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[[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] relax in a [[villa]] outside of [[Brisbane]] following the events on [[Florana]], but Tegan reads in a [[newspaper]] about how investigative reporter and [[school]] friend [[Mike Bretherton]] disappeared after reporting a [[meteor]] and enlists the Doctor and Nyssa's help in searching for him. A visit to [[Mike Bretherton's apartment|Mike's apartment]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] reveals that Mike had been investigating a series of disappearances, after which the Doctor uses an [[ionograph]] to detect two [[space pod]]s which travelled to [[Luparis]], a tropical and supposedly empty [[planet]]. They travel there and find that [[Lupara]] greatly resembles [[16th century]] [[London]]. | [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] relax in a [[villa]] outside of [[Brisbane]] following the events on [[Florana]], but Tegan reads in a [[newspaper]] about how investigative reporter and [[school]] friend [[Mike Bretherton]] disappeared after reporting a [[meteor]] and enlists the Doctor and Nyssa's help in searching for him. A visit to [[Mike Bretherton's apartment|Mike's apartment]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] reveals that Mike had been investigating a series of disappearances, after which the Doctor uses an [[ionograph]] to detect two [[space pod]]s which travelled to [[Luparis]], a tropical and supposedly empty [[planet]]. They travel there and find that [[Lupara]] greatly resembles [[16th century]] [[London]]. | ||
The trio meet [[Jezzavar|Lord Jezzevar]], | The trio meet [[Jezzavar|Lord Jezzevar]], one of the two current husbands of [[Zafira|Queen Zafira]], who invites them to a duplicate of the [[Palace of Whitehall]] upon learning that Nyssa is effectively a [[Trakenite]] [[royal]]. Knowing that they are unlikely to find Mike on their own, they accept and are given Zafira's hospitality. Nyssa goes [[riding]] with Jezzevar and the Doctor goes for a walk on the [[veranda]] with Zafira, who indicates that she is attracted to him and advises that he direct any questions about the city to [[Astorius]], the [[Minister of Science]] and chief [[astrologer]]. Meanwhile, the impatient Tegan scales a gate and heads back into the city, finding the TARDIS gone and Mike living as Sergeant Zax, a member of the city watch. | ||
=== Part two === | === Part two === | ||
Mike [[arrest]]s Tegan for walking the [[street]]s unaccompanied, but [[Zellenger|Lord Zellenger]], head of security and | Mike [[arrest]]s Tegan for walking the [[street]]s unaccompanied, but [[Zellenger|Lord Zellenger]], head of security and another of Zafira's husbands, learns who she is and takes her back to the palace. There, she catches up with Nyssa, who informs her that Jezzavar is planning to rebel against Zafira and would like to install Nyssa as her replacement; he believes that Zafira is too soft on her people and intends to rule through Nyssa. | ||
Zafira and Astorius explain to the Doctor about how Luparis is rapidly cooling and that people are going into [[coma]]s, leading them to start putting people into [[sleep pod]]s. The Doctor is also told that he will become Zafira's | Zafira and Astorius explain to the Doctor about how Luparis is rapidly cooling and that people are going into [[coma]]s, leading them to start putting people into [[sleep pod]]s. The sleep pods are arranged in pairs, one being for the husband and the other for the wife, but only one of each pair seems to be operational. The Doctor is also told that he will become Zafira's next husband and be known as her Consort Counsellor, prompting him to ask the upset Zellenger to take him to the TARDIS so that he can leave. | ||
Nyssa | Nyssa and Tegan are interrupted by the palace seamstress Anza, who says that the queen would like them to be maids at the wedding. Nyssa points out that Anza and Eva are about their shape and size, after they have left. | ||
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Nyssa and Tegan are caught walking around the palace in disguise by a guard. They begin to run as the guard chases them, and they climb over the wall of the gate just as Tegan had done earlier. | Nyssa and Tegan are caught walking around the palace in disguise by a guard. They begin to run as the guard chases them, and they climb over the wall of the gate just as Tegan had done earlier. | ||
