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Part 1
Hargreaves narrates his daily tasks aboard the ship to himself.
The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan hear a loud distress signal coming through the TARDIS console. They lock on and travel to the source. They arrive and step outside, only to be greeted by a Hargreaves, the ship's computer and valet.
Tegan wonders off, and looks outside the ship's viewscreen. They appear to be near a black hole as explained by Hargreaves. Despite the momentary distraction, the Doctor asks Hargreaves why he launched the distress signal and Hargreaves reveals that a little while ago his crew just disappeared. They hear a scream but Hargeaves tells them to ignore it as it is an ephemeral echo, so least he claims. They go to investigate anyway.
They arrive at the source of the noise but they meet Hargreaves again, and it turns out Hargreaves is the ship's central computer and simply takes over the robot body closest to the person requesting service. They ask him about the noise and he assures them that they are corporeal, not real. They look around and ask him about the plant life, it seems to be growing at an unrealistically unheard of rate. The Doctor and Tegan go to find something else but Nyssa notices writing on the plants. Tegan and the Doctor are off discussing the origins of the ship when they hear Nyssa scream. They run back and find she got stabbed by a plant she was trying to inspect. The Doctor worries about poison and infection and Hargreaves directs Nyssa to the medical bay to get the injury inspected and mended while they hear another scream and the Doctor and Tegan go back to investigate.
The Doctor and Tegan find nothing but they still wonder why there is no one aboard the ship. Nyssa arrives in the medical bay and the medical robot begins to treat her when suddenly she feels a ripple running through the ship while Tegan and the Doctor feel it too. They hear a voice and think they see a woman running away. They make chase but can't find her. Tegan then sees it again and they make chase, finally cornering their "ghost". Before they can catch up, Hargreaves notifies the Doctor over the system speakers that Nyssa has "disappeared". Nyssa awakens somewhere but cannot find Hargreaves. Hargreaves, Tegan and the Doctor discuss what could have happened and decide to retrace steps. Nyssa finds the gardener robot but it does not remember her from before. She explains her predicament and it explains that she can use the intercom to contact them. She does, and they decide to meet up in the garden but when they do she is not there although she claims she is. Suddenly the ship shakes and the power fades causing Hargreaves to shut down. Nyssa, meanwhile, simultaneously feels the shake, but has lost communication with the Doctor. She is found by Hargreaves who again does not recognize her. She argues with him and asks what happened but he claims that nothing she says is true. Suddenly, Nyssa becomes frightened as she is approached by a strange figure...
Part 2
Hagreaves narrates his day and then reintroduces himself to the Doctor and Tegan, who inform Hargreaves they already know him. The figure who approaches Nyssa takes off the helmet of his environmental hazard suit and introduces himself as Dr. Sergei Akunin. He asks if she is part of the rescue team to which she reveals she is not. She explains what had happened and shows him her injury, so he says they will go back to his lab so he can have a better look at it and treat it, after which they will try and find her companions.
Notes:
-tegan notes eh's going to change into more comfortable shoes -> hexagora
-hargeaves described as tall and havin a bowler hat
-tegan's aunt had japanese plants that grow? (ten fifty)