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''to be | The Doctor, Wingford, and Cornelius arrive at the water elevator and realise it's in use. Cornelius reverses the water flow, pulling the alien back down. Jo and Shedgerton manage to escape the water, before they can be pulled down. | ||
Cornelius opens the door, revealing the alien. Wingford and Cornelius are shocked at the sight, while the Doctor greets the alien. The Doctor notes the fact the alien can swim and fly, and then notes that he alien is now walking, meaning it's from a very adaptable species. The alien can't stand the sight of the Doctor, as he looks just like the ugly humans. The Doctor thinks the aliens just have a fear of human. The alien proclaims that fear is justified and tells the Doctor what the humans did to them. They had no choice but to subdue them. The blue liquid they used is a secretion they used back on their home world in order to control their food. When the Doctor comments on the fact that they turned the humans blue and kept them as young as they were in 1951, the alien is confused. They didn't notice that the humans weren't aging, as they did what they could to avoid looking at them. | |||
Jo and Shedgerton successfully climb out of the water elevator shaft and into a cave, having escaped the boat when the water flow was reversed. Shedgerton has been feeling weaker as time has gone on, and Jo notices that most of the blue in his skin has faded away. Jo pulls out her transceiver and tries to contact Mike again, but fails to do so. The two head for the cave's exit. | |||
The alien leader informs the alien with the trio that the Doctor's calculations worked, and the power couplings have been aligned. The leader orders the other alien to escort the Doctor to the TARDIS. The alien orders Wingford and Cornelius to retrieve the boat. The Doctor notices how the secretion prevents Wingford and Cornelius from truly seeing and hearing the alien. The alien pints out that these two were turned into prime units, with a stronger control over them. However, the secretion has been losing strength over time. Some of the workers are now barely compliant. The two soldiers force the Doctor to get into the boat. | |||
Jo and Shedgerton exit the cave and are now back on the surface. Jo tries again to contact Mike. Shedgerton suddenly collapses, having become weaker. The blue in his skin is almost completely gone now. His memories have now fully come back, and remembers it was in 1951, almost thirty years ago. The reason why Shedgerton is feeling weak is because he's started aging. At that moment, Mike contacts Jo. Jo tells him about the aliens, but has to stop, because she can hear the sound of the elevator. The Doctor and his group have reached the top of the shaft and row to shore. Jo quickly tells Mike an invasion may soon happen. Mike tells Jo that he will bring soldiers to the island, to fight off the aliens. Jo notices that something is happening, and cuts off her communication with Mike. | |||
The Doctor wants the alien to tell him where they came from and where they plan to go. Otherwise, he won't help them. The aliens are from Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. The Doctor is surprised, as he didn't think there was life there. The Europan admits that there is probably no life there anymore, and this group of them is likely to be the last of their species. They tried surviving on Europa, but the conditions on it changed too much for them to handle, so they had to evacuate. The ship developed a fault as it passed by Earth, and thus crashed on it. The Europans never meant to come to Earth at all. They were planning to leave the solar system to find a new home world. They want to continue their journey, because they are sick of being on Earth. | |||
Jo and Shedgerton join them, with Jo questioning the Doctor on whether he can actually believe they are telling the truth. The alien proclaims they have no need to kill any humans. They just want the power so they can leave. The Doctor agrees to help them, despite Jo's protests. | |||
Meanwhile, Mike has gathered an army to take with him to Delphin Island. He's prepared to fight against the alien invasion. | |||
The Doctor and the others arrive at the TARDIS. The Doctor has been wondering why he's been transplanted into an earlier part of his timeline. Maybe he was supposed to do something last time, when he was the Third Doctor, something he didn't do before. This may be a second chance for him. However, he's worried, as he lost his memories of these events after he arrived. | |||
Jo notices that the TARDIS is glowing. The Doctor realises that the Europans have tried to take the energy they need from the TARDIS, but have failed. The only way they can get the energy is with the Doctor's help. The Doctor points out a lot of suffering could've been avoided if they had simply asked him for help, in the first place. Jo points out the he doesn't know what they plan to do with the power, and the Doctor agrees. For all he knows, they may plan to use the energy as a weapon for revenge against the humans. The Europan has had enough and orders Wingford and Cornelius to restrain Jo. Shedgerton attacks them and Jo breaks free. The Doctor speaks to the two soldiers, telling them to really look at Shedgerton and see what is happening to him. He points out that perhaps Shedgerton is already dead, having died years ago, along with everyone else on the island, including the two soldiers. The effect of the secretion is wearing off on them, and they're beginning to remember. The Doctor tells them to look at the alien. The two are finally able to perceive the alien. The Doctor opens the TARDIS door and everyone runs in, leaving the Europan outside. | |||
Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor closes the doors and ponders his options. The Europans contact the Doctor, telling him that their fate is in his hands now. Jo is convinced that the Doctor won't give them the power and reveals that UNIT is on the way here, much to the Doctor's horror. Jo calls out the Europans on their treatment of the humans on the island, but the Europans defend themselves. Their actions were only to insure that their species were to survive, as they are the last of their kind. Their mission was to find a new home world, which Jo takes to mean that Earth is their target. The Doctor disagrees, realising that the Europans are telling the truth. The Doctor tells Jo to contact Mike and call off the attack. She tries, but is unable to get through to him. Mike does notice Jo's attempts to communicate with him, but is unable to contact her. He takes it to mean that Jo and the Doctor are in trouble. | |||
The Doctor prepares to initiate the power transfer. Jo points out that if the ship were to take off, it would destroy the island, killing everyone still on it. Shedgerton points out that everyone may have died years ago, their bodies only still working now because of the secretion. Jo thinks sacrificing them to save the aliens is an inhuman thing to do. The Doctor agrees, just as inhuman as what the people on the island did to the Europans. Jo can't believe the Doctor is going to go through with this, as the Third Doctor never would make such a sacrifice. The Seventh Doctor points out that maybe that's why he's here now. They don't have time to evacuate any of the people, as UNIT is on the way. Jo tries to contact Mike again, but fails. The power signal from the Europan ship is blocking the transmission, meaning Jo will not be able to contact Mike. The Europans can't shut it down, as their ignition sequence is primed and ready. They need the Doctor to transfer the power now. It's their only chance of survival. | |||
The Doctor activates the power transfer, despite Jo's protests. Shedgerton draws Jo's attention to Wingford and Cornelius. Both are dead, having aged to death. Most of the people are probably dead by now. Shedgerton is only still alive now, because he was the youngest person on the island. However, he feels he doesn't have much time left. As far as he's concerned, the Doctor is doing the right thing. This is their punishment for what they did to the Europans. | |||
The Doctor realises he's made a mistake. He forgot that he is using the Third Doctor's TARDIS, which is missing certain modifications his own TARDIS has. The TARDIS can't regenerate her own energy fast enough to match the power transfer. The Europans are going to take every last bit of power, killing the TARDIS. Jo proclaims he can't let that happen, as the TARDIS is too important. The Doctor questions that, asking whether the TARDIS really is more important than saving the Europans. The Doctor is now more convinced that he was brought here to change a decision he made before, but he has no idea whether the one responsible is an ally or an enemy. If he knew that, he would know exactly what to do. | |||
The Europans contact the Doctor again, thanking him for his help. The Doctor wishes them luck. The Doctor sadly says goodbye to the TARDIS. Jo can't believe that the Doctor will let the TARDIS die and points out a problem. If the TARDIS dies here and now, then what will happen to the Seventh Doctor? Will he even exist at all? The Doctor agrees that this may change his timeline, or put it on the right track. Maybe he was brought here to repair his own history. Jo refuses to accept this, and quickly moves to the controls and shuts off the power transfer. An explosion rocks the island, knocking everyone in the TARDIS to the floor. | |||
Jo recovers, wondering what has happened. She notices that the Doctor is no longer in the control room. Shedgerton tells her he went outside. She goes outside and sees that the island is falling apart. Jo was right about what would happen to the island. The Doctor tells her that when she cut off the power, it caused an engine imbalance, destroying the Europan ship. The Europans had weakened the structure of the island by mining all of the minerals from it. Jo apologises for what she did, only doing what she did to protect the Doctor and the TARDIS, and thinking about what the Third Doctor would've done. The Doctor forgives her, as this was an impossible situation, with no right course of action. Jo asks him what will happen to him now. The Doctor doesn't know, but if things do go back to normal, and the timelines reset, then everyone will forget the Seventh Doctor was even here, including Jo. | |||
Suddenly, they are confronted by the Europans, who escaped the ship before it blew. The aliens are angry at what has happened and have decided that if they are going to die, then the Doctor and Jo will die with them. Before they can kill them, the Europans are killed by Mike and UNIT, who have arrived at the island, covering the Doctor and Jo in blue liquid. | |||
Jo quickly recovers and goes to locate the Doctor, being joined by Mike. She finds him laying on the ground in the liquid. However, it isn't the Seventh Doctor laying there. Instead it's the Third Doctor, but as far as Jo is concerned, nothing is wrong. The Seventh Doctor was right about the timelines resetting, and Jo no longer recalls the Seventh Doctor ever being there. Shedgerton joins them, having survived his aging. He looks at the Third Doctor and asks who he is. Jo tells him it's the Doctor, confused about why Shedgerton doesn't recognise him. For a moment, Shedgerton is confused, but then his memories finish adjusting to the reset timeline, and he no longer recalls the Seventh Doctor either. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
