(Steven turns and hurries away. (The Doctor is assisted into the cave by Dodo. (The guard is knocked senseless by the blow, dropping his light gun in the process. At the rear of the group is Jano, who is holding the beam of the light gun over a number of prisoners. CHAL: It's their leader - Jano. CHAL: Yes, but it takes time. Come on. DOCTOR: Just think of the challenge to be able to set up the people on this planet for a new life. DODO: Which capsules? EDAL: (To Elders.) He has gone over to the savages. STEVEN: Conscience? STEVEN: Destroy the laboratory? Senta is speaking to the Elders.) Steven gives his light gun to a savage.) The Doctor, Steven and Dodo are left alone in the remains of the laboratory.) [SCENE_BREAK]
SCENE 5 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (The Doctor's Group)
(Dodo and Steven struggle through the thick scrub - the Doctor's inability to move quickly is hampering their progress.)
Plan: A: a far-distant and seemingly idyllic world; Q: Where has the TARDIS arrived? A: the Doctor; Q: Who is helpless to prevent the Elders from exploitation? A: Steven; Q: Who agrees to remain behind on the planet to become leader of the newly united Elders and Savages? A: a terrible secret; Q: What does the world the TARDIS has arrived on hide? A: the apparently civilised Elders; Q: Who is draining the life-force of the Savages? A: their advanced society; Q: What do the Elders maintain by draining and transferring the life-force of the defenceless Savages? A: his own people; Q: Who does Jano turn against? A: the Savages; Q: Who does Jano enlist to destroy the Elders' transference laboratory? Summary: Missing episode The TARDIS has arrived on a far-distant and seemingly idyllic world. Yet the Doctor, Steven and Dodo learn it hides a terrible secret: the apparently civilised Elders maintain their advanced society by draining and transferring to themselves the life-force of the defenceless Savages. Outraged at this exploitation, the Doctor is seemingly helpless to prevent it when some of his own life-force is tapped by the Elders' leader, Jano. In the process, however, Jano also acquires some of the Doctor's attitudes and conscience. Turning against his own people, he enlists the Savages to destroy the Elders' transference laboratory - a task with which the time travellers gladly assist. Steven agrees to remain behind on the planet to become leader of the newly united Elders and Savages.