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[[Foster (The Sandman)|A foster]] shushes the children in her care, warning them that the Sandman will come if they don't settle. Despite her pleas, the Sandman does come for the children. | [[Foster (The Sandman)|A foster]] shushes the children in her care, warning them that the Sandman will come if they don't settle. Despite her pleas, the Sandman does come for the children. | ||
[[Nrosha]] says the warrens are infested, and is trying to find a quicker path through them to the nurseries, knowing her children have growth sickness so the Sandman will be coming for them, but [[Shol]] tells her that there isn't a quicker path. He knows there's nothing anyone can do against the Sandman - against [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]]. Nrosha arrives, but too late - her children are dead. | [[Nrosha]] says the warrens are infested, and is trying to find a quicker path through them to the nurseries, knowing her children have growth sickness so the Sandman will be coming for them, but [[Shol]] tells her that there isn't a quicker path. He knows there's nothing anyone can do against the Sandman - against [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]]. Nrosha arrives, but too late - her children are dead. | ||
Shol talks to [[Mordecan]] en route to the Clutch, and then the Doctor and [[Evelyn Smythe]] arrive on his ship. Mordecan's partner [[Nintaru]] talks to Mordecan over intercom, and Mordecan reassures him. The Doctor says that he's overdue for this visit: he has to go to [[the Clutch]], where to the [[Galyari]] people, he is a bad memory. Shol and commander [[Brel]] talk about what to do about Mordecan. The Doctor tells Evelyn about the Clutch - a fleet of different species clustering together for protection. Shol contacts the ship, allowing Mordecan to dock. | Shol talks to [[Mordecan]] en route to the Clutch, and then the Doctor and [[Evelyn Smythe]] arrive on his ship. Mordecan's partner [[Nintaru]] talks to Mordecan over intercom, and Mordecan reassures him. The Doctor says that he's overdue for this visit: he has to go to [[the Clutch]], where to the [[Galyari]] people, he is a bad memory. Shol and commander [[Brel]] talk about what to do about Mordecan. The Doctor tells Evelyn about the Clutch - a fleet of different species clustering together for protection. Shol contacts the ship, allowing Mordecan to dock. | ||
Mr. Mordecan is there to trade with the Galyari, having grown up with them in the Clutch. Shol comes to tell Nrosha her that she must learn to respect authority, and she says that she thinks they should attack the Doctor. Mordecan and the Doctor part, the latter and Evelyn heading to the leader of the Clutch. Shol tells Nrosha to liaise with Brel about Mordecan. Mordecan and Nintaru go over their plan to smuggle something illegal into the Clutch. The Doctor and Evelyn arrive at Shol's office, breaking in. The Doctor explains that the [[Orchestrator (The Sandman)|Orchestrator]], Shol, carefully governs the traffic of the Clutch. Shol leaves Nrosha, arriving to see the Doctor, who suddenly acts very commanding. Shol insists that looking at the Sandman would kill him, and the Doctor admits his monstrosity. | Mr. Mordecan is there to trade with the Galyari, having grown up with them in the Clutch. Shol comes to tell Nrosha her that she must learn to respect authority, and she says that she thinks they should attack the Doctor. Mordecan and the Doctor part, the latter and Evelyn heading to the leader of the Clutch. Shol tells Nrosha to liaise with Brel about Mordecan. Mordecan and Nintaru go over their plan to smuggle something illegal into the Clutch. The Doctor and Evelyn arrive at Shol's office, breaking in. The Doctor explains that the [[Orchestrator (The Sandman)|Orchestrator]], Shol, carefully governs the traffic of the Clutch. Shol leaves Nrosha, arriving to see the Doctor, who suddenly acts very commanding. Shol insists that looking at the Sandman would kill him, and the Doctor admits his monstrosity. | ||
=== Part 2 === | === Part 2 === | ||
