Free Doctor Who: The Doomsday Weapon by Malcolm Hulke

been scared by monsters, they were usually only too happy to accept IMC's help to move them on to another planet. This time it would be different, at least until he had disposed of the Doctor. He went back up the connecting corridor to the control room. Morgan was alone.
    'Where's Caldwell ?' Dent asked.
    'He got called down by the motor room people, sir,' replied Morgan, 'some minor problem they've got.'
    'Uh-huh.' Dent slumped down into his special captain's chair. 'This man he brought in, he isn't a colonist. I think he's some kind of scientist. He noticed the vegetation here doesn't fit in with the existence of monsters'
    'Could he be working for Earth Government,' said Morgan, 'checking up on us?'
    'Maybe,' said Dent. 'Anyway, I want you to drive him back to the colonists' place.'
    'If he's going to cause trouble,' said Morgan, 'why not keep him here?'
    'No,' said Dent, 'there would be questions. When Caldwell found him, he was investigating the wrecked dome. Right?'
    'Right,' said Morgan.
    'So,' Dent continued, 'if his body were found in the wreck, it would be obvious that the monsters had gone back and killed him.'
    Morgan got up. 'Leave it to me, sir.'
    'He says he's lost some equipment,' said Dent. 'You offer to help him find it - you know, play him along. That'll give me time to get the robot over to the wrecked dome to meet him there.'
    'Thank you, sir,' said Morgan. He was eager to go and had his hand on the door knob.
    'One final point,' said Dent. 'Nothing must go wrong.'
    'I'll make sure of that, sir,' said Morgan, turning the knob of the door. But Dent still had more to say.
    'You should have told me last night about those two colonists being killed,' Dent went on. 'On this planet I represent IMC, and you must always tell the Corporation everything, even when you make a mistake.'
    'Yes, sir,' said Morgan. 'Sorry, sir.'
    'That's all right,' said Dent. 'Now get on your way. And make it look good
    Morgan hurried away. Dent liked Morgan. Morgan was ambitious and totally unscrupulous. Dent felt you could always trust people like that.

9
The Spy
    From the moment of his arrival at the colonists' main dome, IMC Second Officer Wilfred Norton had been treated as a Very Important Person. That's what he liked about playing the 'survivor' every time Captain Dent arrived at a new planet. In his heart he had wanted to become an actor, but his father and mother told him that he ought to get work with one of the big corporations. Now he had the comfort and security of working for one of the biggest, IMC, and he had the chance to do some very real-life acting.
    After his dramatic entrance, when he said that he was the sole survivor from another colony, the colonists washed him, fed him, and gave him clean clothes to wear. And now he was being given a tour of inspection by this young fellow called Winton. There were many rooms and corridors in the main dome, and he was being shown a small room one side of which was packed with the colony's main electrical junction and fuses. Compared with gleaming equipment inside the IMC spaceship, this tangle of wires and switches looked like a mess that would shame a junkyard. A man was working on one of the switches, removing it from a rough make-do control panel; he was being 'helped' by a Primitive.
    'This is our power supply junction-box,' said Winton. 'This is Holden, our electrician.' He turned to Holden. 'This is Wilf Norton.'
    Holden shook hands with Norton. 'Yes, I remember you coming in. You must have had a rough time.' Holden turned back to his work, but asked Norton about how he had survived so long alone on the planet, and Norton gave in answer the story that he had rehearsed so well. As they talked Holden removed the switch, obviously broken, and was about to drop it on the floor, when the Primitive reached out for it.
    'Sorry,' said Holden with a smile, 'that's for you.'
    The Primitive took the discarded switch and quickly attached it to his belt which already carried various