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 [[Bennetto]] restores the power and [[Phelan]], a [[Psychic power|psychic]], uses her abilities to commune with the dead. She discovers they were attacked by a [[creature]] they were unable to describe - it was merely [[black]] and darkness in itself. The investigation continues until Bennetto is devoured by a swarm of blackness after entering a [[room]] that should have been [[Light|lit]].
-Outside, Phelan is able to communicate with the entity. Her description, the Doctor realises, matches that of the [[Vashta Nerada]], a [[species]] not known for their [[aggression]] and normally bound to their native [[forest]]s. When Donnelley explains the planetwide forest was cut down to build Funworld, the Doctor realises that the Vashta Nerada's whole [[ecosystem]] was [[Destruction|destroyed]] and they attacked Donnelley's staff in order to survive. Suddenly, Phelan developed a second [[shadow]]. She warns the team that the Vashta Nerada have developed a [[taste]] for [[human]] [[meat]] and are out for [[revenge]], and then she is [[Eating|eaten]] alive.
+Outside, Phelan is able to communicate with the entity. Her description, the Doctor realises, matches that of the [[Vashta Nerada]], a [[species]] not known for their [[aggression]] and normally bound to their native [[forest]]s. When Donnelley explains the planetwide forest was cut down to build Funworld, the Doctor realises that the Vashta Nerada's whole [[ecosystem]] was [[Destruction|destroyed]] and they attacked Donnelley's staff in order to survive. Suddenly, Phelan developes a second [[shadow]]. She warns the team that the Vashta Nerada have developed a [[taste]] for [[human]] [[meat]] and are out for [[revenge]], and then she is [[Eating|eaten]] alive.
-The Doctor urges the rest of the team to abandon the planet forever, but Steele is determined to carry on the hunt. Donnelley, though reluctant to lose her investment, decides it is best to leave and departs the planet in Steele's [[Spaceship|ship]]. Steele and [[Grosta]] arm themselves with [[flamethrower]]s and attempt to lure the Vashta Nerada out of hiding. However, they are outflanked and the swarm begins tearing Grosta's [[stone]] [[body]] apart. At his urging, Steele [[mercy]] [[Murder|kills]] him with a [[grenade]].
+The Doctor urges the rest of the team to abandon the planet forever, but Steele is determined to carry on the hunt. Donnelley, though reluctant to lose her investment, decides it is best to leave and departs the planet for [[Earth]] in Steele's [[Spaceship|ship]]. Steele and [[Grosta]] arm themselves with [[flamethrower]]s and attempt to lure the Vashta Nerada out of hiding. However, they are outflanked and the swarm begins tearing Grosta's [[stone]] [[body]] apart. At his urging, Steele [[mercy]] [[Murder|kills]] him with a [[grenade]].
-Steele is rescued by the Doctor in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] after he activates some of the funfair [[robot]]s to buy a couple of [[minute]]s' distraction. Though they are safe in the Doctor's [[Space-time vessel|ship]], the Doctor reveals that half the Vashta Nerada [[population]] has [[Stowaway|stowed away]] on Donnelley's ship. If they are allowed to land on [[Earth]], they might be able to convince others among their species to join them. En route to Earth, Donnelley herself is killed as the Vashta Nerada catch up with her, shortly before the Doctor and Steele land on the ship.
+Steele is rescued by the Doctor in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] after he activates some of the funfair [[robot]]s to buy a couple of [[minute]]s' distraction. Though they are safe in the Doctor's [[Space-time vessel|ship]], the Doctor reveals that half the Vashta Nerada [[population]] has [[Stowaway|stowed away]] on Donnelley's ship. If they are allowed to land on Earth, they may cause their passive Earthbound cousins to become far more aggressive and deadly. In flight, Donnelley herself is killed as the Vashta Nerada catch up with her, shortly before the Doctor and Steele land on the ship.
 The pair have no way of [[Self-destruct|destroying]] the ship, but when the Vashta Nerada latch onto Steele, casting a second shadow, she hatches an idea. She acquires some [[poison]], [[Suicide|killing herself]] as the Vashta Nerada devour her and poisoning them as well. The Doctor confirms there are no more lifeforms aboard the ship and returns it to [[orbit]] around Funworld. He records a message, warning others that an [[environment]]al disaster has rendered the planet uninhabitable and that it should be avoided. He then leaves, lamenting how he was unable to save even one person.