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==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
===Part One=== | ===Part One=== | ||
[[File:Peri_and_5_shot.JPG|thumb|left|150px|The Doctor and Peri before they get shot]]The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS TARDIS] lands on Androzani Minor, and the Doctor and Peri decide to explore a set of tracks that lead into a nearby cave. Peri asks why the Doctor wears a stick of [[celery]]; it is a safety precaution. He is allergic to certain gases in the [[praxis range]] of the spectrum. The core of Androzani Minor is boiling mud. As they explore, they are briefly caught in a ball of an unknown sticky substance, but they easily break free. Further into the caves, a soldier is killed a fierce monster. They both discover a hoard of weapons, but they are then captured by General Chellak's forces, believing the two to be working for gunrunners Stotz and Krepler. Trau Morgus orders their assassination after seeing that Chellak's "gunrunners" are not his own men over holographic communication. The dangerous, desert planet Androzani Minor is the only source for a powerful drug called spectrox created by bats that inhabits the planet's caves. Spectrox is highly-valued by the population of nearby Androzani Major due to its capacity to extend one's life. | [[File:Peri_and_5_shot.JPG|thumb|left|150px|The Doctor and Peri before they get shot]]The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS TARDIS] lands on Androzani Minor, one of a pair of twin planets in the Sirius star system, and the Doctor and Peri decide to explore a set of tracks that lead into a nearby cave. Peri asks why the Doctor wears a stick of [[celery]]; it is a safety precaution. He is allergic to certain gases in the [[praxis range]] of the spectrum. The core of Androzani Minor is boiling mud. As they explore, they enter some caves. They are briefly caught in a ball of an unknown sticky substance, but they easily break free. Further into the caves, a soldier is killed a fierce monster. They both discover a hoard of weapons, but they are then captured by General Chellak's forces, believing the two to be working for gunrunners Stotz and Krepler. Trau Morgus orders their assassination after seeing that Chellak's "gunrunners" are not his own men over holographic communication. The dangerous, desert planet Androzani Minor is the only source for a powerful drug called spectrox created by bats that inhabits the planet's caves. Spectrox is highly-valued by the population of nearby Androzani Major due to its capacity to extend one's life. | ||
The spectrox mining interests are controlled by Morgus, who is a business conglomerate leader on Androzani Major, but the operation has been threatened by the masked Sharaz Jek and his army of androids, causing public tension on Androzani Major due to limited supplies. Morgus has publicly funded a military operation by the Androzani Major's government against Jek's androids, but at the same time has secretly backed a gunrunning group to deliver weapons to Jek to profit from the war. The Doctor and Peri are brought to the execution squad, dressed in a red cloth. General Chellak asks them if they have any last words, and the Doctor tells him the whole thing is a mockery of justice. General Chellak steps back and the soldiers step foward and take aim. General Chellak gives the order to fire, and they pump bullets into the Doctor and Peri... | The spectrox mining interests are controlled by Morgus, who is a business conglomerate leader on Androzani Major, but the operation has been threatened by the masked Sharaz Jek and his army of androids, causing public tension on Androzani Major due to limited supplies. Morgus has publicly funded a military operation by the Androzani Major's government against Jek's androids, but at the same time has secretly backed a gunrunning group to deliver weapons to Jek to profit from the war. The Doctor and Peri are brought to the execution squad, dressed in a red cloth. General Chellak asks them if they have any last words, and the Doctor tells him the whole thing is a mockery of justice. General Chellak steps back and the soldiers step foward and take aim. General Chellak gives the order to fire, and they pump bullets into the Doctor and Peri... | ||
