TEXT: THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR BY: BOB BAKER AND DAVE MARTIN Part Four Running time:25:09 [SCENE_BREAK] DOCTOR: We have a problem. Well, several problems. Mentalis knows, but won't tell, about Astra. Refuses us access to the memory banks but tells us that the Marshal's on his way here to blow this place to smithereens. SHAPP: But won't it react? ROMANA: Oh, yes. Mentalis is convinced it's invincible. It's been programmed not to accept defeat. MERAK: Then it'll stop him. SHAPP: It'll counterattack. DOCTOR: Unfortunately, it's been programmed that the war is over, so it can't attack. It thinks it's won. That's the trouble with machines. ROMANA: So what will happen? DOCTOR: Well, it will self-destruct. I think obliteration was the term it used. ROMANA: So if the Marshal attacks SHAPP: Which he will. DOCTOR: There will be a rather large bang, big enough to blow up Zeos, take Atrios with it, and make certain the whole thing ends in a sort of draw. That's the way these military minds work. The Armageddon factor. [SCENE_BREAK] PILOT: Target located, sir. MARSHAL: Excellent. Prepare to attack. [SCENE_BREAK] DOCTOR: Has it ever occurred to you, Shapp, that you and the Marshal and this thing are in an arena, playing out a game for some evil alien spectator? ROMANA: The third force. DOCTOR: Yes. I think I've met him. Calls himself the Shadow. [SCENE_BREAK] SHADOW: Astra. Princess Astra. Do you hear me? ASTRA: Yes, I hear you. SHADOW: Good. There are certain duties you must perform. ASTRA: Yes. SHADOW: You will help me in my quest. You understand? ASTRA: Yes. SHADOW: Astra,
SUMMARY:
K-9 communicates with the leader of the Zeos world and the Doctor attempts to keep the leader from completing it's plan. The Doctor and companions discover the unknown world that is between Atrios and Zeos.