Doctor Who: The Sensorites (19 page)

Maitland, Carol and
John were good people and would guard the Sensorites' secret well.
But she remembered other instances in Earth's history when promises
had been made and then broken; when secrets had been kept and later
betrayed. She remembered the dreadful consequences of such actions:
the callous exploitation of the Indians of North America, the
Aborigines of Australia. In their own naive way the Sensorites were
just as helpless as them.

For the moment the
Sensorites were safe, their security and well-being in the
stewardship of Maitland, Carol and John. But what of the future?

There would be
questions asked, investigations carried out. The Earth authorities
would want to know the circumstances behind the temporary
disappearance of Maitland's ship. Could the Sense-Sphere and its
priceless molybdenum remain a secret forever?

Rich beyond the
dreams of avarice, John had said. Throughout human history men had
given in to the lure of greed, though they
justified it with words like progress, development, expansion, and
conveniently forgot things like morality, fairness and compassion.
Had human nature then changed so much?

She dismissed the
thought from her mind and joined her friends. She was being a silly
old worrier. Perhaps in the twenty-eighth century mankind had grown
up. Perhaps this time it would be different.

 

 

 

 

 

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