ALIEN: Which is nice for them. AMY: What is it, a minotaur? And we'll be next! Both of them laugh a little sadly. DOCTOR: Well, that killed the mood. Get to know each other. HOTEL, DINING ROOM
RITA is with JOE and HOWIE. HOTEL, HALL
RITA stands in the middle of the hall and faces the way the Beast will come from, her back to the camera. I've found a... It takes a moment for what AMY said to sink in. Not just religious faith, faith in something. On one of the monitors, GIBBIS is in the kitchen and it looks like he is eating the fish. Praise him. Praise him.' She drops her notes. Soon you will be, too. The DOCTOR takes AMY, HOWIE and the ALIEN into one room while ANITA pulls JOE into another. The DOCTOR walks to the TARDIS. The DOCTOR, AMY, RORY and RITA are standing on the guest side of the counter. The TARDIS materializes and the DOCTOR, AMY and RORY step out. They are in space. They descend on planets and set themselves up as Gods to be worshipped. This is a prison? Who else? You want this to stop.
Plan: A: a disguised alien structure; Q: What does the Doctor recognize as a 1980s hotel? A: The layout; Q: What is constantly shifting in the hotel? A: the TARDIS; Q: What do the Doctor and his companions lose in the hotel? A: Joe; Q: Who is the first human to be killed by the monster? A: Gibbis; Q: What alien is in the hotel with the Doctor and his companions? A: a minotaur-like monster; Q: What creature possessed Joe, Howie, and Rita? A: The Doctor; Q: Who takes Amy and Rory back to Earth? A: a specific faith; Q: What did the minotaur feed on? A: the monster collapses; Q: What happens when the Doctor convinces Amy to break her faith? A: a prison ship; Q: Where is the hotel setting revealed to be part of a simulation taking place on? Summary: The TARDIS lands in what appears to be a 1980s hotel, which the Doctor recognises as a disguised alien structure. The layout of the hotel is constantly shifting, and they soon lose the TARDIS. They meet others who had also suddenly found themselves in the hotel: humans Rita, Howie, Joe, and the alien Gibbis. One by one, Joe, Howie, and Rita are seemingly possessed by a minotaur-like monster and lured to it and subsequently killed. The Doctor surmises that the minotaur fed on a specific faith each of them had and discovers that Amy will be next, as she has faith in him. He convinces her to break her faith and the monster collapses and the hotel setting is revealed to be part of a simulation taking place on a prison ship. The Doctor takes Amy and Rory back to Earth, believing it is best for them to stop travelling with him before they are killed.