TEXT: THE SAVAGES 5:35pm - 6:00pm [SCENE_BREAK] SCENE 1 - TARDIS INTERIOR (This scene appears at the conclusion of The Gunfighters episode 4. The Doctor, Steven and Dodo are standing next to the console, and staring up at the TARDIS scanner. The TARDIS appears to have landed in a rough, hilly landscape strewn with rocks and shrubs. The Doctor picks up a monitoring instrument and places the strap over his shoulder.) DOCTOR: We've now reached the distant horizon of an age - an age of peace and prosperity. Now I'm going to be off. (The Doctor opens the TARDIS doors. As he exits, he is unaware of the primitive man watching him nearby. The man is dressed in animal skins, and carrying a large club...) [SCENE_BREAK] SCENE 2 - OUTSIDE THE CITY (The Doctor follows a narrow path through layers of thick vegetation. At one point, he stops and takes a reading from his instrument. Chuckling to himself, the Doctor moves on.) [SCENE_BREAK] SCENE 3 - TARDIS EXTERIOR (Steven is pacing restlessly next to the TARDIS. Dodo stands nearby. Steven impatiently glances at his watch.) STEVEN: He said five minutes. DODO: The Doctor has no idea of time. For someone who's travelled about in time as much as he has, that's rather funny. (Dodo giggles..) STEVEN: This is nothing to laugh at, Dodo. DODO: Don't take it so seriously. If you're so worried about him, you shouldn't have let him go. STEVEN: All right - you try telling the Doctor what to do. DODO: Then you should have gone with him. STEVEN: You heard what he said. DODO: You don't have to do everything he tells you. You're a grown man. Or are you? (Dodo glares at Steven, who returns her glare with equal venom. But realising
SUMMARY:
Missing episode The TARDIS has arrived on a far-distant and seemingly idyllic world. Yet the Doctor, Steven and Dodo learn it hides a terrible secret: the apparently civilised Elders maintain their advanced society by draining and transferring to themselves the life-force of the defenceless Savages. Outraged at this exploitation, the Doctor is seemingly helpless to prevent it when some of his own life-force is tapped by the Elders' leader, Jano. In the process, however, Jano also acquires some of the Doctor's attitudes and conscience. Turning against his own people, he enlists the Savages to destroy the Elders' transference laboratory - a task with which the time travellers gladly assist. Steven agrees to remain behind on the planet to become leader of the newly united Elders and Savages.