Chapter Nine
"I'm going to state it here and now" Lyons said angrily "You can't go on G.I.N. business like this."
"It's the best way" The Doctor said "McKenzie know that both me and 'Oxford' are acquainted with G.I.N. so he is probably going to lay a trap for me at the station or the motorway between here and Tenworth. McKenzie is being helped by someone but I don't know who."
They were back in the Science bay. The Doctor had put on a black turtle-neck sweater and a black suit. The gadgets he had been given were in the pocket of his jacket. "Trust me Commander I'm going to rescue 'Oxford' and who knows maybe X10. will be introduced to me."
"So how are you going to get in?" Lyons asked
"Jemima is going to find me the co-ordinates for the Tenworth factory, and I'm going to use the Skybase Teleport to reach the ground."
"Still sounds too dodgy to me" Lyons said
"Luckily for you" The Doctor retorted "You're not going, you are staying here getting in touch with both Professor Ormerod and Colonel Dettelbach, whilst Miss Barrett and her team mend the motivational circuits of the Tardis."
He stood on the disc just as Miss Barrett gave him the piece of paper "Thank you" he said "and don't worry I'll be alright." He added and typed the code '6698' and disappeared in a beam of light. In a few minutes The Doctor found himself on board the Skybase.
He was shown to the bridge, there he passed the bit of paper to The Skymaster who tapped the co-ordinates for the teleport onto the correct location. Then The Skymaster walked him back to teleport pad, As The Doctor stood on it The Skymaster asked "Are you ready Doctor?", The Doctor nodded, "If you run into trouble, we'll be right here."
"I know." The Doctor said and shaking hand he disappeared once again in a burst of light.
The feel of grass underneath him was the first thing The Doctor remembered, and the cool wind whistling through his hair. He looked around, night had fallen and high above him the inky blackness fell over him like a large cool blanket, he appeared to be on top of a large hill looking around he could see a large red brick building set in an almost artificial valley below. "The Doctor knew it was the main factor for 'Skylight Electronics' as if to confirm his theory there was a large sign on the side blue writing on a silver background. "Right" he whispered "How am I going to get in?"
He saw a series of old looking building to one side, they were all one story high and made of stone with slate roofs. The Doctor ran over to one, the door was locked with a pad lock, he reached into his pocket and pulled out the watch and chain and began sawing through the lock with ease. Opening the door gently the went inside. Inside was a whirring noise and a large cylinder rose up out of the floor.
The Doctor knew what the device was it was a cooling duct. But it was a big as a ship's funnel, so what on earth could it be cooling.
He looked outside the door, there were about eight of the small one story buildings all in a row, if each one had a cooling duct that big, then the machine they would be cooling would by colossal. Even though he had found a clue, he still had no idea on how to get into the Skylight Electronics factory, Just then he had an idea.
He took the cufflinks he had been given and tested them on the sight of the duct, it was clear that the cooling duct was magnetic as it hit the side with a loud clang and stayed still. His sonic screwdriver had a torch setting and using it The Doctor scanned the inside of the building to see what else was there and what else he could use.
There were a cluster of building materials in another house which didn't have a cooling duct. There were planks, bags of cement and other supplies. The Doctor picked up a simple plank and took it back to the first house. The he threw the plank down the duct it made several loud clangs and bangs. And he smiled again.
Inside the factory offices Harvey McKenzie was sitting at one of the desks. Even though he owned the company he still had a large say in the main offices at the site. Seated behind his desk he was concerned. "Who is this character?" he said out loud "the one you call The Doctor?"
Sitting opposite McKenzie was Scythe Zudar, he looked completely relaxed. At the question his face broke into a smile "Trying to explain The Doctor, is like trying to explain the entire history of the world in ten minutes. In the least case it's complex and in the most case it's impossible, All I can tell you is that he is an alien visitor called a Timelord he's been to Earth many time over. He's always there when things go wrong and he'll even sacrifice himself for the salvation of the world. He has worked for the General Intelligence Network at least twice before once when we was sent to capture an alien criminal trapped in a mirror known only as 'Bloody Mary' and the second to track down and defeat another alien criminal known as 'The Hook'. If The Doctor is on to us then we need to be careful."
Just then McKenzie's computer screen activated "Trouble with cooling duct number 6" he said "Need to sent someone to look at it."
McKenzie stood up and walked out of the office. Leaving Zudar on his own, slowly he stood and walked to the window. "I know you are out there Doctor" he said talking out loud! "And I know that we'll meet again."
The Doctor was hiding behind the duct with a second plank in his hand he had a plan. He heard the sound of the door opening, it was a young male technician who crept forward with a torch in his hand as he walked around the side of the duct, The Doctor appeared behind him and broad the plank down across the back of his head, The man grunted and fell to the floor.
The Doctor turned the man over and rifled through his pockets and stole his pass key and i.d. papers. Finally he put on the man's jacket over his own and bound and gagged his quarry and placed him in the corner of the house. Taking a deep breath The Doctor began to walk down towards the factory.
Intrestingly there were no main security measure when The Doctor got to the factory. He supposed that there was a perimeter fence and all main security measures were on that.
The entereance of the 'Skylight Electronics' factory was modern and spacious with a plain glass front, he passed a main reception, and headed off into the bowels of the building.
He hoped that 'Oxford' would be somewhere nearby however he was looking for something else.
He knew that there was not going to be a door with the word 'X10.' written on it but he knew that if could find what he was looking for then it may be easier to find 'Oxford.' However the factory was a complex place to find your way around in and by accident The Doctor found himself on the factory floor. "This must be the main assembly line" The Doctor muttered "Where most of the products are made."
The factory floor was massive, a tall ceiling with several simple light bulbs suspended from it. The main floor itself was taken up by a massive convey belt with many large box-shaped production machines where all the components were made into the final product.
A large, black security camera was tracing his very movement. His image was being relayed to another screen. Scythe Zudar looked at the image, he was on his own. He knew that if McKenzie saw the image he would set one of his goons onto him. Zudar reached out and changed the picture and leaned back in the chair.
The Doctor made his way along the floor and passed one of the assembly machines, looked down and saw a paper blueprint laying on it's control console. It looked like an artificial representation of a man. The title read 'Homo-Robotics' "Complete Lunacy!" The Doctor sighed. Just then he saw a door right next to the machine it read 'Planning and Location' "Bingo" he hissed and scuttled over to the door and went inside.