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Arriving at the factory, the Doctor gives [[Donna Noble|Donna]] a [[TARDIS key|key]] to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] so she can wait safely inside without choking on the poisoned air. Donna manages to enter the TARDIS just before she begins coughing hard from the gas. In the meantime, [[Martha Jones (clone)|Martha's clone]] overhears a [[Radio transmitter|radio transmission]] of the Doctor's arrival and belatedly relates to [[Alan Mace|Colonel Mace]] the previous message the Doctor gave her: [[Code Red Sontaran]]. Rushing into the mobile base, the Doctor tells Mace not to engage the Sontarans in battle. When questioned about what he plans to do, the Doctor says he'll use the TARDIS to get on their [[Sontaran flagship|ship]] to talk with them. | Arriving at the factory, the Doctor gives [[Donna Noble|Donna]] a [[TARDIS key|key]] to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] so she can wait safely inside without choking on the poisoned air. Donna manages to enter the TARDIS just before she begins coughing hard from the gas. In the meantime, [[Martha Jones (clone)|Martha's clone]] overhears a [[Radio transmitter|radio transmission]] of the Doctor's arrival and belatedly relates to [[Alan Mace|Colonel Mace]] the previous message the Doctor gave her: [[Code Red Sontaran]]. Rushing into the mobile base, the Doctor tells Mace not to engage the Sontarans in battle. When questioned about what he plans to do, the Doctor says he'll use the TARDIS to get on their [[Sontaran flagship|ship]] to talk with them. | ||
Martha's clone subtly gives orders to the [[Hypnosis|hypnotised]] [[UNIT]] soldiers [[Carl Harris|Harris]] and [[Steve Gray|Gray]] to put teleport relays on the TARDIS for the Sontarans to beam it up. Donna feels a shake from the teleport as the ship is transported to the Sontaran war room, and General [[Staal]] gloats over his capture of the | Martha's clone subtly gives orders to the [[Hypnosis|hypnotised]] [[UNIT]] soldiers [[Carl Harris|Harris]] and [[Steve Gray|Gray]] to put teleport relays on the TARDIS for the Sontarans to beam it up. Donna feels a shake from the teleport as the ship is transported to the Sontaran war room, and General [[Staal]] gloats over his capture of the TARDIS. The Doctor and Martha's clone arrive to find the TARDIS gone. Realising he is trapped on Earth, the Doctor returns to UNIT headquarters and establishing visual contact with the Sontarans, trying to goad them into revealing their plan. Staal does not fall prey to this ploy, but he orders the TARDIS moved out of the main war room when the Doctor threatens to summon it via remote control on his sonic screwdriver, placing Donna in a position to help. | ||
Against the Doctor's advice, UNIT decides to use [[nuclear weapon]]s against the Sontarans; however, Martha's clone has covertly copied the NATO launch codes and stops every attempt made by Captain [[Marion Price]] to fire the weapons. Led by Commander [[Skorr]], the Sontarans mobilise troops to retrieve and protect the clone. With the Sontarans' ability to jam most conventional [[firearm]]s by expanding the [[copper]]-lined [[bullet]]s with their cordolaine signal, the UNIT troops are quickly slaughtered and the factory is secured, with privates Jenkins, Harris and Gray among the dead. | Against the Doctor's advice, UNIT decides to use [[nuclear weapon]]s against the Sontarans; however, Martha's clone has covertly copied the NATO launch codes and stops every attempt made by Captain [[Marion Price]] to fire the weapons. Led by Commander [[Skorr]], the Sontarans mobilise troops to retrieve and protect the clone. With the Sontarans' ability to jam most conventional [[firearm]]s by expanding the [[copper]]-lined [[bullet]]s with their cordolaine signal, the UNIT troops are quickly slaughtered and the factory is secured, with privates Jenkins, Harris and Gray among the dead. | ||
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Meanwhile, the Doctor instructs Donna over the phone to reopen the teleport pods from the Sontaran warship. She is able to incapacitate the Sontaran standing guard outside the TARDIS by striking its probic vent with a mallet from the console. Outside the ATMOS factory, UNIT troops have regrouped wearing gas masks | Meanwhile, the Doctor calls [[Martha Jones' mobile phone|Martha's mobile phone]], which is on the TARDIS console. Donna answers, and the Doctor instructs Donna over the phone to reopen the teleport pods from the Sontaran warship. She is able to incapacitate the Sontaran standing guard outside the TARDIS by striking its probic vent with a mallet from the console. Outside the ATMOS factory, UNIT troops have regrouped wearing gas masks. Mace calls down the ''[[Valiant (aircraft carrier)|Valiant]]'', whose engines are strong enough to clear the area around the factory; this is enough to earn the Doctor's approval. A [[Jathaa sunglider|Sunglider]] weapon — smaller than that used against the [[Sycorax]] — is UNIT's main offence, killing many Sontarans in the blast, and with steel-encased bullets in lieu of copper, Mace's soldiers begin a successful retaliatory strike, during which the colonel personally confronts and executes Commander Skorr with a pistol. | ||
With Martha's clone in tow, the Doctor tracks a signal on his sonic screwdriver and makes his way down to the cloning room where the unconscious Martha is being held. Having figured out long before the clone wasn't the genuine article from her lack of concern for her family and bad non-human smell, he severs its connection to Martha, leaving it to die. Wrapped in the Doctor's coat, Martha convinces her clone to betray the Sontarans in its last moments. The clone reveals that the poison gas is actually "[[clone feed]]" for Sontaran clones: they are converting the planet into a giant breeding world. As her clone dies, Martha reclaims her engagement ring. With Donna's help, the Doctor reactivates the teleport pods, rescues her from the Sontaran ship, steals back the TARDIS, and teleports into Rattigan's mansion. | With Martha's clone in tow, the Doctor tracks a signal on his sonic screwdriver and makes his way down to the cloning room where the unconscious Martha is being held. Having figured out long before the clone wasn't the genuine article from her lack of concern for her family and bad non-human smell, he severs its connection to Martha, leaving it to die. Wrapped in the Doctor's coat, Martha convinces her clone to betray the Sontarans in its last moments. The clone reveals that the poison gas is actually "[[clone feed]]" for Sontaran clones: they are converting the planet into a giant breeding world. As her clone dies, Martha reclaims her engagement ring. With Donna's help, the Doctor reactivates the teleport pods, rescues her from the Sontaran ship, steals back the TARDIS, and teleports into Rattigan's mansion. | ||