The Doctor says that the curse is what the Galyari deserve, and that the Clutch is heavily involved in the arms trade. He orders this to stop, but makes no promises as to stopping preying upon the Galyari, even if these demands are met. Meanwhile, Mordecan meets Nrosha, showing her a sunbird. He's brought her a flock of the birds - considered holy by some [[Lanfan | The Doctor says that the curse is what the Galyari deserve, and that the Clutch is heavily involved in the arms trade. He orders this to stop, but makes no promises as to stopping preying upon the Galyari, even if these demands are met. Meanwhile, Mordecan meets Nrosha, showing her a sunbird. He's brought her a flock of the birds - considered holy by some [[Lanfan]]s - in exchange for weapons so some of the Lanfans can overthrow the others. When Mordecan tries to ask about the Sandman, Nrosha attacks him, and then releases him. He realises that the man he met was the same Doctor, the same Sandman, and tells Nrosha everything. | ||
The Doctor makes Shol explain to Evelyn the Galyari's great shame: when they returned home to [[Galyar]], their cities were destroyed and their home overrun. General [[Voshkar]] led the campaign to take back their home, but they were ambushed, and many Galyari were killed. The Doctor - calling himself the Sandman - confronted Voshkar, having taken the skins of his soldiers as trophies, and ordered the Galyari to leave this planet. Instead, Voshkar told his council that they simply need to kill the Sandman, and so he returned to the planet with a massive army to do just that. | The Doctor makes Shol explain to Evelyn the Galyari's great shame: when they returned home to [[Galyar]], their cities were destroyed and their home overrun. General [[Voshkar]] led the campaign to take back their home, but they were ambushed, and many Galyari were killed. The Doctor - calling himself the Sandman - confronted Voshkar, having taken the skins of his soldiers as trophies, and ordered the Galyari to leave this planet. Instead, Voshkar told his council that they simply need to kill the Sandman, and so he returned to the planet with a massive army to do just that. | ||
The army moved into the city to take the "[[Shushkubra]]", the memory egg of the species, but the Doctor is there, and it is death to look upon him. He makes Voshkar bow before him, telling him that this world belongs to the [[Kuscaru]] now, and that the Galyari must never set foot on a planet again. The Doctor destroys the race-memory, the Shushkubra. This imprints himself on the race subconscious. | The army moved into the city to take the "[[Shushkubra]]", the memory egg of the species, but the Doctor is there, and it is death to look upon him. He makes Voshkar bow before him, telling him that this world belongs to the [[Kuscaru]] now, and that the Galyari must never set foot on a planet again. The Doctor destroys the race-memory, the Shushkubra. This imprints himself on the race subconscious. | ||
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=== Part 3 === | === Part 3 === | ||
The Doctor and Evelyn run, and the Doctor finds a Galyari surveillance drone which he hopes will have information on Mordecan. Nrosha tells Shol to give the patrols orders to only report their sightings of the Doctor, not to detain him, while Brel hunts him. The Doctor and Evelyn are separated, with the Doctor on a ship that's temporarily leaving the Clutch. As Mordecan and Nintaru continue to communicate, Evelyn finds Mordecan in the bar. The Doctor arrives back in the Clutch. Shol suggests that he might kill Brel if he fails, to appease the Doctor. If he succeeds, he'll be a hero. Mordecan leaves Evelyn, and Nintaru is being attacked by birds when the Doctor finds him and helps scare them off. | The Doctor and Evelyn run, and the Doctor finds a Galyari surveillance drone which he hopes will have information on Mordecan. Nrosha tells Shol to give the patrols orders to only report their sightings of the Doctor, not to detain him, while Brel hunts him. The Doctor and Evelyn are separated, with the Doctor on a ship that's temporarily leaving the Clutch. As Mordecan and Nintaru continue to communicate, Evelyn finds Mordecan in the bar. The Doctor arrives back in the Clutch. Shol suggests that he might kill Brel if he fails, to appease the Doctor. If he succeeds, he'll be a hero. Mordecan leaves Evelyn, and Nintaru is being attacked by birds when the Doctor finds him and helps scare them off. | ||
