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[[Sky City]] is the showpiece of civilisation on [[Earth]] in the [[453rd century]], a floating city in the sky! As [[Tenth Doctor|the Tenth Doctor]] gives [[Heather McCrimmon|Heather]] a guided tour, he points out the old New Eurozone, which was destroyed in the Genetic Soil Wars. The Doctor explains to Heather about the high taxes people pay to live in Sky City because of the expensive anti-gravity generator it uses. They are knocked over by a man who passes Heather an egg-shaped object which the pursuing [[Sky City|city police (the Cops)]], believe to be proof that she is another wanted associate of the Anti-Antigravity Activist organisation.  

The Doctor goes in search of the escaped AAA member to prove Heather's innocence. He finds him in a bar. The man identifies himself as [[Laydon]]. He explains that he is not a saboteur but possibly holds the key to the city's future. The egg-like device that Laydon passed to Heather, which the Doctor kept hold of, was an advanced gravity converter ten times more powerful than the one Sky City uses: smaller, energy saving and much cheaper to use. Laydon explains that the rulers of Sky City wouldn't like it. They prefer the high taxes, so the AAA has to keep pestering them.