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Meanwhile, Romana and K9 examine the recently deceased body of Sontaran trooper Varn, detecting some sort of time element to the zombie disease. As they continue the examination, the undead Sontaran suddenly reanimates and attacks. | Meanwhile, Romana and K9 examine the recently deceased body of Sontaran trooper Varn, detecting some sort of time element to the zombie disease. As they continue the examination, the undead Sontaran suddenly reanimates and attacks. | ||
The Doctor and Stom arrive at their intended location, but instead of finding the TARDIS, they find a transmitter buried in the mud. | The Doctor and Stom arrive at their intended location, but instead of finding the TARDIS, they find a transmitter - a projection node - buried in the mud. | ||
A platoon of human soldiers suddenly appears, and their leader gives the order to execute. | A platoon of human soldiers suddenly appears, and their leader gives the order to execute. | ||
=== Part two === | === Part two === | ||
' | Using the projection node, the Doctor transports himself and Stom to a control centre operated by the Sycon - alien beings from the far, far future. | ||
The Sycon have time-looped hundreds of battles and skirmishes throughout history, to teach their society the futility of war. | |||
However, after operating for thousands of years, the battle matrix is out of sync. Instead of the time-bubbles being reset, the dead combatants are respawning as undead monsters. | |||
The TARDIS is also at the Sycon control centre. When it detected it had landed in a time bubble, it activated emergency maneuvers, then contacted the Doctor through the time bubble's projection node. | |||
Lenk rescues Romana and K9 from the undead Sontaran, while the human soldiers requisition the abandoned Sontaran tank and launch an attack on the Sontaran base. Lenk resolves to destroy the entire base in a bid to wipe everyone out. | |||
The Doctor reveals the truth to the Sycon AI - the Sycon themselves were wiped out in a war long ago, their planet too is now just a desolate wasteland. | |||
The Sycon resolves to shut down the time-bubbles, destroying all within. The Doctor convinces the Sycon AI to instead deactivate itself, saving the combatants within the bubbles. | |||
The Doctor and Stom rescue Romana and K9 before the Sontaran base explodes. | |||
Stom and the survivors of the time bubbles must now make the abandoned Sycon planet their new home. Stom allows himself to be rendered unconscious by the Doctor, allowing the time travelers to leave in peace. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||