back, I say!" Skagra commands and the Krarg backs away 

   into the generation chamber, stumbles clumsily and falls into the vat. 


   It begins to dissolve.  

   Unfortunately  for K9, the remaining Krarg crew appear and he is 

   hard put to keep  them all back.

   Skagra begins to feel more confident.

 

 

   Romana  comes cautiously out of the door.  Seeing the Krargs, 

   she has an idea and edges into the generation chamber where the first 
Krarg

   is in the final stages of dissolving. As it finally goes, she tips 
over all

   the vats of gas and rips out the main feedpipe, which pushes the heavy 


   opaque mass through the door.  

   Nodding  with  satisfaction, she bends down and sorts through the maze 
of

   wiring, finally pulling out one bunch and hauls them cautiously back 
into 

   the frey.

   Not a moment too soon.

   Skagra  now has the upper hand.  The Doctor is being backed towards 
the

   group of burning Krargs.

   Calling  Clare out, Romana gives her frenzied instructions and a bunch 
of

   leads.  

   They part and head for different ends of the room.

   Desperate,  the  Doctor  is  forced to order K9 to stop firing, as the 
head

   is beginning to fry him.  The instant he does so, the Krargs again 
move 

   towards him.

   Skagra laughs triumphantly.

   With the green gas billowing around the whole floor, Clare and 

   Romana plunge their leads into the gas.  Sparks fly across the room 
and the 

   Krargs begin to dissolve.

   Appalled,  Skagra  loses concentration and the Doctor seizes his 
chance; all

   the prisoners face Skagra and advance.

   "Want to call half time, Skagra?  We can have a short break if you 
like, few

   slices of lemon, perk you up no end!!"

   His  will  broken, his mind weak, Skagra turns and runs. Runs 
away--back to

   his ship.  Passing through the airlock, he rushes aboard the craft and 


   shouts to the ship.

   "Ship!  Take off instantly!  Instantly, do you hear?"

   A block of light surrounds him, and he vanishes.

         

   ---

         

   Clare is bending over Chris; he is unconscious.

   "He'll be alright.  How are the others doing?"

   Romana has been checking through the sprawled figures.  

   "They're all in shock, but no serious damage.  Though, I hate to think 
what 

   would have happened to them is the tug of war had carried on much 
longer."

   The  Doctor  has some of the spheres dissected laid out in front of 
him. 

   " They wouldn't have been the only ones in trouble. This is a fearful 
mess."

   "Can you unscramble them all?"

   "Yes.  It'll take a few hours, but they'll all get their minds back."

 

 

   "What will you do with them then?"

   "Take them back to Shada, of course."

   "What, put them back in a forgotten prison?"

   "Let  the Time Lords sort it out.  I'm not going to play judge and 
jury.

   It was only forgotten about because Salyavin made us forget.  He 
didn't want

   his escape to be discovered. That must be why he stole the book when 
he left

   Gallifrey."

   "And  he called you to take it back because he thought he was near the 
end

   of his life.  Do you suppose he is still alive?"

   "We'll find out.  In Shada.  Come on, I need your help with this."

         

   ---

         

   The Doctor is at the controls of the TARDIS.

   "How  did  Skagra  manage  to  find out so much  about  the 

   Time  Lords?"  Romana questions.

   "My metabolic analysis reveals that he was from the planet Dronid,"

   K9 ventures.

   "Ah, there's your answer. Remember your history.  There was a schism 
in the

   College of Cardinals; the rival President set up shop on Dronid.  

   They forced him to come back by totally ignoring him."

   "And the Professor was the great Salyavin. It seems hard to believe; 
he's

   such a nice old man. I wonder if the stories of Salyavin were in any 
way 

   exaggerated."

   "More than likely.  The Time Lords over-react to everything. Look at 
the way

   they treat  me.  I expect that one day in a few hundred years time 

   someone will meet me and say, `Is that really the Doctor? How strange.

   He seems such a nice old man.'"

   The Doctor pulls the randomizer.

         

   --- --- ---

         

   Cast of characters which appear in this text:

         

   The Doctor

   Tom Baker

        

   Romana

   Lalla Ward

         

   Skagra

   Christopher Meane

         

   Professor Chronotis

   Denis Carey

         

 

   Chris Parsons

   Daniel Hill

         

   Clare Keightley

   Victoria Burgdyne

         

   Ship

   Shirley Dixon

         

   Voice of K9

   David Brierley

        

        

   Voice of the Krargs

   James Coombes

         

   ---

         



  Script Editor: Douglas Adams
 
 Well there you are. The missing shada text, Of course you will need to 
buy the tape to get the scenes that are not mentioned here.
 
  Dave.


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