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Meanwhile at Morgus' headquarters, Timmin comes in. She tells Morgus that early this morning there was an explosion in one of the mines and that it has been destroyed. Morgus tells her he wants every solder to leave his place and stand in silence. Back at Jek's base, the Doctor meets Salateen and introduces him to Peri and himself. Salateen tells them now Jek has them for company, he will kill him. The Doctor feels cramp in his left shoulder. Salateen laughs and tells the two they are dying. He discovers that they had been subjected to the first stages of spectrox [[Wikipedia:Toxemia|toxemia]] from exposure to unrefined spectrox, and that while there is an anti-toxin, it requires the milk of the queen bat. Unfortunately, due to the mining activity, all the bats have migrated to deeper levels of the caves where there is no oxygen. Menawhile, Jek contacts Stotz and he asks if he lost the delivery of Spectrox. He tells him he does not pay for undelivered goods, and he will meet Stotz in one hour. Salateen tells the Doctor he will die from the Spectrox in another two days. The Doctor doesn't want to waste no more time, but Salateen tells him if he goes through the door, he will be dead in another two seconds. When Peri asks why, Salateen tells her there is an android on guard. The androids are programed to kill humans on sight. Peri tells him two andriods took them to Jek's' base, Salateen tells her they can follow orders. Jek returns, and he tells the Doctor he has to take care of his arm suppliers. He says the Doctor's sense will be his death. When Peri asks why he wears a mask, he angrliy advances towards her and sneers that once he was always a lover of beauty, but now he has to live in an exile with androids. He explains that when one of Minor's mud bursts erupted, he had no warning and was horribly scalded. Before leaving to meet with the gunrunners while leaving the two under his androids' guard, Jek explains that he is seeking revenge against Morgus as it was his actions that left his face disfigured. After Jek leaves, he meets Stotz. Stotz asks him where the Spectrox is. Jek tells him it is in his HQ. When Jek asks why he should pay him, Stotz tells him because he payed the risk of getting his gun runners to the caves on time. In Jek's HQ, the Doctor goes outside, and reprograms the android outside the door, allowing him, Peri and Salateen to escape. The Doctor heads off into the lower levels of the caves to find the queen bat. Meanwhile, Jek leaves Stotz and Krepler with each other. Stotz explans to Krepler that there is tons and tons of Spectrox in the caves for them to find. Meanwhile, the Doctor, Peri and Salateen try to find the way to the TARDIS. Suddenly, an android fires at them, one of the shots hitting the Doctor. Salateen fires back at the android and destroys it. The Doctor wakes up, and goes off to find Peri who has vanished. Jek returns to his base, only to find Peri has gone. The Doctor enters the lower levels of the caves, but takes cover behind a rock as Stotz and his band of gun runners enter the caves. Suddenly, one of the soldiers is attacked by a fierce magma beast. As the soldiers open fire on the beast, it ignores them, and approaches the rock where the Doctor is crouching... | Meanwhile at Morgus' headquarters, Timmin comes in. She tells Morgus that early this morning there was an explosion in one of the mines and that it has been destroyed. Morgus tells her he wants every solder to leave his place and stand in silence. Back at Jek's base, the Doctor meets Salateen and introduces him to Peri and himself. Salateen tells them now Jek has them for company, he will kill him. The Doctor feels cramp in his left shoulder. Salateen laughs and tells the two they are dying. He discovers that they had been subjected to the first stages of spectrox [[Wikipedia:Toxemia|toxemia]] from exposure to unrefined spectrox, and that while there is an anti-toxin, it requires the milk of the queen bat. Unfortunately, due to the mining activity, all the bats have migrated to deeper levels of the caves where there is no oxygen. Menawhile, Jek contacts Stotz and he asks if he lost the delivery of Spectrox. He tells him he does not pay for undelivered goods, and he will meet Stotz in one hour. Salateen tells the Doctor he will die from the Spectrox in another two days. The Doctor doesn't want to waste no more time, but Salateen tells him if he goes through the door, he will be dead in another two seconds. When Peri asks why, Salateen tells her there is an android on guard. The androids are programed to kill humans on sight. Peri tells him two andriods took them to Jek's' base, Salateen tells her they can follow orders. Jek returns, and he tells the Doctor he has to take care of his arm suppliers. He says the Doctor's sense will be his death. When Peri asks why he wears a mask, he