The Poison Sky (TV story): Difference between revisions

The [[Tenth Doctor]] continues [[Sonic screwdriver|sonicking]] the [[car]] in his attempt to free [[Wilfred Mott|Wilf]] from it before he chokes on the [[Sezerfine gas|gas]]. However, it proves useless as [[Sylvia Noble|Sylvia]] frees Wilf from the car by smashing the window with an [[axe]] she keeps in case of burglars. [[Ross Jenkins|Ross]] arrives in a [[taxi]], the only thing he could find not fitted with ATMOS. Despite Sylvia's protests, Donna goes with the Doctor back to the [[ATMOS factory]] with her grandfather's support.  

Arriving at the factory, the Doctor gives [[Donna Noble|Donna]] a [[TARDIS key|key]] to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] so she can wait without choking on the air. Donna manages to enter the TARDIS just as she began coughing hard from the gas. In the meantime, [[Martha Jones (clone)|Clone Martha]] overhears a [[Radio transmitter|radio transmission]] of the Doctor's arrival and tells [[Mace (The Sontaran Stratagem)|Colonel Mace]] the previous message the Doctor gave her: [[Code Red]] Sontaran. Rushing into the mobile base, the Doctor tells Mace not to engage the Sontarans in battle. When questioned what he plans to do, the Doctor says he'll use the TARDIS to get on their [[Sontaran flagship|ship]] to talk with them.

Martha's clone subtly gives orders to the [[Hypnosis|hypnotised]] [[UNIT]] soldiers [[Carl Harris|Harris]] and [[Steve Gray|Gray]] to put [[teleport relays]] on the TARDIS for the Sontarans to beam it up. Once done, Donna feels a shake from the teleport. The Sontarans gloat over having the Doctor's infamous vessel. The Doctor and Clone Martha arrive to find the TARDIS gone. Knowing he is trapped, the Doctor tries to goad the Sontarans into revealing their plan. The Sontarans do not to fall prey to this ploy, but they move the TARDIS out of the main war room, placing Donna in a position to help.

Against the Doctor's advice, UNIT decides to use [[nuclear weapon]]s against the Sontarans; however, Martha's clone has covertly copied the [[launch code]]s, and stops every attempt they make to fire the weapons. The Sontarans mobilise troops to retrieve and protect the clone. With the Sontarans' ability to jam most conventional [[firearm]]s by expanding the [[copper]]-lined [[bullet]]s, the UNIT troops are quickly slaughtered and the factory is secured.

With Rattigan's equipment, the Doctor builds an [[atmospheric converter]], igniting the [[atmosphere]] to clear out the poison gas. However, he knows the Sontarans won't accept defeat so easily — they are beginning their standard invasion stratagem. He tells Donna and Martha to lead good lives, tells Rattigan to go on and do something clever, and teleports to their ship with the converter to give them the choice between retreat and death. The Sontarans choose the latter, but the Doctor cannot bring himself to destroy a ship full of sentients. However, with a few seconds left, Rattigan simultaneously teleports himself to the Sontaran ship and the Doctor back to Earth. The Sontarans stop their "[[haka]]" with the new development. Luke says "Sontar? Ha!" and detonates the device.