Up a Tree (p.24)
Title: Up a Tree
Author: betawho
Rating: PG
Characters: 11th Doctor, Amy Pond, Rory Williams
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Summary: The Doctor, Amy, and Rory land on a human colony world where the colonists live in gigantic trees. A whole city in the treetops. But what starts out as a lark, ends with a murder, an ancient mystery, and a local race of "not quite intelligent" spider-monkey-like creatures that might have a reason for not quite being intelligent.... ( Read More...)
Excerpt:
"But I thought you just said we were panicked because of beta brainwaves. That's hardly meditative," Rory complained.
"No, that was something aimed at us by the ghosts. Which I don't think are ghosts at all," the Doctor said in an affronted tone.
"Then what are they?" Amy asked, sitting down on a burl on her bole and crossing her arms.
"Guards," the Doctor said. "Or sentinels. You saw the way they were lined up, like an electric fence."
"A fence that attacks people," Rory snorted.
"What better way to keep people out?" The Doctor rubbed his hands. "And there's nothing more interesting than something saying, 'Keep Out.'"
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Author: betawho
Rating: PG
Characters: 11th Doctor, Amy Pond, Rory Williams
Chapter Index
Summary: The Doctor, Amy, and Rory land on a human colony world where the colonists live in gigantic trees. A whole city in the treetops. But what starts out as a lark, ends with a murder, an ancient mystery, and a local race of "not quite intelligent" spider-monkey-like creatures that might have a reason for not quite being intelligent.... ( Read More...)
Excerpt:
"But I thought you just said we were panicked because of beta brainwaves. That's hardly meditative," Rory complained.
"No, that was something aimed at us by the ghosts. Which I don't think are ghosts at all," the Doctor said in an affronted tone.
"Then what are they?" Amy asked, sitting down on a burl on her bole and crossing her arms.
"Guards," the Doctor said. "Or sentinels. You saw the way they were lined up, like an electric fence."
"A fence that attacks people," Rory snorted.
"What better way to keep people out?" The Doctor rubbed his hands. "And there's nothing more interesting than something saying, 'Keep Out.'"
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