Space... The Final Frontier. Alright, I am just kidding. We get introduced again by the Time Lords! Their outfits are black and white just like the previous era was. 3 is still trying to fix the dematerialization circuit with Jo. The Brigadier comes in. Jo answers the Phone Call. The Brigadier gets in line. It never gets old when the Brigadier is on a phone call, lol. The Brigadier states that the latest field reports are in. Still no trace of the Master. Here, we get a wholesome moment between 3 and Jo. Jo: "Ah. Now you've offended him." 3: "Well, look what happened last time." 3 states that he completely made himself a new dematerialization circuit. Hopefully, one that will bypass the Time Lords' homing control. We get introduced by the TARDIS! Talking about the design, I do dig the green console. The walls are well-done except the paper walls. "I don't believe it! It is bigger inside than out!" 3 explains that it is dimensionally transcendental. Bigger inside than out. The TARDIS has taken off but, something is operating it by remote control. "The Time Lords!" like 3 said. Haha, the Brigadier enters the room, then boom. The TARDIS is gone. "Doctor! Come back at once!" I love the Brigadier. They're not outside of the space-time continuum. 3 states the planet Uxarieus is the prime destination. Oh, look. Rocks! Some mining detecting machine is on the planet. Wacky design, I've seen better. Since Spearhead from Space, the TARDIS has finally landed! The planet is quite healthy, similar to Earth before the invention of the motor car. Sweet. I love Jo's surprise here.
Again, we get much more lovely dialogue here. Jo: "All that talk of yours about travelling in time and space, it was true." 3: "Well, of course it was true! Before I was stranded on Earth, I spent all my time exploring new worlds and seeking the wonders of the universe." Jo: "But you don't know what's out there." 3: "Then let's find out." Jo discovers a pretty flower. Yet, someone is watching them! Poor Jo, I can't wait to see more of her character development. The tribe discovers the TARDIS. Jo questions 3 what is up there at the cliff. 3 explains that they're tracks made by some sort of machine, suggesting the planet must be inhabited after all. They spot another one. Oooo, colonists. Nice sets, 3, and Jo enters the colony. Ah, I am getting the point of this story. Leeson: "They were examining rock samples. They're mineralogists. It was bound to happen." 3: "Look, we are not mineralogists. And even if we were, why all the hostility? It's a respectable profession." Leeson: "Because we don't want our planet gutted. This is our world. You've no right to be here." 3: "Look, we've as much right to be here as anybody else." Ashe: "This planet has been classified as suitable for colonisation. Once your big mining combines move in, you'll reduce it to a galactic slagheap." 3: "Haven't you got laws to deal with this kind of thing?" Leeson: "Yes, there are laws. We can complain to Earth's government just like all the others. By the time you'll get a final decision, the planet's useless." 3 uses his Venusian Aikido skills. The TARDIS fricking falls, the tribe picks it up to somewhere else. Jo eats some lunch in the Communal mess hall.
Today is March 3, 2472. So, the crew exited the Earth in 2471. It seems like Uxarieus is quite a windy planet. Some giant frog-reptile hybrid is invading the colonies. It eats the female. It looks like humans are still using topography 451 years from now. Mary and Jo come in and inform Ashe that a kind of giant reptile attacked Leeson. "Well, there's no need for you to get involved, Doctor." Ah, without him. You guys would be doomed. Hmmm, what's also on the planet is some birds and insects. 3 investigates the Crime Scene. He notices some claw marks. It must be 20 foot high. "Then will you kindly tell me how a creature 20 ft high came through that door?" Lol. A group of colonists argues against Ashe that they must move on to another planet. If they stay here, they'll be dead. Ashe informs that the spaceship was old when he brought it, making it incapable of surviving another trip. I do like Ashe's point that the colony has invested a year in the colony. The beginning of colonies can be hard. Winton complains that their food stocks are getting lower all the time. Ashe claims that they can be overcome. 3 supports Ashe. Martin asks 3 why wouldn't the crops grow. 3 explains that they are being inhibited by some unnatural force, tracking it down and overcoming it. Martin asks what if the animals attack again. I do agree with Mrs. Martin that they fight back. It's called self-defense. Ashe orders the team to stick together, organize patrols for the domes and have the Doctor help them. One of the patrols finds Norton wandering in the South Sector, allowing Mary to bring her to the dome. Ashe orders somebody to get him some water, and they do so right away. Ashe asks where he comes from. Norton says that he came from another colony a long way from here and that he has been wandering a long time for months. Poor dude has been traumatized. Winton asks where are the other colonists? Norton says that they're all dead, killed by Giant Lizards that came from nowhere,
