A single pulse from that ship... CAPTAIN: Prepare to launch nuclear weapons. CLARA: Are we going to be ok? CLARA: The TARDIS! DOCTOR: In a heartbeat. DOCTOR: It's an Ice Warrior. Grand Marshal Skaldak. He tries to shut it off. ICE WARRIOR: Skaldak. LATER
CLARA comes to slowly to the muffled voices of the DOCTOR and the CAPTAIN arguing. Martian law decree's that the people of this planet are forfeit. Now search them! One of the officers comes up behind CLARA and aims his gun at the Ice Warrior. SKALDAK: And yet, I am in chains. STEPASHIN: No. SUBMARINE, MANEUVERING ROOM
The DOCTOR opens the door to the room and skids to a stop when he sees the body. The DOCTOR holds the sonic screwdriver out towards SKALDAK. The DOCTOR is stunned by his first view of an Ice Warrior without armour. The Hostile Action Displacement System! The crewman who had been with the CAPTAIN comes forward and starts shooting at SKALDAK as the Ice Warrior turns and walks away. The crewmen push the DOCTOR and CLARA back against a pole in the middle of the bridge. To end this cold war. To the DOCTOR'S right, the TARDIS starts dematerializing. What do you think Skaldak's going to do when he finds that out? You declared war. Your people live on, Skaldak!
Plan: A: The Doctor; Q: Who tries to convince Skaldak that he and Clara are peaceful? A: Las Vegas; Q: Where did the Doctor and Clara attempt to land in? A: the TARDIS; Q: What lands in a Russian submarine in 1983? A: the Doctor's surprise; Q: What was the Doctor's reaction to finding an Ice Warrior? A: the famed Grand Marshal Skaldak; Q: Who is the Ice Warrior that the Doctor finds? A: 5000 years; Q: How long had it taken for Skaldak to be thawed out of the ice? A: Captain Zhukov; Q: Who has Skaldak chained up to prevent damage to the submarine? A: Martian Law; Q: What law does Skaldak believe humanity has declared war on the Ice Warriors? A: his armour; Q: What does Skaldak exit to begin forensic analysis of human bodies? A: Lieutenant Stepashin; Q: Who did Skaldak trick into revealing the Cold War? A: an alternate timeline; Q: What does Skaldak plan to start by firing off a single nuclear missile? A: innocent lives; Q: What does Clara convince Skaldak that it would be wrong to end? A: an Ice Warrior ship; Q: What rescues Skaldak? A: danger; Q: What does the Doctor's sonic screwdriver tell him the Hostile Action Displacement System had activated and sent the TARDIS to the South Pole to get out of? A: the Doctor's sonic screwdriver; Q: What device tells the Doctor that the Hostile Action Displacement System had been activated? Summary: The Doctor and Clara attempt to land in Las Vegas ; however, the TARDIS instead lands in a Russian submarine in 1983 and takes off without them. To the Doctor's surprise, he finds an Ice Warrior , the famed Grand Marshal Skaldak, who had been thawed out of the ice after 5000 years. However, Captain Zhukov is distrustful of both the Doctor and Clara and has Skaldak chained up to prevent damage to the submarine. By Martian Law, Skaldak now considers that humanity as a whole has declared war on the Ice Warriors. The Doctor tries to convince Skaldak that he and Clara are peaceful; when Skaldak believes no other Ice Warriors are left, he exits his armour to begin forensic analysis of human bodies. Skaldak tricks Lieutenant Stepashin into revealing the circumstances of the Cold War, and prepares to start an alternate timeline by firing off a single nuclear missile. However, Clara manages to convince him that it would be wrong to end innocent lives, just as an Ice Warrior ship arrives and retrieves Skaldak. Out of danger, the Doctor's sonic screwdriver tells him the Hostile Action Displacement System had been activated and sent the TARDIS to the South Pole.