DOCTOR: A race bank. DOCTOR: Leela. DOCTOR: We're on the edge of the cosmos, the frontiers of creation, the boundary between what is and isn't, or isn't yet, anyway. DOCTOR: Yes, I'm a Time Lord. JACKSON: Are you a Time Lord? JACKSON: The chance for a new people on a new planet. ORFE: It's going to take us close to the nebula, Captain. Our gravitational pull is greater than theirs. She must have been there at the beginning and the nebula formed around her. Tala, take over from Orfe. The Minyan civilisation was destroyed a hundred thousand years ago, on the other side of the universe. The Minyans of Minyos. The Quest.
Plan: A: four; Q: How many ancient space travelers from Minyos did the Doctor, Leela, and K-9 encounter? A: Minyos; Q: What is the name of the race that the Doctor and his party encounter? A: their Time Lords encounter; Q: What caused the Minyans to become extinct? A: 1000; Q: How many times have the Minyans been rejuvenated? A: a long 100,000 year old; Q: How old is the Minyan's quest? A: their equally old ship; Q: What is failing? A: a newly forming sun; Q: What is the ship being pulled into? Summary: Materializing at the edge of the cosmos, the frontier of creation, The Doctor, Leela & K-9 encounter four ancient space travelers from Minyos, the first race ever contacted by the Time Lords. All but extinct due to their Time Lords encounter, the Minyans (rejuvenated 1000 times each) have been embarked on a long 100,000 year old quest, searching the universe for the lost race bank of their species to take to a new home world. But their equally old ship is finally failing, succumbing to the gravitational pull of a newly forming sun and taking the Doctor and his party with it.