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Whispers of London Holmes discovers
his true self as he helps a stray alien on the streets of London.
Xara is running. She
does not know what from, but knows it will kill her. Xara
loses her pursuer in the fog of London's streets. She finds
herself drawn to a house with a blue door. 221b Baker Street,
the home of the great detective.
Holmes is not at home, but his
servant lets Xara in and takes her through to Holmes's study, a
large room with many bookshelves. An old clock ticks away on
the fireplace.
Holmes soon returns and
listens to Xara's story, but she has little to tell. She was
being chased and... she believes she may have killed someone.
In his hands Holmes holds a newspaper, the headline is that of a
young woman mauled to death in the street. Homes sees the
terror in Xara's eyes, but is confused why she believes she is
capable of causing such injuries. Nevertheless Holmes decides
to investigate.
Holmes visits the morgue,
after sneaking past the attendant. Examining the dead girl he
spots some cuts on the skin, caused by a precise instrument, not
from a mauling. He believes the body was mauled AFTER death!
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The investigation moves to the
alleyways where the murders occurred. It is still dark, which
Xara considers odd. Holmes dismisses this saying it is always
night. Xara questions this, but Holmes cannot give an answer.
 Suddenly
a man steps out of the shadows, a white featureless face except for
a mouth with razor teeth, wearing a long black coat and top hat...
one of the Whisper Men.
He
is Ripper, he has escaped the grasp of The Great Intelligence, but
seeks a body, and has been using Xara to cover his tracks. As
Ripper moves to attack Holmes a laser blast tears through Ripper,
leaving a hole you can see through. Ripper hisses and
disappears. Homes and Xara turn to see a young woman holding a
laser gun.
"And just who are
you my dead?" asks Holmes.
"Why Mr. Holmes, I'm Queen
Victoria, the Third." |
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Holmes is more confused
than ever, especially when he learns that this is not old London in
the 19th Century, this is London aboard Starship UK.
 Victoria
says she has been watching Holmes, and his house that suddenly
appeared several years ago. And that Xara arrived recently
along with the Whisper Man, Ripper.
Needing rest they return to
221b Baker Street, for a cup of tea. Holmes sits in his old
armchair, running events through his head. Xara looks at the
times, the clock ticking loudly, but the clock features the image of
the moon... Xara screams in fear, terrified of the moon, and bats
clock away. The clock smashes on the floor. Xara
immediately turns to apologise, only to see a strange golden energy
rising from the clock, engulfing Holmes! In an instant the
energy is gone, Holmes stands, now seemingly taller and more bold.
"Thank you," he says. "I
must have foreseen this day, the moon would be your trigger."
"What is going on?" ask
Victoria and Xara in unison.
"Ah, yes. You see I am
Holmes. Not a detective in old London, I am a Time Lord.
I used a device to hide, though I cannot recall why, Never
mind, the game is afoot, we have a Ripper to stop."
A trap is devised, using Victoria
and Xara as bait. So they head back to the London alleyways to
search for Ripper. Triangulating the murders, Holmes narrows
down Rippers hiding place, and soon finds it. An old warehouse, and
inside is like a torture chamber with body parts laid out for ripper
to examine. In the centre of the room a body lies on a slab,
wrapped in bandage.
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Xara and Victoria join join
Holmes, no sign of Ripper yet. Then he appears, stepping from
the shadows. As he does his creature on the slab starts to
rise! It tears off the bandages revealing a creature made of
body parts, much like Frankenstein's Monster.
Ripper gloats that once he has
a body he will be free of The Great Intelligence and will be able to
carve his own empire. But Holmes knows he cannot let the evil
creature escape.
"You brought Xara here to
cover your crimes," says Holmes.
Ripper laughs, "I do no need
the feeble girl any more."
 "Oh, but we know she more than
just that." Holmes then pulls the small moon decoration that
was on the smashed clock, he had secretly pocketed it back in the
house. He holds it up for Xara to see. She screams in
terror, before the moon takes over, and the creature within takes
grip as Xara transforms into a Werewolf! In Werewolf form her
rage is let free, and she takes that out on the one that used her...
Ripper. She tears apart his Whisper Man form, but before he
can transfer his mind to the creature she rips the creature apart in
a bloody frenzy!
The next day Xara is
recovered. Holmes apologises for forcing her transformation,
but it was the only way to destroy Ripper.
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