But the TARDIS is gone! CASS activates controls on a console. DOCTOR: A desert. RECREATION ROOM
(The human crew has assembled for a meeting. Running time point one three. TOOS: Strangled? This is a sandmine. corridor outside uvanov's quarters
(A ROBOT listens at the door to the DOCTOR and LEELA's conversation.)
Plan: A: The TARDIS; Q: What materializes aboard a sandminer? A: TARDIS; Q: What is the name of the Doctor's time machine? A: a sandminer; Q: What kind of ship does the TARDIS materialize on? A: a desert planet; Q: What kind of planet is the sandminer on? A: a robot labor force; Q: What is the labor force on the sandminer? A: one; Q: How many crewmen are strangled to death? A: one crewman; Q: How many crewmen were strangled? A: the prime suspects; Q: Who are the Doctor and Leela? Summary: The TARDIS materialize aboard a sandminer, a mining ship on a desert planet run by a robot labor force headed by a fairly small but sniping human crew. As one crewman is discovered strangled to death, the Doctor and Leela arrive just in time to become the prime suspects.