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Answering a [[distress call]], [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] materialises in [[deep space]] and [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] see a [[whale]]-like [[Galeen]] which seems to have come to answer the call. However, they find that the distress call is a trick emitted by a [[factory ship]] which uses a [[tractor beam]] to capture the Galeen. The Doctor manages to free the Galeen by breaking the beam, causing the TARDIS to be captured despite reversing the [[temporal motor]]s and subjected to the production line intended to process Galeens. | Answering a [[distress call]], [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] materialises in [[deep space]] and [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] see a [[whale]]-like [[Galeen]] which seems to have come to answer the call. However, they find that the distress call is a trick emitted by a [[factory ship]] which uses a [[tractor beam]] to capture the Galeen. The Doctor manages to free the Galeen by breaking the beam, causing the TARDIS to be captured despite reversing the [[temporal motor]]s and subjected to the production line intended to process Galeens. | ||
At long last, the Doctor is able to dematerialise the TARDIS and rematerialise at the end of the termination bay, leaving Peri inside whilst he goes to examine the damage. He is taken to [[Greeg (The Song of Megaptera)|Captain Greeg]] by [[security guard]]s and claims to be an [[inspector]] with the Wild Interstellar Life Federation come to inspect the methods by which [[SS Orcus|SS ''Orcus'']] kills Galeens. Peri escapes the security guards when they find her outside the TARDIS and falls down a [[pipe]] where she finds [[Manus (The Song of Megaptera)|Manus]]'s [[fungus]]-covered body and is attacked as [[Volan|Chief Engineer Volan]] listens over the [[radio]]. | At long last, the Doctor is able to dematerialise the TARDIS and rematerialise at the end of the termination bay, leaving Peri inside whilst he goes to examine the damage. He is taken to [[Greeg (The Song of Megaptera)|Captain Greeg]] by [[security guard]]s [[Carl (The Song of Megaptera)|Carl]] and [[Dave (The Song of Megaptera)|Dave]] and claims to be an [[inspector]] with the Wild Interstellar Life Federation come to inspect the methods by which [[SS Orcus|SS ''Orcus'']] kills Galeens. Peri escapes the security guards when they find her outside the TARDIS and falls down a [[pipe]] where she finds [[Manus (The Song of Megaptera)|Manus]]'s [[fungus]]-covered body and is attacked as [[Volan|Chief Engineer Volan]] listens over the [[radio]]. | ||
The ship detects the Galeen once more as, despite appearing healthy, it has not used its [[time core]] to deep dive through [[time]] and escape the area. Captain Greeg orders the ship to fire, but [[ship's computer (The Song of Megaptera)|the computer]], infected with a [[computer virus|virus]] by the Doctor, refuses to do so as it now wishes to protect the Galeens. Angry, Captain Greeg shoots the Doctor and tells him that he is [[extinction|extinct]]. | The ship detects the Galeen once more as, despite appearing healthy, it has not used its [[time core]] to deep dive through [[time]] and escape the area. Captain Greeg orders the ship to fire, but [[ship's computer (The Song of Megaptera)|the computer]], infected with a [[computer virus|virus]] by the Doctor, refuses to do so as it now wishes to protect the Galeens. Angry, Captain Greeg shoots the Doctor and tells him that he is [[extinction|extinct]]. | ||
=== Part two === | === Part two === | ||
Peri tries to use Manus's [[gun]] on her fungoid attacker, a [[Touthon]], before spraying it in the [[eye]]s with a [[spray can]]. Leaving the hatch with a scratched arm, she is taken to the [[medbay]] by | Peri tries to use Manus's [[gun]] on her fungoid attacker, a [[Touthon]], before spraying it in the [[eye]]s with a [[spray can]]. Leaving the hatch with a scratched arm, she is taken to the [[medbay]] by Carl and Dave and diagnosed by the [[Auto-Doc]] with fungal contamination. The Doctor, returning to consciousness after being stunned by Captain Greeg to be dumped on a [[desert planet]], visits her whilst [[Stennar]] removes his virus from the computer and uses [[the Doctor's sonic lance|his sonic lance]] to cure her through [[selective cell modification]], [[regeneration|regenerating]] her. | ||
Volan explains that Touthons are whale-hunters which were once used to track Galeens and drives out the one aboard, a [[Caller (The Song of Megaptera)|Caller]], by filling the pipes with scalding [[steam]]. Before it can be killed, Stennar points out that company [[policy]] dictates that it be kept alive so that its [[DNA]] might be exploited for profit and Captain Greeg instead has it imprisoned. The Doctor, detained with Peri, deduces that the Galeen was captured because the TARDIS's interference with its signals has prevented it from being deep diving. | Volan explains that Touthons are whale-hunters which were once used to track Galeens and drives out the one aboard, a [[Caller (The Song of Megaptera)|Caller]], by filling the pipes with scalding [[steam]]. Before it can be killed, Stennar points out that company [[policy]] dictates that it be kept alive so that its [[DNA]] might be exploited for profit and Captain Greeg instead has it imprisoned. The Doctor, detained with Peri, deduces that the Galeen was captured because the TARDIS's interference with its signals has prevented it from being deep diving. | ||
The Doctor uses the sonic lance to incapacitate | The Doctor uses the sonic lance to incapacitate Carl and Dave and he and Peri escape to the TARDIS, which Captain Greeg has impounded. As the ''Orcus'' and its crew prepare to kill the Galeen with [[neural torpedo]]es, the Doctor dematerialises in space, unable to [[time travel]] because of the Galeen's interference with the [[time sensory amplification field]], and tells Peri that they will have to rematerialise inside the Galeen so that he can align its time core and allow it to escape. | ||
=== Part three === | === Part three === | ||
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* [[Greeg (The Song of Megaptera)|Captain Greeg]] - [[John Benfield]] | * [[Greeg (The Song of Megaptera)|Captain Greeg]] - [[John Benfield]] | ||
* [[Manus (The Song of Megaptera)|Manus]] / [[Stennar]] - [[Neville Watchurst]] | * [[Manus (The Song of Megaptera)|Manus]] / [[Stennar]] - [[Neville Watchurst]] | ||
* [[ | * [[The Caller]] / [[Ship's computer (The Song of Megaptera)|Ship's Computer]] - [[John Banks]] | ||
* [[Volan|Chief Engineer]] / [[Chanel (The Song of Megaptera)|Chanel]] - [[Susan Brown]] | * [[Volan|Chief Engineer]] / [[Chanel (The Song of Megaptera)|Chanel]] - [[Susan Brown]] | ||
* [[Stafel]] / [[ | * [[Stafel]] / [[Dave (The Song of Megaptera)|1st Security Guard]] - [[Toby Longworth]] | ||
* [[Axel (The Song of Megaptera)|Axel]] / [[ | * [[Axel (The Song of Megaptera)|Axel]] / [[Carl (The Song of Megaptera)|2nd Security Guard]] - [[Alex Lowe]] | ||
== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||