|
Ransom was written
primarily because I had too many stories about I didn’t intend
to set the whole story on the coach. At first it WAS going to be aliens
who kidnapped the school group, but I couldn’t think of a good reason
for them to do that. It was far more likely that ordinary humans would
do something like that for money – the very motive The Doctor hates
the most. The story was originally
going to be set in The psychic blackspot,
of course, was there in order to make the rescue more complicated. Otherwise,
they could have made telepathic contact with The Doctor or The paranoia about Vicki being an
alien reminded a lot of readers of the Doctor Who episode Midnight. The
fact that this story is set on a coach in a confined space, much like
the space bus of Midnight allows for the same kind of disconcerting situation
to arise. But actually, it never even occurred to me until it was pointed
out. I was just looking at a way of exploring Vicki’s alienness
as perceived by her school friends.
|