The Satan Pit (TV story)

The Satan Pit
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Rose Tyler
Main enemy:	The Beast, the Ood
Main setting:	2006
Key crew
Writer:	Matt Jones
Director:	James Strong
Producer:	Simon Winstone
Release details
Release number:	178b
Premiere broadcast:	10 June 2006
Format:	1 45-minute Episode
Production code:	Series 2, Episode 9

References

As the ood close in, jefferson and the security guard open fire,sending the advancing aliens crashing to the floor. A terrified Danny rejoins Rose,Toby and the others as more ood arrive and kill the guard with a blast from a translator device;Jefferson holds the creature off while the door is secured. in the control room, captain flane discovers that the planet's orbit has restabilised; but his joy is short-lived,as Ood appear at each entrance and attempt to gain entry.sealing himself in,flane orders Jefferson,toby,danny and rose to withdraw, while he begins strategy 9:sealing the station personnel in secure areas, and then opening the base's airlocks so that the Ood are flushed out into space. when the doctor tells Rose over the intercom that the seal has opened,his companion recalls the Odds prediction of the release of the beast-could this refer to satan?The doctor surprises himself by not succumbing to curiosity, taking the option to avoid investigating the pit.Jefferson is all for shooting Toby,but Rose manages to convince him that the archaeoiogist is now free from the beast's infulence; Toby, himself is horrified that the devil was inside him.Flane prepares to commence strategy 9, but the power is cut ; speaking through the ood, the beast declares that he is in control.using the radio system, the doctor challenges the beast, asking which devil it is;the creature counters by declaring that it knows of him as"the killer of his own kind". the beast reveals that it was deafeted by the" disciples of light",who inprisioned it in the pit at a time before this universe began-a concept that the Doctor is unable to belive.When the beast taunts each of the survivors with their inner doubts and fears,the Doctor attemps to reassure them; but he is interrupted when the capsule cable snaps,and he and ida only just manage to clear the pod before it is smashed to bits by the falling steel line. It seems that the Doctor and Ida are now stuck in the pit,with only 55 minutes of air remaining,and no hope of rescue.the odd begin using cutting tools to break into the control room and shaft rooms.With contact lost with the doctor,Rose bravely spurrs everyone on ;Flane works out that they can re-route the rockets independent power supply to allow them to escape.Ida decides to use the broken cable to abseil into the pit,but the Doctor insists he should be the one to go down there.Danny creates a computer programme capable of using the base's monitors to brodcast a signal flare that will cause the Oods brains to disrupt; the best place to activate this is in the Oods habitation room,so Danny,Rose,Toby and Jefferson head into the ventilation shaft while Flane vents oxygen to them along the way.When the Ood follow them into the shaft, Jefferson holds back in to give the others time to escape; however, his exit is cut off by a security door,and as the Ood close in on him,he asks the captain to vent the air and suffocate him before the aliens can reach him.Rose,Danny and toby reach another blast door, only to find that the Ood are lying in wait behind it;as Danny and Rose scrabble up a ladder,Toby reveals to the Ood that he is still possessed by the Beast;he then follows after his unsuspecting comrades...The Ood succeed in breaking into the control room,but as they advance on the captain,Danny activates the programme,transmitting a brainstorming signal that sends the Ood falling in agony to the floor.The Doctor descends into the black depths of the pit,pondering the nature of the universal legends of the devil,

Cast & Characters

• The Doctor - David Tennant
• Rose Tyler - Billie Piper

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