Evelyn follows Mordecan, and he tells her that he introduced the previous Orchestrator to Nintaru, but the orchestrator didn't want what he offered. Nintaru tells the Doctor that the Clutch has been on it's way back to his home world - the world once called Galyar. Nintaru explains that he brought the remains of the Shushkubra to the Clutch as a peace offering, but now Mordecan has convinced him to take his deal underground, and Nintaru is on his way now to take the remains to this underground deal. The Doctor decides to come along. [[Sub-Orchestrator]] [[Korshal]] fails to report in to Shol. Evelyn and Mordecan arrive at the underground meeting. | Evelyn follows Mordecan, and he tells her that he introduced the previous Orchestrator to Nintaru, but the orchestrator didn't want what he offered. Nintaru tells the Doctor that the Clutch has been on it's way back to his home world - the world once called Galyar. Nintaru explains that he brought the remains of the Shushkubra to the Clutch as a peace offering, but now Mordecan has convinced him to take his deal underground, and Nintaru is on his way now to take the remains to this underground deal. The Doctor decides to come along. [[Sub-Orchestrator]] [[Korshal]] fails to report in to Shol. Evelyn and Mordecan arrive at the underground meeting. | ||
The Doctor explains that when he destroyed the Shushkubra, the neural energy released permeated every Galyari present, and that if any remains of the Shushkubra came into contact with those energies, it could cause a catastrophic mutation. Mordecan and Evelyn meet his contact, who has changed physically more and more each time Mordecan sees him. Brel contacts Shol, telling him that he is still following the Doctor. The Doctor and Nintaru reach Mordecan, Evelyn, and the client, but the Doctor reveals that he stole the package from Nintaru. The client recognises the Doctor. | The Doctor explains that when he destroyed the Shushkubra, the neural energy released permeated every Galyari present, and that if any remains of the Shushkubra came into contact with those energies, it could cause a catastrophic mutation. Mordecan and Evelyn meet his contact, who has changed physically more and more each time Mordecan sees him. Brel contacts Shol, telling him that he is still following the Doctor. The Doctor and Nintaru reach Mordecan, Evelyn, and the client, but the Doctor reveals that he stole the package from Nintaru. The client recognises the Doctor. | ||
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Nintaru is attacked by the client, and Brel arrives. Mordecan takes Brel's gun, shooting the client, revealing that it is hollow: only a skin. Sampling the goods (the Shushkubra dust) did this to him. Brel wants to shoot the Doctor, so the Doctor removes his coat and waistcoat, allowing Brel to look at him. It was the intensely coloured coat that hurt sensitive Galyari eyes. The Doctor points out that he alone understands what's happened here, so Brel shouldn't shoot him. Nintaru is still alive, and the Doctor asks Brel calls a medical team for him. | Nintaru is attacked by the client, and Brel arrives. Mordecan takes Brel's gun, shooting the client, revealing that it is hollow: only a skin. Sampling the goods (the Shushkubra dust) did this to him. Brel wants to shoot the Doctor, so the Doctor removes his coat and waistcoat, allowing Brel to look at him. It was the intensely coloured coat that hurt sensitive Galyari eyes. The Doctor points out that he alone understands what's happened here, so Brel shouldn't shoot him. Nintaru is still alive, and the Doctor asks Brel calls a medical team for him. | ||
Shol continues trying to contact Korshal. Someone makes an announcement: the Clutch has a new Orchestrator. The announcer is claiming to be the Sandman, saying he will now send out his patrols, his "sandmen", and that the Doctor must be captured. Brel allows the Doctor to contact Shol, telling him that the announcer is the murderer. Shol's predecessor was a descendent of Voshkar. Shol agrees to meet the Doctor in the cultivation chamber. Nrosha takes a patrol out to find Korshal, to prove that the Doctor is the enemy. The Doctor explains that Shol's predecessor came into contact with the Shushkubra, causing him to mutate, and that they will need organic material like the bird feathers from the aviaries to defeat him - the predecessor is the announcer calling himself the Sandman. | Shol continues trying to contact Korshal. Someone makes an announcement: the Clutch has a new Orchestrator. The announcer is claiming to be the Sandman, saying he will now send out his patrols, his "sandmen", and that the Doctor must be captured. Brel allows the Doctor to contact Shol, telling him that the announcer is the murderer. Shol's predecessor was a descendent of Voshkar. Shol agrees to meet the Doctor in the cultivation chamber. Nrosha takes a patrol out to find Korshal, to prove that the Doctor is the enemy. The Doctor explains that Shol's predecessor came into contact with the Shushkubra, causing him to mutate, and that they will need organic material like the bird feathers from the aviaries to defeat him - the predecessor is the announcer calling himself the Sandman. | ||
