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|featuring = [[Tony Clare|Tony]], [[Ron Winters|Ron]], [[Aisha Akhtar|Aisha]], [[Zakia Akhtar|Zakia]] | |featuring = [[Tony Clare|Tony]], [[Ron Winters|Ron]], [[Aisha Akhtar|Aisha]], [[Zakia Akhtar|Zakia]] | ||
|enemy = [[Sentinels]] | |enemy = [[Sentinels]] | ||
|setting = [[London]], | |setting = [[London]], [[far future]] | ||
|writer = [[Matt Fitton]] | |writer = [[Matt Fitton]] | ||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
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Helen and Robin stay inside the TARDIS whilst, on the surface of a desolate [[Earth]], the Doctor and Tania explore and Liv takes care of a shocked Andy. When Robin goes missing, Helen searches for him without success and finds that he has left the ship. | Helen and Robin stay inside the TARDIS whilst, on the surface of a desolate [[Earth]], the Doctor and Tania explore and Liv takes care of a shocked Andy. When Robin goes missing, Helen searches for him without success and finds that he has left the ship. | ||
Liv tries to get answers from Andy about his connection with Tania and learns about [[Torchwood Three|the group]] that he belongs to. The two find and enter [[Earth Endstation 6|a | Liv tries to get answers from Andy about his connection with Tania and learns about [[Torchwood Three|the group]] that he belongs to. The two find and enter [[Earth Endstation 6|a bunker]] which seems to scan Andy. Meanwhile, the Doctor and Tania overlook the former location of [[London]] and Tania admits to being part of the group, also asking about [[regeneration]]. Liv and Andy find a control hub and are flee from an armed robot, unaware that they are being watched by Robin. Helen reaches the Doctor and Tania and tells them about Robin's disappearance. | ||
Robin enters the machine and communicates with the [[holo-system interface]], which has taken the form of Andy and identifies itself as Earth Endstation 6 and the time as the [[Third Glorious Empire]]. The station has a record of Robin in a [[database]] containing information of people of significance and tells him about [[Deus Ex]]'s mission to prepare Earth for a new age of the [[Human Empire]]. | Robin enters the machine and communicates with the [[holo-system interface]], which has taken the form of Andy and identifies itself as Earth Endstation 6 and the time as the [[Third Glorious Empire]]. The station has a record of Robin in a [[database]] containing information of people of significance and tells him about [[Deus Ex]]'s mission to prepare Earth for a new age of the [[Human Empire]]. | ||
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Liv and Andy reach the Doctor, Helen and Tania and tell them about the robot. To stop it, they fan out to distract it before the Doctor and Tania hit it with [[rock]]s. Meanwhile, the interface tells Robin that he is already part of Deus Ex and that he is part of "the [[template]]" before locking him in the [[medical bay]] to be scanned and "made well" through enhancement. | Liv and Andy reach the Doctor, Helen and Tania and tell them about the robot. To stop it, they fan out to distract it before the Doctor and Tania hit it with [[rock]]s. Meanwhile, the interface tells Robin that he is already part of Deus Ex and that he is part of "the [[template]]" before locking him in the [[medical bay]] to be scanned and "made well" through enhancement. | ||
The Doctor takes apart the robot and Helen and Tania discuss Liv, Helen saying that she was happy for the pair and welcoming Tania to the family. Tania then notices Robin's footprints. The Doctor identifies the robot, stamped with the words "Deus Ex", as one of several primitive maintenance bots containing [[Deus Ex nanobot|poison nanobots]] which will soon be released to decontaminate the planet. | The Doctor takes apart the robot and Helen and Tania discuss Liv, Helen saying that she was happy for the pair and welcoming Tania to the family. Tania then notices Robin's footprints. The Doctor identifies the robot, stamped with the words "Deus Ex", as one of several primitive maintenance bots containing [[Deus Ex nanobot|poison nanobots]] which will soon be released to decontaminate the planet. Faced with an army of them, the Doctor and Liv head to the station to check the countdown whilst Helen, Tania and Andy try to enter the TARDIS, finding that it has locked them out. | ||
'' | The Doctor bypasses the station's [[entry filter]] and [[antirad wash]] and is refused information by the interface due to his species. When the Doctor asks when the new humans and Deus Ex will be arriving for their decontaminated world, the interface seems to malfunction, saying "gone" and "no contact". | ||
Andy confesses to Tania that Torchwood had shut down months previously and that he had arrested [[Yvonne Hartman (Pete's World)|his own girlfriend]]. | |||
The Doctor learns that the human race has somehow been wiped out and that the station has been awaiting orders for six million years. Robin approaches them, his scan having been completed, and the three head for the TARDIS with part of the station's [[hard drive]]. When they arrive, the TARDIS doors open, the Doctor explaining that it had refused to open whilst Robin was missing as it wanted them all to be together. The Doctor connects the hard drive to the TARDIS and performs life scans before dematerialising. | |||
Back in 2020, Robin tells Liv and Tania that the TARDIS had hoovered up all of the radiation energy. Whilst the others head home, Andy stays in the TARDIS with the Doctor and learns that the TARDIS's ability to [[time travel]] is now functional, although it will not be able to move in space, and offers to assist in supplying any technology that the Doctor might need. At Baker Street, Helen hears Robin shout at [[Ken Bright-Thompson|his father]] and learns that they are moving to [[Scotland]] because of Ken's work. Robin asks if the Doctor will say goodbye, but Helen says that he is busy. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* Andy alludes to the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s involvement in the creation of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]. | * Andy alludes to the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s involvement in the creation of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]. | ||
* According to Andy, Torchwood has been gone for several months, since the Cardiff Bay Incident. | * According to Andy, Torchwood has been gone for several months, since the Cardiff Bay Incident. | ||
=== Other === | |||
* Helen has [[Helen Sinclair's TARDIS key|a TARDIS key]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
