Dr who BBC eighth doctor 71 the deadstone memorial (v2 0) trevor baxendale

There is no such thing as a good night You may think you can hide away in dreams Safely tucked up in bed, nothing can touch you But, as every child knows, there are bad dreams And bad dreams are where the monsters are The Doctor knows all about monsters And he knows that sometimes they can still be there when you wake up And when the horror is more than just a memory, there is nowhere to hide Even here, today, tonight in the most ordinary of homes, and against the most ordinary people, the terror will strike A young boy will suffer terrifying visions and his family will encounter a deathless horror Only the Doctor can help – but first he must uncover the fearsome secret of the Deadstone Memorial This is another in the series of adventures for the Eighth Doctor THE DEADSTONE MEMORIAL TREVOR BAXENDALE DOCTOR WHO: DEADSTONE MEMORIAL Commissioning Editor: Ben Dunn Editor & Creative Consultant: Justin Richards Project Editor: Jacqueline Rayner Published by BBC Worldwide Ltd Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane London W12 0TT First published 2004 Copyright © Trevor Baxendale 2004 The moral right of the author has been asserted Original series broadcast on the BBC Format © BBC 1963 Doctor Who and TARDIS are trademarks of the BBC ISBN 563 48622 Cover imaging by Black Sheep, copyright © BBC 2004 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Mackays of Chatham Cover printed by Belmont Press Ltd, Northampton For Mum who loved books of all kinds Avril M Baxendale 1930–2003 Contents 1: The Old Man 2: Hazel 3: Bedtime 11 4: House Call 19 5: Diagnosis 23 6: Scary Stories 29 7: The Ghost Hunters 37 8: Inscription 41 9: The Travellers 47 10: Time 55 11: Dinner 61 12: Closer Than You Think 69 13: Lost 75 14: The Ghost 83 15: Night Terrors 89 16: Plan of Action 93 17: The Cellar 97 18: The Dead Ghost 105 19: Dark Dreams 111 20: The Doctor’s Ghost 117 21: Jade 123 22: Quiet Time 131 23: Contact 137 24: Graveside 143 25: Visitors 151 26: Missing 157 27: Interview With a Traveller 165 28: The Hanging of Henry 171 29: Digging the Dirt 177 30: Beast 185 31: Escape 191 32: Extraction 199 33: The Hanged Man 205 34: Ground Force 209 35: One for the Pot 215 36: Deadstone 221 37: Death at Last 227 38: Contact 233 39: Gone 239 40: Still Dreaming 245 Acknowledgements 253 About the Author 255 ... Only the Doctor can help – but first he must uncover the fearsome secret of the Deadstone Memorial This is another in the series of adventures for the Eighth Doctor THE DEADSTONE MEMORIAL TREVOR. .. Copyright © Trevor Baxendale 2004 The moral right of the author has been asserted Original series broadcast on the BBC Format © BBC 1963 Doctor Who and TARDIS are trademarks of the BBC ISBN 563... are where the monsters are The Doctor knows all about monsters And he knows that sometimes they can still be there when you wake up And when the horror is more than just a memory, there is nowhere