killing everything, only he's the only one left. 3 and Ashe enter Leeson's dome. They almost get attacked by the green alien tribe. 3 asks do they have a language of their own? Ashe says that he has never heard them speak, but they seem to understand what he is saying. 3 comments that are extraordinary, must be some rudimentary telepathic ability. Questioning that are they friendly? Ashe responds: "Depends on how you treat them. We had two colonists killed when we first moved here. You must go now." The aliens do so. 3 uses some sharp tool to inspect the wall debris. Some kind of war machine barges in and tries to kill him. Great cliffhanger, yet terrifying. Caldwell comes along with the War Machine. It doesn't attack The Doctor. (( Yes, I am calling it the War Machine. )) 3 questions Caldwell, what is he doing here? "IMC. Interplanetary Mining Corporation. We're doing a mineral survey." "I'm every kind of scientist." Damn right, you are! Caldwell states that he is on his way back to his spaceship. He asks the Doctor if he wants to come with him. "Well, I'd like to, but I haven't really got the time. In any case, I ought to get back and tell the colonists that you've arrived." Big mistake. The War Machine blocks his way. The Doctor says that the two colonists that were living here have been killed. The War Machine lets him go. The two get on "Space Bessie" Caldwell programs Charlie to go back to the spaceship. I like the music here. Back to the Communal mess hall, Norton is still recovering. I like this dialogue here. You feel bad for the man. He explains that the lizards killed most of them. After the lizards, there were only a few survivors. When the primitives saw how weak they were, they turned on them.
They killed his family, his friends, everyone. Ashe orders the green alien to go outside and wait for food after Norton's more traumatized warning that they will regret having that green alien over the colony. Winton says to Ashe that he can't keep feeding "these savages" even if the colony starves. Meanwhile, the Doctor notices that his TARDIS is gone. I like this cool ICM-157 vehicle design. The Doctor stays in the rocket guest cabin. Caldwell and Dent argue over two dead people and finding more duralinium to double ICM's profits in 2473. They discuss whether they should get rid of the colony. Dent plans to have a chat "with this colonist of yours." He does so. He says that this planet doesn't seem very suitable for colonisation. Dent explains more that the colonists shouldn't be here. ICM has been assigned the mineral rights on Uxarieus. The preliminary survey indicates a very rich concentration of Duralinium to use for the construction of residential complexes. I like how 3 argues that people need new worlds to live in like Uxarieus. Worlds where they can live like human beings, not battery hens. Yet, Dent doesn't give a crap. I hate this guy, already. He's ignorant. The Doctor excuses him that "he" lost some very valuable equipment. A tall blue box.
Dent goes and checks. He details someone to escort the Doctor back to his "colonist friends." Morgan introduces himself to the Doctor. They go back to the dome that was wrecked. Three of the green alien tribe attacks, the Doctor uses his skills to catch the spear. AWESOME! He fights back. One of my favorite parts about Pertwee is that he is so good at fighting. I am loving Jo more. Norton attacks the green alien. Then, he kills the guy off. Yikes. The colonists discover the dead bodies. Norton confessed that he did it in self-defense. 25th Century Earth sounds more hell than now, no thanks. The Doctor arrives at the dome. Do I sense a cliffhanger now? The Doctor suggests the whole thing has been faked by somebody who wanted to frighten the colonists away using some sort of a mechanical device. Here we go again. He pulls a gun on him. Cliffhanger!
The Doctor uses Venusian Aikido on him! Ashe reports to Mary and Jo that the colony has enough to last a few days. No power for machinery, no heat, no light. Ashe sends someone to go look for him. The three hear a spaceship landing right by them. (( By that time, I thought my PC fan was running fast. I was worried there, lol. )) Radar printing confirm terrain firm. Keep man retrorockets steady. Altitude report. 100 metres. Descent rate now at minimum. Activate landing stabilisers. Landing stabilisers in position. Final altitude report. 20 metres. 15 metres. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5. WE have contact. Cut motors. Dent and Ashe argue. The Doctor is finally reunited with Jo. The Doctor says that he has been another victim of the imaginary monsters who has been trying to frighten the colonists off Uxarieus. The IMC people are using a robot to fake these monsters by using optical trickery.
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