TEXT: THE WEB OF FEAR by MERVYN HAISMAN and HENRY LINCOLN first broadcast - 9th March 1968 [SCENE_BREAK] 1. LABORATORY (As ARNOLD and EVANS leave the laboratory, the far wall disintegrates, giving way to a mass of glowing fungus which floods unhindered into the Fortress.) [SCENE_BREAK] 2. TUNNEL ENTRANCE (ARNOLD and EVANS run from the Fortress into the tunnels and pause for breath.) EVANS: What are we going to do now, Staff? ARNOLD: The main door should keep the fungus out of the tunnels for a bit. We must warn the others that HQ's had it. EVANS: Right. ARNOLD: Well, come on, then. EVANS: Oh, oh no, not me. ARNOLD: You're not disobeying an order, are you, Evans? EVANS: Now look here, Staff. If we go up there, and this stuff breaks out, we'll be trapped! ARNOLD: Now look, lad, you're scared, that's understandable. But you've been in the Army long enough to know that orders is orders. There's four people up there. If we don't warn them, they're for the chop. EVANS: So? Four of them's getting the chop - there's no reason to make it six, is there? (ARNOLD loses his patience.) ARNOLD: I've had enough of your lip for one day. Now come on! Follow me. (He sets off up the tunnel; as he goes, EVANS turns and bolts in the opposite direction. ARNOLD shouts after him.) ARNOLD: Evans! Come back here! EVANS: Not on your nelly! Cheerio, Staff! (EVANS disappears into the darkness, leaving ARNOLD shouting after him.) ARNOLD: Right, lad - I'll get you for this! [SCENE_BREAK] 3. TUNNEL (The DOCTOR and ANNE walk through another
SUMMARY:
The Doctor and his friends are held prisoner by the Intelligence and their only hope lies with Jamie, Arnold and a reprogrammed Yeti.