Gerry Davis

Kit Pedler

On their return to Earth the Doctor, Ben, and Polly are in time to witness the discovery of a new planet, but the Doctor realizes there is great danger, for the inhabitants of Mondas are Cybermen.

Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet

"A life-sized robot gone berserk in a Christmas toy display, a computerized traffic system hopelessly snarled, an Apollo capsule lost in space, a jet plane crashing in the middle of a crowded supermarket, a nuclear sub missing with all hands on board, the Underground exploding in an inferno of gas and flame, all plastic substances swiftly dissolving into rot, its consuming foam laying waste the entire center of London--what has gone wrong? Even as that question is answered in this brilliant and riveting novel, certain hair-raising doubts about our present bio-ecological attitudes are forever planted in our minds. At the same time we are drawn into the lives of some fellow human beings under stress: Luke Gerrard and Anne Kramer of the Kramer Consultancy, a group of expert research scientists organized to anticipate and produce solutions to problems in industry and science. Under the leadership of Arnold Kramer, an analytical genius with ferocious creative ability and overdeveloped commercial zeal, they have given the world a very profitable substance called Degron, used in widely hailed self-destructing plastic containers. As Luke and Anne flee disaster in the fiery subway tunnels and as Arnold Kramer takes the last flight out of London to New York, it becomes evident that the Degron may be a modern Trojan Horse, and the search for the cause of plastic dissolution becomes indeed a race against doom"--Jacket.

The Plastic-eaters

Mutant 59

Based on the classic sci-fi series Doomwatch, Mutant 59 imagines one of the most terrifying tragedies that modern science could create, a chilling and topical story of what happens when scientific research goes wrong and spreads terror through London (and endangers the world). When an airplane crashes the Ministry of Transport investigates, what caused it to fall out of the sky and could it happen again? Slowly they discover that science has unleashed a genetically engineered bacteria that feeds on (and destroys) all plastic materials. No-one takes any notice of the material used to build gas pipes, electrical insulation, cars and planes until it begins to disintegrate and explode. Has science created a biological time bomb? A jet plane crashes near Heathrow, in the Atlantic a nuclear submarine disappears without trace, central London grinds to a halt. As power stations explode and London's population is evacuated Anna Kramer and Luke Gerrard search for the scientific key to a fiery holocaust that is capable of infecting the world.

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