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The Doctor, Steven and Dodo stare up at the TARDIS scanner, eager for a glimpse of their next destination.

The scanner pans across a desolate and rocky landscape.

The Doctor confidently tells Dodo that they have arrived in the future, in 'an age of peace and prosperity.'

Taking some surveillance equipment with him, the Doctor leads the way out of the TARDIS.

The Doctor tells Steven and Dodo to stay near the Ship while he takes some readings.

Some time later, