TEXT: PLANET OF THE SPIDERS BY: ROBERT SLOMAN PART FIVE 5:35pm - 6:00pm [SCENE_BREAK] 1: INT. METEBELIS THREE. SPIDER'S BASE. PASSAGE (The SECOND GUARD CAPTAIN runs after the DOCTOR.) SECOND GUARD CAPTAIN: Stop! (He catches up with the DOCTOR and grabs him by the shoulder. The DOCTOR turns, grab his arm and whips him over onto the ground. He turns to run but two other guards with jewelled staves pointed at him walk up.) DOCTOR: Oh dear, this is getting monotonous. SECOND GUARD CAPTAIN: Your execution hasn't been cancelled - just postponed. (The SECOND GUARD CAPTAIN gets up from the floor.) SECOND GUARD CAPTAIN: Bring him along. (He strides away and the two guards escort the DOCTOR after him.) [SCENE_BREAK] 2: INT. METEBELIS THREE. SPIDER'S BASE. CELL (SARAH has given up her attempts at freedom and lies calmly in her cocoon.) SARAH: Sabor, how long do you think we've got? SABOR: Who knows? A week, a...a day, an hour. (Suddenly the DOCTOR walks into the cell. SARAH looks at him in astonishment and delight.) SARAH: Doctor! You're alive! I knew you'd come! (The DOCTOR holds up a hand for silence and then gestures behind him. The two guards walk into the cell and SARAH realises that he is as much a prisoner as her. Her head falls back.) SARAH: Oh...Doctor! [SCENE_BREAK] 3: INT. METEBELIS THREE. COUNCIL CHAMBER (LUPTON and his SPIDER are before the council. LUPTON is within a dock of two blue-barred struts whilst his SPIDER
SUMMARY:
The Doctor escapes from the spiders' larder only to encounter the Great One, while Sarah makes a deal with the Queen Spider.