Doctor Who, the ambassadors of death : based on the BBC television series by David Whitaker by arrangement with the British Broadcasting Corporation

THIS IS A NOVELIZATION OF A 1970 DOCTOR WHO TELEVISED STORY (with Jon Pertwee in the title role). A rocket is sent up to investigate why contact has been lost with a manned probe returning from Mars. Front Cover 1 Rear Cover 2 Title Page 3 Copyright 4 Contents 5 1 ‘Something Took Off From Mars...’ 6 2 ‘That Sound – It Was Some Kind OfMessage...’ 17 3 ‘They’ll Never Survive...’ 24 4 ‘Recovery Seven – It’s On The WayBack!’ 31 5 ‘The Capsule Has Landed.’ 38 6 ‘They’ve Started To Crack The Code...’ 47 7 ‘You Must Feed Them Radiation – OrThey’ll Die!’ 53 8 ‘We’ve Got To Get That Rocket Up!’ 62 9 ‘Someone’s Threatening To Kill MissShaw!’ 69 10 ‘An Attack On The Space Centre?’ 79 11 ‘Do You Really Think They’re NotHuman?’ 85 12 ‘Large Unidentified ObjectApproaching On Collision Course...’ 93 13 ‘The Capsule Will Be Smashed ToFragments...’ 101 14 ‘Your Doctor Friend Is As Dead As ADoornail...’ 108 15 ‘We May Not Have Much More Time!’ 117 16 ‘We’re Being Invaded!’ 125 Seven months after it left Mars there has still been no radio communication with the Probe Seven spacecraft or the astronauts inside it. Back on Earth concern is mounting and eventually a recovery capsule is sent up to rescue the astronauts. But when the capsule returns to Earth it is found to be empty. As the Doctor and Liz investigate, they discover that the interior of the capsule is highly radioactive: if anyone was inside they would now surely be dead. Have the astronauts returned to Earth? And if not, who are the sinister space-suited figures who stalk the countryside and whose very touch means instant death?