100,000 years ago, a guide amongst the Kuscaru showed the Doctor how their people were rising from the borrows, and how the Galyari left one structure untouched. The Galyari returned, which is when the Doctor stripped dead Galyari of their skins to interface with the artifact (the Shushkabra) inside the structure. He told Voshkar to leave, but he didn't listen. The Doctor was able to telepathically trigger the Shushkabra explode. | 100,000 years ago, a guide amongst the Kuscaru showed the Doctor how their people were rising from the borrows, and how the Galyari left one structure untouched. The Galyari returned, which is when the Doctor stripped dead Galyari of their skins to interface with the artifact (the Shushkabra) inside the structure. He told Voshkar to leave, but he didn't listen. The Doctor was able to telepathically trigger the Shushkabra explode. | ||
In the present day, the Doctor and co arrive at the cultivation chamber to grow a new memory egg, with ingredients including bird feathers and the Doctor's blood. Voshkar's men were imprinted with neural radiation from the Shushkabra, passing this down genetically, and this was activated when Voshkar's descendent came into contact with the same energies in the Shushkabra dust. This means he has the seeds for a new Shushkabra, and this is what has been taking skins to power itself, with Mordecan's new supplies of dust continuing to rejuvenate it. And Nrosha has gone to face it. | In the present day, the Doctor and co arrive at the cultivation chamber to grow a new memory egg, with ingredients including bird feathers and the Doctor's blood. Voshkar's men were imprinted with neural radiation from the Shushkabra, passing this down genetically, and this was activated when Voshkar's descendent came into contact with the same energies in the Shushkabra dust. This means he has the seeds for a new Shushkabra, and this is what has been taking skins to power itself, with Mordecan's new supplies of dust continuing to rejuvenate it. And Nrosha has gone to face it. | ||
Nrosha battles with the Sandman, dying in the process. Shol and Evelyn head back to command, Brel gets his officers to gather Galyari into the garrison ships and seal them in, and Mordecan delivers the Doctor to the Sandman. He is unravelling, becoming more like his ancestors. He's been harvesting skins to graft onto himself over the years, and now each of his sandmen is one of them. He wants to colonise worlds once again. The Doctor and the Sandman fight, and Evelyn and Shol carry out their part of the plan, opening all doors except the ones to the garrison ships and command. Birds fly through the air, destroying the Sandmen. Mordecan and the Doctor leave as the birds the Doctor is telepathically controlling (the psychic link cemented by his blood) destroy the Sandman. | Nrosha battles with the Sandman, dying in the process. Shol and Evelyn head back to command, Brel gets his officers to gather Galyari into the garrison ships and seal them in, and Mordecan delivers the Doctor to the Sandman. He is unravelling, becoming more like his ancestors. He's been harvesting skins to graft onto himself over the years, and now each of his sandmen is one of them. He wants to colonise worlds once again. The Doctor and the Sandman fight, and Evelyn and Shol carry out their part of the plan, opening all doors except the ones to the garrison ships and command. Birds fly through the air, destroying the Sandmen. Mordecan and the Doctor leave as the birds the Doctor is telepathically controlling (the psychic link cemented by his blood) destroy the Sandman. | ||
Nintaru is healing well, and will not be charged for his part in this. Mordecan as well. The Shushkabra ashes will be kept on what was once Galyar. Change is beginning on the Clutch, and for the Galyari. The Doctor and Evelyn leave in the TARDIS. | Nintaru is healing well, and will not be charged for his part in this. Mordecan as well. The Shushkabra ashes will be kept on what was once Galyar. Change is beginning on the Clutch, and for the Galyari. The Doctor and Evelyn leave in the TARDIS. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
