DOCTOR: And what about its people? DOCTOR: It evolved in the sea, adapted to land. DOCTOR: With discretion. LEELA: And the Colonel? RUTAN: We are a Rutan scout. SKINSALE: An early Schermuly? Til we return to our mother ship, and the mother ship informs the fleet, no one must know of our visit to Earth.
Plan: A: its mother ship; Q: What is about to land and turn Earth into an alien attack base? A: the electrically charged Rutan scout; Q: Who attacks openly? A: its human guise; Q: What does the Rutan scout drop when it attacks openly? Summary: With little to fear, and its mother ship about to land and turn Earth into an alien attack base, the electrically charged Rutan scout drops its human guise and attacks openly.