Doctor Who: Dark Tide Part 2

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DARK TIDE By Jon Wesley Huff Part Two LUCIE!! holD ON! TO WHAT, EXACTLY? To Me. great-- we can get a quick cuddle in befo-- OH. SPLOOSH! you’re welcome. AS You can see doctor, youR friend is quite safe. yes, i’m beginning to see a number of things. if you’ll escuse me... of course, go on--

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The Doctor promises to take Lucie to the greatest beach resort in the galaxy on the water-covered world of Arkal. However, upon their arrival the Doctor realizes that nothing is as he remembered it. As the Doctor and his companion try to work out what has happened, something is gathering strength in the ocean depths... This is a fan-fiction comic featuring the 8th Doctor and Lucie miller as featured in the audio adventures from Big Finish. This story takes place between the Big Finish Adventures "Human Resources" and "Dead London"

Transcript of Doctor Who: Dark Tide Part 2

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DARK TIDEBy Jon Wesley Huff

Part Two

LUCIE!!

holDON!

TO WHAT,EXACTLY?

To Me.

great--

we canget a quickcuddle in befo--

OH.

SPLOOSH!you’re

welcome.

AS You can seedoctor, youR friend

is quite safe.

yes, i’mbeginning tosee a numberof things.

if you’llescuse me...

of course,go on--

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i’ll be rightbehind you. don’t take this

the wrong way...

but why iseveryone bothering to recover that

stuff?

practicallyis. but the

plauge hasn’tleft us much--

looksancient.

PLAGUE?! arestian plague?where are you and the doctor from?

quarantine shut the whole

system down.

the war drove everyone

away...the

plague keptthem away.

for overa hundred

years.

a hundred?but why haven’t

you--

i don’tknow--

made yourown stuff?

becausewe can’t.

you haveto understand...

my peopleused to have a

simple life.

we never leftthe ocean.

or vidscreens.

or enviro-suits.

we had noneed of

buildings.

i remember mygreat grandfather

telling me stories...

how his mother wouldmake the broken bits

of coral dance.

the way hedescribed it...

shaping thewater withher mind...

her mind?like you did when

we fell?

can you alldo that?

oh no. you see,that’s my “gift.”

less and less ofus can talk

to the waters these days.

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for overa hundred

years.

which is why i haveno choice. not really. i’ll have to join them.

the architects.

they live belowthe city. sedated.

hooked up to machines.

in a dreamless sleep,forming the citywith their minds...

tell me, lucie.what sort oflife is that?

kela. theyoungest of

the architects.i’ve--

i’ve known her sinceshe was a bud on her

mother’s back.

i’m sorry,gahrman panka.

I am.it’s

strangethough--

the water...it’s only

covering her mouth.

not a dropanywhere else.

we passed through a weak-

field toget in.

keeps the waterout, but let’s usin. pressure point

sensitive.

she was drowned.the water overwhelmed

her respiratorysystem.

nevertouched her gills,

so she coudln’t extract the oxygen that way.

A small, focused amount

of water,

tell me gahrman,

the ones whochose to stay in

the ocean?

n-not sincethe peace accords.do you-- do you

really think afterall this time--

I- I won’t allowit doctor. i won’t. my

father’s father sacrificed too much

so we could liveour lives the way we

choose!

if they wanta battle, we’re more than--

with enoughconcentrated pressure to be allowed entry

through the weak- field.

how long has it been since you have been in contact with

the rest of your people?

now wait, gahrman.don’t break out thewar drums just yet.

right now it’sonly a theory. one

of many.

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Maybe the doctor and i can help get your father

to listen to you--

i wish i could believe

that.

well, we could

try.

no. i know what it means. to him.

to everyone.please.

just leaveit.

look, let me getthe doctor. then wecan continue this

little chat.

oh, andkyril...

thankyou.

moments later...

OY!

don’t troubleyourself worrying

on my account.

perfectly fine, me.

lucie miller!I never had a

doubt otherwise.

hello?

who?

GLITTERING

MIND

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the time is at hand, water

talker. the shadow has rested too long on our backs. do you understand our need?

do you understand what we ask?

it is a sacrifice, we know we understand if you are hesitant in any way. it all went so wrong. but

we understand now. we understand our

mistake.

HGkkk.

SPl-urp.i hearyou.

yes.

i think iunderstand.

gl-glkkk

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Ms. miller,where is my

son?

watching hislast sunset.

which, by theway, is so thoroughly

messed up i--why,

how dareyou!

well someoneneeds to--

Aieeeeee!

what?

it came fromthe beach!

gahrman panka!i’m so sorry.

we headed back...and he was--

just lying

there...

doctor!

it’s kyril.but i justleft him...

he’s so still.

no, lucie, look.

he ismoving.

oh my god.doctor...

his face...

doctor, the water!

what’shappening to the water?

ANd...

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we are the falls.

whirlpools.

oceans inside.

therushing.

thebreaking.

and the dark, dark

tide.

alright,doctor.

we’ve an army ofcreepy water zombie

things.

what dowe do?

“do,”lucie?

i don’t saythis often--

but if i’mright in mythinking--

(and frankly,I usually

am)

we “do”

to be concluded...

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absolutely.

nothing.