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An unidentified [[alien]] civilization built a relay station on Aprilia III some centuries before the [[23rd century]]. It was abandoned and left untouched, but was still powered.

In the late [[2260s]], a team of [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] [[archaeologist]]s, led by [[project manager]] [[Professor]] [[Jefferson Whitmore]] and including [[Doctor]] [[Paula Zarlenga]], visited Aprilia III. They spent several months studying the [[technology]] of the relay station but found it incomprehensible and inoperable. At some point, [[Cybermen]] infiltrated the facility and mind-controlled the researchers, making them unemotional and docile.

After the archaeologists missed making three scheduled reports, the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']] was sent to investigate on [[stardate]] 3368.5. [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]], Mister [[Spock]], [[Doctor]] [[Leonard McCoy]] and [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Montgomery Scott]] travelled to the planet's surface in the [[shuttlecraft]] [[Galileo]]. They met with Professor Whitmore, who blamed the lack of communications on the radiation belt and gave them a short tour of the station.

Suspicious of the archaeologist's behavior, they returned at night to investigate covertly, only to be interrupted by the [[Fourth Doctor]], who was visiting the planet in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. He helped them break the lock and together they infiltrated the facility. There, they discovered the archaeologists under the control of the Cybermen and tried to free them. A battle ensued and the Cybermen were destroyed with the Doctor's aid, while the researchers were liberated. The technology activated itself shortly afterwards.