TEXT: PLANET OF THE SPIDERS BY: ROBERT SLOMAN PART ONE 5:45pm - 6:10pm [SCENE_BREAK] 1: EXT. PATH (Along a pathway that runs down from some stone steps, a young man walks. He looks thoughtful and preoccupied as he strolls in the evening light. It is MIKE YATES - ex-UNIT Captain - his hair growing long and his clothes definitely civilian in tone. He stops and looks round at the pastoral scene of cows in a nearby field. His moment of contemplation over, he moves on.) [SCENE_BREAK] 2: INT. THEATRE (The DOCTOR and the BRIGADIER, also out of uniform and in a smart suit, are sat in the audience of a small theatre watching a cabaret evening. The two men are the only members of the audience neither applauding nor laughing at the northern "Comedian" on the stage. Indeed, they look bored to tears.) COMEDIAN: (OOV: On stage.) Here's a funny thing! Here's a funny thing! When Archimedes - you've heard of Archimedes - jumped out of his bath and ran down the road without his clothes on, he didn't shout "Eureka", he shouted "I'm a streaker!" (The audience groans appreciatively and there is another smattering of applause. The DOCTOR looks pained and the BRIGADIER shoots him an accusatory look.) [SCENE_BREAK] 3: EXT. LAMASERY GROUNDS (MIKE YATES is nearing the end of his walk which terminates in large a country house which can be seen through the trees and across a stretch of unkempt lawn. He approaches the house.) [SCENE_BREAK] 4: INT. THEATRE (The audience applauds once more, although the contribution from the DOCTOR and the BRIGADIER more closely resembles a slow-hand clap. Some jolly music strikes up...) BR
SUMMARY:
While the Doctor carries out an investigation into ESP, Mike Yates asks Sarah to look into some strange goings on at a meditation centre he's attending.