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The TARDIS lands in Derbyshire woodland, where the locals are hunting a monstrous worm that has been devouring livestock and tourists. Evading the hunting dogs, the Doctor and Leela find themselves on opposite sides of an electric fence. | The TARDIS lands in Derbyshire woodland, where the locals are hunting a monstrous worm that has been devouring livestock and tourists. Evading the hunting dogs, the Doctor and Leela find themselves on opposite sides of an electric fence. | ||
While the Doctor ingratiates himself with the locals, including wealthy part-time resident Demesne Furze, Leela is attacked by a tank remotely-controlled by the fascistic Colonel Spindleton. | While the Doctor ingratiates himself with the locals, including wealthy part-time resident Demesne Furze, Leela is attacked by a tank remotely-controlled by the fascistic Colonel Spindleton. | ||
Spindleton has allied himself with the Master, who has made a lair in the caves under Spindleton's manor house. Leela is left to her fate, as the Master summons the giant worm through a wide crack in the ground... | Spindleton has allied himself with the Master, who has made a lair in the caves under Spindleton's manor house. Leela is left to her fate, as the Master summons the giant worm through a wide crack in the ground... | ||
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Leela escapes into the caverns, and is shown the way out by none other than Demesne Furze. | Leela escapes into the caverns, and is shown the way out by none other than Demesne Furze. | ||
Furze turns out to be the human disguise of the worm itself - a sentient, dimensionally-transcendental, biological device used to burrow through space-time. | Furze turns out to be the human disguise of the worm itself - a sentient, dimensionally-transcendental, biological device used to burrow through space-time. | ||
Temporarily consumed by the worm, the Doctor and Leela discover the Master wants to harness it to create a powerful wormhole across space. The worm has refused to do the Master's bidding as the exertion would destroy it. | Temporarily consumed by the worm, the Doctor and Leela discover the Master wants to harness it to create a powerful wormhole across space. The worm has refused to do the Master's bidding as the exertion would destroy it. | ||
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