The final short story from the 1968 annual.
The Tardis lands in what the Doctor suspects is the tomb of Tutankhamun. Ben and Polly are keen on grabbing all of the gold and treasure they can before scarpering back to the ship and enjoying the fruits of their thievery. The Doctor is appalled.
Real tomb robbers start to break in (Ben uses the slur "Gyppos" which was new to me.) but are repelled when Ben dons King Tut's mask and menaces the intruders.
Oddly enough, the Doctor has a flashlight and not a torch here.
Meh.
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As I noted above, this is the final tale from the annual of 1968. "When Starlight Grows Cold" was the best of the bunch as it was a bit spooky and had a very neat concept. Otherwise the stories were meant for much younger folks than me.
I did, however, really like the illustrations. Not so much their style, as they were rather generic, but the whole idea of including them. I wish Doctor Who novels had had some. Outside of the book covers and the Virgin New Adventure preludes, there were no illustrations. Too bad as they can be fun.
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