Come on! (He starts to take it apart.) MAAGA: Where? All they can do is kill. (The DRAHVINS are silent.) For their friends? After a pause, MAAGA speaks softly, almost to herself.) We're, er...we're time travellers. From the planet Earth. We have offered to take them with us. RILL VOICE: We are the Rills. THE RILL CENTRE
(The DOCTOR has now removed some of the top plates from the air converter and is peering in. We hung in space facing each other. Immediately we did the same, and both ships crashed. When we escaped from our ship we discovered that we could not breathe the atmosphere here, but we had a small supply of our own, and set out to help the Drahvins. (The RILL moves in on the wounded Drahvin.) Our weapons are superior to theirs. Our home planet...
(VICKI tries to leave, but the CHUMBLEY blocks her path.) I was going to be too late. RILL VOICE: It is by the Drahvin spaceship. Steven. Ready? THE RILL CENTRE
(The CHUMBLIES exit the centre, followed by the DOCTOR and VICKI. DOCTOR: We're going to help you and Maaga and the rest of them to get to the Rill spaceship. (They move off.)
Plan: A: Vicki; Q: Who nicknames the robot drones "Chumblies"? A: an arid planet; Q: Where do the Doctor, Vicki and Steven arrive on? A: Rills; Q: Whose ship is almost ready to take off? A: friendly, compassionate explorers; Q: What are the Rills? A: dull-witted, cloned soldiers; Q: What are the Drahvins? A: the intelligent, warlike matriarch Maaga; Q: Who terrorizes the Drahvins? A: Both ships; Q: What is damaged? A: The Drahvins' craft; Q: What is irreparable? A: the oxygen atmosphere; Q: What are the Rills unable to breathe? A: efficient robot drones; Q: What do the Rills use to survive the oxygen atmosphere? A: numerous offers; Q: How many offers did the Rills make to take Maaga and her crew to safety? A: their aid; Q: What does Maaga refuse to accept from the Rills? A: disintegration; Q: What is the planet on the point of? A: the Rills' ship; Q: What does Maaga try to steal from the time travellers? A: the Doctor; Q: Who allows the Rills to draw power from the TARDIS? A: their fate; Q: What does the Doctor leave the Drahvins to? Summary: The Doctor, Vicki and Steven arrive on an arid planet where they meet the beautiful Drahvins and the hideous Rills. Each has crash-landed after a confrontation in space. The Rills are friendly, compassionate explorers. The Drahvins are dull-witted, cloned soldiers, terrorised by the intelligent, warlike matriarch Maaga. Both ships are damaged. The Drahvins' craft is irreparable, but the Rills' is almost ready to take off. Although unable to breathe the oxygen atmosphere, they employ efficient robot drones, which Vicki nicknames "Chumblies". Despite numerous offers by the Rills to take Maaga and her crew to safety, she refuses their aid. When the planet is discovered to be on the point of disintegration, Maaga tries to force the time travellers to help her steal the Rills' ship and kill the Rills. Instead, the Doctor allows the Rills to draw power from the TARDIS to refuel and escape, leaving the Drahvins to their fate.