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The Hath use a battering ram to break through a barrier in the tunnels. Martha wants to reach a detected atmosphere of 80 % nitrogen, 20 % oxygen, but the Hath who kidnapped her does not until he sees it. Although there is a cold wind, they are both grateful to be on the planet’s surface. Meanwhile, Jenny has helped the Doctor and Donna to escape their cell, in which they noticed the number 16. They subsequently notice a similar sign bearing instead 14. The Doctor opens a door with the sonic screwdriver, finding a system of lasers on the other side. While Donna notices a smaller number still, conjecturing an indication of proximity to the temple, the Doctor disarms the lasers while Jenny holds off Cobb’s men wire gunfire. Jenny is subsequently forced to traverse the lasers with acrobatics after the Doctor and Donna have crossed the gap and the lasers have been reactivated. | The Hath use a battering ram to break through a barrier in the tunnels. Martha wants to reach a detected atmosphere of 80 % nitrogen, 20 % oxygen, but the Hath who kidnapped her does not until he sees it. Although there is a cold wind, they are both grateful to be on the planet’s surface. Meanwhile, Jenny has helped the Doctor and Donna to escape their cell, in which they noticed the number 16. They subsequently notice a similar sign bearing instead 14. The Doctor opens a door with the sonic screwdriver, finding a system of lasers on the other side. While Donna notices a smaller number still, conjecturing an indication of proximity to the temple, the Doctor disarms the lasers while Jenny holds off Cobb’s men wire gunfire. Jenny is subsequently forced to traverse the lasers with acrobatics after the Doctor and Donna have crossed the gap and the lasers have been reactivated. | ||
Martha falls and starts to sink, but is saved by the Hath accompanying her, who subsequently drowns. Jenny briefly leaves Donna and the Doctor alone. The Doctor explains to Donna his previous parenting, the pain of losing the Time Lords and his family, and the fact that he is reminded of them when he sees Jenny. The Doctor, Donna, Jenny and Martha are reunited in [[The People's Temple|the temple]], which the Doctor recognises as a fully functional spaceship, which he soon realises was the same one that brought the colonists. While the Doctor discovers that the city was built by robots, while Donna discovers the numbers are dates, and therefore the city must have been built outwards. She deduces the war, which has gone on for so many generations the people have only a legend memory, has in fact been going on for just seven days, but their method of reproduction causes their generations to be very brief (the Doctor estimates 20 a day). They next discover the source, a terraforming device. Thus, despite the belief that the source kills, it actually brings life. The Doctor, now surrounded by both armies, declares the war over and smashes the source to release its gases. Both armies lay down their weapons. | Martha falls and starts to sink, but is saved by the Hath accompanying her, who subsequently drowns. Jenny briefly leaves Donna and the Doctor alone. The Doctor explains to Donna his previous parenting, the pain of losing the Time Lords and his family, and the fact that he is reminded of them when he sees Jenny. The Doctor, Donna, Jenny and Martha are reunited in [[The People's Temple|the temple]], which the Doctor recognises as a fully functional spaceship, which he soon realises was the same one that brought the colonists. While the Doctor discovers that the city was built by robots, while Donna discovers the numbers are dates, and therefore the city must have been built outwards. She deduces the war, which has gone on for so many generations the people have only a legend memory, has in fact been going on for just seven days, but their method of reproduction causes their generations to be very brief (the Doctor estimates 20 a day). They next discover the source, a terraforming device. Thus, despite the belief that the source kills, it actually brings life. The Doctor, now surrounded by both armies, declares the war over and smashes the source to release its gases. Both armies lay down their weapons. | ||
Cobb shoots Jenny in the heart and is immediately arrested. Martha concludes Jenny will not survive. Jenny apparently dies in the Doctor’s arms without [[Regeneration|regenerating]], even though the Doctor recalls she has two hearts, so should have survived. The Doctor holds Cobb at gunpoint but does not pull the trigger, saying, “I never would”, and asks that a man 'who never would', be the foundation of the Hath-human society that will now emerge. The Doctor concludes that, had the TARDIS not brought them to Messaline, Jenny – its reason for coming – would never have existed, creating a [[Temporal paradox|paradox]]. He returns Martha home, and Donna resolves to stay with the Doctor while Martha leaves. Meanwhile, Jenny comes back to life as the Doctor had expected would happen if she was given time. She escapes Messaline in a spaceship and resolves to fight villains. | Cobb shoots Jenny in the heart and is immediately arrested. Martha concludes Jenny will not survive. Jenny apparently dies in the Doctor’s arms without [[Regeneration|regenerating]], even though the Doctor recalls she has two hearts, so should have survived. The Doctor holds Cobb at gunpoint but does not pull the trigger, saying, “I never would”, and asks that a man 'who never would', be the foundation of the Hath-human society that will now emerge. The Doctor concludes that, had the TARDIS not brought them to Messaline, Jenny – its reason for coming – would never have existed, creating a [[Temporal paradox|paradox]]. He returns Martha home, and Donna resolves to stay with the Doctor while Martha leaves. Meanwhile, Jenny comes back to life as the Doctor had expected would happen if she was given time. She escapes Messaline in a spaceship and resolves to fight villains.And a whole lot of running | ||
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