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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part one === | === Part one === | ||
An [[Mike Bretherton|Australian reporter]] speaks on the phone with someone in his apartment. Suddenly he hears a strange noise and the power goes off in his apartment. He goes to investigate and ends up being attacked by a strange creature [[Nyssa]] interrupts the [[Fifth Doctor|Doctor]] watching cricket. They are staying in a hot villa just a bit of a ways from [[Brisbane]]. They agree that it is nice to finally be someplace where they can have a relaxing vacation, only to be interrupted by [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]. She runs into the room exclaiming that her friend from high school, Mike Bretherton, has gone missing. He is a reporter who was always investigating top stories, according to Tegan, trying to expose corrupt officials and law-breaking denizens. The Doctor wants to just relax and take a holiday, but Nyssa insists that they help Tegan investigate his disappearance. | An [[Mike Bretherton|Australian reporter]] speaks on the phone with someone in his apartment. Suddenly he hears a strange noise and the power goes off in his apartment. He goes to investigate and ends up being attacked by a strange creature. | ||
[[Nyssa]] interrupts the [[Fifth Doctor|Doctor]] watching cricket. They are staying in a hot villa just a bit of a ways from [[Brisbane]]. They agree that it is nice to finally be someplace where they can have a relaxing vacation, only to be interrupted by [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]. She runs into the room exclaiming that her friend from high school, Mike Bretherton, has gone missing. He is a reporter who was always investigating top stories, according to Tegan, trying to expose corrupt officials and law-breaking denizens. The Doctor wants to just relax and take a holiday, but Nyssa insists that they help Tegan investigate his disappearance. | |||
They take the [[TARDIS]] to Mike’s apartment which they find is extremely messy. They find articles that Mike has gathered surrounding strange disappearances. Tegan reads from the news article about Mike’s disappearance that his last known contact had mentioned him explaining that he saw a meteor above his apartment before he disappeared. | They take the [[TARDIS]] to Mike’s apartment which they find is extremely messy. They find articles that Mike has gathered surrounding strange disappearances. Tegan reads from the news article about Mike’s disappearance that his last known contact had mentioned him explaining that he saw a meteor above his apartment before he disappeared. | ||
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* After ''[[Prison in Space (audio story)|Prison in Space]]'', this is the second Lost Story in which a female ruler seeks to marry the Doctor. [[Babs]], the Chairman of the [[World Federation of Womanhood]], became infatuated with the [[Second Doctor]] immediately after meeting him in that story. | * After ''[[Prison in Space (audio story)|Prison in Space]]'', this is the second Lost Story in which a female ruler seeks to marry the Doctor. [[Babs]], the Chairman of the [[World Federation of Womanhood]], became infatuated with the [[Second Doctor]] immediately after meeting him in that story. | ||
* The Doctor uses a device called an [[Iono|Ionograph]] to help track down Mike. This is a device that can detect a diminishing ion stream from a spacecraft or rather spacepod, The Doctor further explains that "a spacepod isn't made of solid material, it is a spherical force-field, a sort of gravity bubble that uses photonic propulsion, capable of fantastic velocity and ideal for interplanetary travel, expect that it can only usually carry one or two passengers at a time”. | * The Doctor uses a device called an [[Iono|Ionograph]] to help track down Mike. This is a device that can detect a diminishing ion stream from a spacecraft or rather spacepod, The Doctor further explains that "a spacepod isn't made of solid material, it is a spherical force-field, a sort of gravity bubble that uses photonic propulsion, capable of fantastic velocity and ideal for interplanetary travel, expect that it can only usually carry one or two passengers at a time”. | ||
** He likens them to [[Eddy currents]]. | ** He likens them to[[Eddy| Eddy currents]]. | ||
** Nyssa comments that it is similar to a vapor trail from an earth [[aircraft]]. | ** Nyssa comments that it is similar to a vapor trail from an earth [[aircraft]]. | ||
* After ''[[The Foe from the Future (audio story)|The Foe from the Future]]'' and ''[[The Valley of Death (audio story)|The Valley of Death]]'', this is the third Lost Story to partially take place in [[1977]]. | * After ''[[The Foe from the Future (audio story)|The Foe from the Future]]'' and ''[[The Valley of Death (audio story)|The Valley of Death]]'', this is the third Lost Story to partially take place in [[1977]]. |
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