(IAN comes up.) (To BARBARA.) (To the Menoptra.) Before the Animus came, the flower forest covered the planet in a cocoon of peace. Just as the ZARBI and their larvae guns arrive, the door slides shut again. TEMPLE OF LIGHT
(A plan of the Carsenome and its position has been drawn on the floor of the Temple of Light. VORTIS
(The DOCTOR, VICKI and their ZARBI trudge across the surface of Vortis. What force?
Plan: A: Vortis; Q: What planet is the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki on? A: the butterfly-like Menoptera; Q: Who are the original denizens of Vortis? A: the moon Pictos; Q: Where did the Menoptera flee to? A: its mind-controlled minions; Q: What is the Animus? A: the ant-like Zarbi; Q: Who are the Animus' minions? A: the larvae guns; Q: What are the Zarbi's living weapons? Summary: On the planet Vortis, the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki are swept up in the struggles of the butterfly-like Menoptera, the original denizens of Vortis who were forced to flee the planet for the moon Pictos to escape the encroaching web of the Animus and its mind-controlled minions, the ant-like Zarbi and their living weapons, the larvae guns.