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The Doctor soon discovers that storage sections 5 to 8 had collapsed as a result of the earthquake-like tremor they had experienced moments after their arrival, dropping the TARDIS, which had been in Storage 6, into a crevasse. With no resources to divert the drilling, Rose and the Doctor are stranded. | The Doctor soon discovers that storage sections 5 to 8 had collapsed as a result of the earthquake-like tremor they had experienced moments after their arrival, dropping the TARDIS, which had been in Storage 6, into a crevasse. With no resources to divert the drilling, Rose and the Doctor are stranded. | ||
It isn't long before a malevolent presence begins to make itself known. Strange messages about [[the Beast]] awaking to make war against God emanate from the Ood's [[translation sphere]]s and the base computer's speakers. Toby begins to hear voices just before he is possessed by the Beast. Then the crew and travellers watch the Scarlet system | It isn't long before a malevolent presence begins to make itself known. Strange messages about [[the Beast]] awaking to make war against God emanate from the Ood's [[translation sphere]]s and the base computer's speakers. Toby begins to hear voices just before he is possessed by the Beast. Then the crew and travellers watch as the Scarlet system is swallowed by the black hole. Rose receives a strange message on her phone and Toby wakes up. Danny, the Doctor, and Rose all discover the Ood acting up and saying strange things. | ||
Meanwhile, Scooti goes to Toby's room to drop off paperwork, but | Meanwhile, Scooti goes to Toby's room to drop off paperwork, but finds his room empty. While she puts the paperwork on the desk, the computer announces the opening and closing of Door 41, puzzling her. Concerned, she leaves Toby's room in a rush and enters the section with Door 41. The computer confirms that the door opened and closed, but cannot tell who went outside. Scooti then asks whose spacesuit was logged out, but it says no spacesuit was taken. Scooti's wrist radio fizzles and dies; the computer can find no problem with it. Furious, Scooti demands that the computer tell her who went outside, but it says "he is awake". When she asks what that means, it responds with "he who bathes in the black sun". Out of the viewport, Scooti sees Toby on the barren planet's surface, somehow surviving without a spacesuit. Toby turns, grinning evilly at her, and gestures her towards him. Scooti falls under the Beast's influence and begins to walk towards Toby, but soon manages to shrug off his control. Scooti is left shaken to the core and pleads for him to stop. Toby, angered by her refusal, clenches his fist and causes the glass of the window to crack. Scooti's panic turns to horror as Door 40 refuses to open. Toby shatters the glass, and Scooti is violently pulled away from the door out into the vacuum of space, screaming in horror. | ||
The base begins to shake violently and Zach orders them to evacuate. Danny, Rose, and the Doctor race to meet Jefferson, Ida, the security guards, and the now unpossessed Toby get through the door. Jefferson then closes the door sealing the breach. Zach then asks if everyone was all right. Jefferson then reports that everyone is there except Scooti. Jefferson then calls for Scooti on his radio. However he gets no | The base begins to shake violently and Zach orders them to evacuate. Danny, Rose, and the Doctor race to meet Jefferson, Ida, the security guards, and the now unpossessed Toby get through the door. Jefferson then closes the door sealing the breach. Zach then asks if everyone was all right. Jefferson then reports that everyone is there except Scooti. Jefferson then calls for Scooti on his radio. However, he gets no answer. Zach then tells them she is alright and that her biochip located her in Habitation 3. Jefferson and Ida sigh in relief. They then go down to search for Scooti while the Doctor and Rose tend to Toby. | ||
When Toby, Rose, and the Doctor enter the habitation they find the searchers looking frantically. Ida is calling all the habitations looking for Scooti. Jefferson then reports that Scooti is still missing while Zach continues by saying that her biochip says she is in Habitation 3. Then the Doctor sadly says he found her. Scooti was floating outside with her hair flying and her skin pale. Jefferson reports her death while Zach looks sorrowful. Ida then goes over to the control to close the overhead saying how she was only twenty years old. Scooti floats away towards the black hole spinning as the door closes. Jefferson recites a verse from "Horatius," a poem by Thomas Babbington Macaulay: "And how can man die better/ Than facing fearful odds/ For the ashes of his fathers,/ And the temples of his gods." | When Toby, Rose, and the Doctor enter the habitation they find the searchers looking frantically. Ida is calling all the habitations looking for Scooti. Jefferson then reports that Scooti is still missing while Zach continues by saying that her biochip says she is in Habitation 3. Then the Doctor sadly says he found her. Scooti was floating outside with her hair flying and her skin pale. Jefferson reports her death while Zach looks sorrowful. Ida then goes over to the control to close the overhead saying how she was only twenty years old. Scooti floats away towards the black hole spinning as the door closes. Jefferson recites a verse from "Horatius," a poem by Thomas Babbington Macaulay: "And how can man die better/ Than facing fearful odds/ For the ashes of his fathers,/ And the temples of his gods." |