The provided text is an excerpt from a science fiction narrative, likely the novel "Doctor Who: Millennium Shock," detailing an intense struggle against a techno-organic alien menace called the Voracians, who are exploiting the Y2K or Millennium Bug crisis to establish a global technological network. The plot centers on the efforts of The Doctor and his ally, Harry Sullivan (an MI5 officer), to thwart the Voracians, who operate through the company Silver Bullet and its embedded computer chips, which are secretly exacerbating the computer crisis. The aliens, led by Byron Cutter, are hunted by the protagonists while simultaneously dealing with a military coup plot involving General Randall and his deputy, Colonel Attwell, suggesting a wider conspiracy to destabilize the UK government during the crisis. The narrative culminates in a dramatic confrontation at Chequers, where the Doctor stops the final activation of the Voractyll network, destroying the Voracians and averting a global technological takeover.

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“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.