Doctor Who:
The Leisure Hive
By David Fisher
“Citizens of the old
Argolis, today your lives will be irrevocably changed and the Hive itself
transformed as we equip ourselves for the rebirth of this great planet.”
The Doctor and Romana want
a peaceful holiday. Their first attempt hasn’t fared so well as they are on a
beach in Brighton off season and it is cold and wet. The Doctor knows of a place that they can go
on Argolis where they specialize in holiday entertainment and relaxation.
While there they become a part
of a takeover scheme by Pangol. Pangol is the child of the generator and the
future of Argolis. He plans on taking
over and wants to bring Argolis back to their war like ways which incidentally
cost them their planet as it is a radioactive rock and everyone is living in
dooms. That’s not all. Roaming around is
the Foamasi and they are hunting for someone or something and to make matters
worse someone isn’t who they say they are and is causing havoc with
things. All this and The Doctor is a victim
of a failed time experiment which has aged him hundreds of years. No problem for The Doctor and Romana its
business as usual.
David Fisher who wrote four Tom Baker stories died on January 10th 2018. The four stories he wrote were for the later Tom Baker years and they are the 1978 stories The Stones of Blood and The Androids of Tara, the 1979 story The Creature from the Pit and the 1980 story The Leisure Hive. He also had a hand in the story The City of Death which he couldn't finish due to person reasons and handed it over to Douglas Adams to finish. You can read more at the Doctor Who news page.
