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On the [[International Space Station]], Cory complains to Jay in [[Houston]] about his fellow [[Astronaut|astronauts]] [[singing]]. An alarm goes off. Quinn tells Major Weir there are two [[Star|suns]] in the sky, and one is coming towards them. She tries evasive manoeuvres, but the object follows and collides with the station, destroying it and killing the crew.

Clara and Sam flee the abbey and run over to the Doctor. The horde of Scorched following Clara and Sam converges with the horde facing the Doctor, trapping the three of them in a circle of the [[Zombie|zombies]]. As the Scorched close in Sam swings at them with his axe. The Doctor climbs onto a [[Taxi|black cab]] and aims his sonic into the air. He intercepts the regeneration field which is [[Matter manipulation|raising the Scorched]], causing the creatures to [[Disintegration|disintegrate]]. The Doctor then explains that the Scorched's regenerative process was triggered by the presence of nearby [[Lifeform|lifeforms]], himself, Sam and Clara. He then asks Sam what [[evil]] is walking the Earth. Sam tells the Doctor to turn around, and when the Doctor and Clara do so they see a Hyperion coming towards them. It bellows "[[Hyperios]] rises, and [[N-Space|the universe]] falls".

The Hyperion offers to kill the Doctor quickly if he can explain how he killed the Scorched. The Doctor declines, opting instead to attack the Hyperion with his sonic. While the creature is down the three run, and shelter behind a car when it throws a [[Fire|fireball]] at them. The car explodes, and when the Hyperion approaches and sees no trace of the Doctor, Clara or Sam it tells Hyperios Command that the humans have been immolated. Unbeknownst to the Hyperion, the Doctor, Clara and Sam have clambered into the [[London sewers|sewer]] below.

As they walk through the sewers, Sam recalls the day of the Hyperion invasion. He remembers being sent to tackle a blaze in London's [[East End]], which he believed was caused by a [[Aeroplane|plane]] crash, only to find himself facing an army of Hyperions. Over the following days, the Hyperions defeated the [[police]] and [[army]], and their charred remains became the Scorched. Sam, Clara and the Doctor then arrive in an [[London Underground|Underground]] [[station]] which is packed with people in [[Sleeping bag|sleeping bags]]. This station is then revealed to be [[King's Cross tube station|King's Cross and St. Pancras]].

Kate Stewart arrives with some [[UNIT]] [[Soldier|soldiers]] and tells the sheltering people that they've made contact with other survivors around the globe, and are developing [[Weapon|weapons]] which should be effective against the Hyperions. A man in the crowd then heckles Kate, criticising UNIT's response to the invasion and saying that their hostility is what caused the Hyperions to attack. The Doctor shuts this man down, calling him [[Arrogance|arrogant]] and deducing that he must be a [[politician]]. The man introduces himself as Martyn Grove, [[Minister for Public Hygiene]], and insists that he should take charge as the most senior official present. Kate then corrects him, introducing the Doctor as the [[President of Earth]]. The Doctor, now in charge, tells Sam to [[Decapitation|behead]] Martyn. After a pause, the Doctor says this was a joke. When Clara asks the Doctor to say something comforting to the people he is now in charge of he declines, and then appoints Clara [[Minister of Hugs]].

Kate asks the Doctor to tell them everything he knows about the Hyperions. He explains that they are a race of [[living]] [[Star|suns]] who once travelled the universe enlightening less-advanced civilisations, but have since [[Evolution|evolved]] into [[Supernova|supernovas]]. Their new burning heat drove the Hyperions insane, and set them on a path of devastation across the universe. He explains that the Hyperions drain the [[energy]] of non-sentient stars using [[Fusion-web|fusion-webs]], using this energy to prolong their own lives, and leaving [[Freezing|frozen]] [[Planet|planets]] in their wake. Finally he explains how the Hyperions were defeated in the [[Great Inferno]], but that a few survivors were scattered around the universe, before telling everyone that their only options are to fight the Hyperions or to die.

Sam and Kate tell the Doctor about [[Hyperion firewall|a firewall]] in [[Sussex]], which the Hyperions have created to prevent people travelling to or from the area. Sam mentions the sounds of strange [[Machine|machinery]] can be heard from the other side, even from a large distance. The Doctor then says that that's where they need to go.

*[[Student (The Hyperion Empire)|Student]]

*[[Zraa-Korr]]

*[[Dra-Khan]]

== References ==

*Clara uses [[Tae kwon do]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'') and mentions having taught it to her first year students. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Lived (TV story)|The Woman Who Lived]]'')