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At a table in the middle of the room sits two similar people who each gives their name as [[Ademus]]. The Doctor knows the name but can't remember anything else. Ademus explains that, like them, he was a traveller who has been trapped. The only way to escape and free the TARDIS is to smash the mirror, but he refuses to reveal why he can't. Finding his way back to the TARDIS, the Doctor returns with a U.H.L.F. (a large sonic lance that he once picked up on Mars). He switches it on and points it at the mirror, which shimmers and warps - he suddenly stops. | At a table in the middle of the room sits two similar people who each gives their name as [[Ademus]]. The Doctor knows the name but can't remember anything else. Ademus explains that, like them, he was a traveller who has been trapped. The only way to escape and free the TARDIS is to smash the mirror, but he refuses to reveal why he can't. Finding his way back to the TARDIS, the Doctor returns with a U.H.L.F. (a large sonic lance that he once picked up on Mars). He switches it on and points it at the mirror, which shimmers and warps - he suddenly stops. | ||
The Doctor tells Ademus that he needs something else from the TARDIS, but Ademus is not happy. The Doctor takes Peri with him. He explains who Ademus was | The Doctor tells Ademus that he needs something else from the TARDIS, but Ademus is not happy. The Doctor takes Peri with him. He explains who Ademus was — a dangerous man with tremendous powers. The [[White Guardian]], stopped him and handed him back to his people. They imprisoned Ademus in a world of his own mind, one given substance by a mental projection controlled by a semi-sentient machine behind the mirror. They are trapped. They can't leave without breaking the machine and if they do, they will be trapped forever in the manifestation of Ademus' mind. | ||
Using the last reserves of power in the TARDIS the Doctor flies it to the mirror where Ademus waits. The Doctor announces he has a means of freeing the TARDIS, yet leaving Ademus imprisoned. He produces a sphere that when wired up will absorb the power from the mirror and channel it back to the TARDIS. | Using the last reserves of power in the TARDIS the Doctor flies it to the mirror where Ademus waits. The Doctor announces he has a means of freeing the TARDIS, yet leaving Ademus imprisoned. He produces a sphere that when wired up will absorb the power from the mirror and channel it back to the TARDIS. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* | * Peri carries [[lipstick]]. | ||
* The [[White Guardian]] can not kill. | * The [[White Guardian]] can not kill. | ||
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* The Doctor opens the TARDIS doors manually when the TARDIS is all but drained of its power. This was done in ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]''. | * The Doctor opens the TARDIS doors manually when the TARDIS is all but drained of its power. This was done in ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]''. | ||
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