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Doctor Who Diaries — Earthshock Part 4
The final part of Earthshock definitely had a shock in store for viewers. This was to be Adric’s last episode and he was destined not to survive the Cybermen attack. However, he at least got a somewhat heroic death, as he was forced to stay behind to try and stop the freighter’s descent into the Earth. He failed but also succeeded.
The Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa were devastated! This account starts with Adric’s death as Tegan tries to work out in her head exactly what happened which had led to those events.
Tegan’s Diary
I can’t quite believe that I’m writing these words. Adric is dead. He was killed when the freighter crashed into the Earth millions if not billions of years ago. We had joked not all that long ago about what might have killed the dinosaurs. Perhaps, now we know. It was Adric, in a sense. How did this happen? What brought us to this point? I need to work these things out in my mind, to make sense of it all. Poor Adric. He was so young and innocent. He could be extremely annoying of course, but that didn’t make him any less a member of our odd little family.
