Doctor Who:
Horror of Fang Rock
By Terrance Dicks
“The chameleon factor,
sometimes called lycanthropy. Leela, I've made a terrible mistake. I thought
I'd locked the enemy out. Instead, I've locked it in, with us.”
The Doctor and Leela were
hoping to arrive in Brighton but find themselves on the cold and damp rock of
an island called Fang Rock. There they
take shelter in a lighthouse where unfortunately one of the keepers in residence
Ben was found electrocuted near the generator for the lighthouses electric
light. The Doctor is examines Ben’s body and comes to
the conclusion that he wasn’t electrocuted by the generator but by other
means. He surmises that it is an alien
that has a high electrical discharge and needs the use of the generator for his
ship.
The other keeper Vince
said he saw a something fall from the sky and it looked like a fireball. This has The Doctor more convinced that they
are dealing with an alien. But things
get worse as another boat has struck the rocks. A Boat filled with rich people out on a lark and
now is stranded in the light house when now the old keeper Reuben has now been
killed. The Doctor thinks he has made a grave error as
he thought he locked the alien out and it now appears that he has locked it in
with them. What makes matters worse is
that The Doctor discovers that it is a Rutan and is on Earth to get a strategic
foothold in their war with the Sontarans.
The Doctor must find a way to stop this electrified foe and from keeping
Earth away from that age old war.