angrliy advances towards her and sneers that once he was always a lover of beauty, but now he has to live in an exile with androids. He explains that when one of Minor's mud bursts erupted, he had no warning and was horribly scalded. Before leaving to meet with the gunrunners while leaving the two under his androids' guard, Jek explains that he is seeking revenge against Morgus as it was his actions that left his face disfigured. After Jek leaves, he meets Stotz. Stotz asks him where the Spectrox is. Jek tells him it is in his HQ. When Jek asks why he should pay him, Stotz tells him because he payed the risk of getting his gun runners to the caves on time. In Jek's HQ, the Doctor goes outside, and reprograms the android outside the door, allowing him, Peri and Salateen to escape. The Doctor heads off into the lower levels of the caves to find the queen bat. Meanwhile, Jek leaves Stotz and Krepler with each other. Stotz explans to Krepler that there is tons and tons of Spectrox in the caves for them to find. Meanwhile, the Doctor, Peri and Salateen try to find the way to the TARDIS. Suddenly, an android fires at them, one of the shots hitting the Doctor. Salateen fires back at the android and destroys it. The Doctor wakes up, and goes off to find Peri who has vanished. Jek returns to his base, only to find Peri has gone. The Doctor enters the lower levels of the caves, but takes cover behind a rock as Stotz and his band of gun runners enter the caves. Suddenly, one of the soldiers is attacked by a fierce magma beast. As the soldiers open fire on the beast, it ignores them, and approaches the rock where the Doctor is crouching... | ||
===Part Three=== | ===Part Three=== | ||
The beast is distracted by the gun runners, so it turns on them again. The Doctor escapes as the gun runners retreat. Meanwhile, Peri is taken with Salateen to General Chellak. She tells Chellak the truth. The Doctor meets Jek again. He tortures the Doctor and he finally tells him that Peri has been taken to General Chelllak. Stotz arrives, and Jek tells him to take the Doctor to Androzani Major for questioning. Stotz thinks the Doctor is a goverment spy. The Doctor is now entering the third stage of Spectrox, but Stotz doesn't care, the Doctor will live long to be questioned. In the army base, Peri isn't feeling well, but General Chellak doesn't care, she and the Doctor have been working with Jek. Chellak orders the first assault on Jek's base and for more belt buckles. Salateen agrees to tell Morgus about the assault and throw Jek off guard when he broadcasts a message. | The beast is distracted by the gun runners, so it turns on them again. The Doctor escapes as the gun runners retreat. Meanwhile, Peri is taken with Salateen to General Chellak. She tells Chellak the truth. The Doctor meets Jek again. He tortures the Doctor and he finally tells him that Peri has been taken to General Chelllak. Stotz arrives, and Jek tells him to take the Doctor to Androzani Major for questioning. Stotz thinks the Doctor is a goverment spy. The Doctor is now entering the third stage of Spectrox, but Stotz doesn't care, the Doctor will live long to be questioned. In the army base, Peri isn't feeling well, but General Chellak doesn't care, she and the Doctor have been working with Jek. Chellak orders the first assault on Jek's base and for more belt buckles. Salateen agrees to tell Morgus about the assault and to throw Jek off guard when he broadcasts a message. | ||
Jek discovers the real Salateen is free to walk around the planet, leaving Peri unguarded. Meanwhile, Stotz chains the Doctor inside his spaceship and calls Morgus. As Stotz discusses the situation with Morgus via holographic communication en route, Morgus sees the Doctor still alive, and tells Stotz that Chellak faked the attack on Jek's base. Morgus is worried that the president will see his double dealings. Morgus tells Stotz to remain in orbit and Stotz leaves the Doctor on his own. When Stotz is gone, the Doctor tries to escape. | Jek discovers the real Salateen is free to walk around the planet, leaving Peri unguarded. Meanwhile, Stotz chains the Doctor inside his spaceship and calls Morgus. As Stotz discusses the situation with Morgus via holographic communication en route, Morgus sees the Doctor still alive, and tells Stotz that Chellak faked the attack on Jek's base. Morgus is worried that the president will see his double dealings. Morgus tells Stotz to remain in orbit and Stotz leaves the Doctor on his own. When Stotz is gone, the Doctor tries to escape. | ||
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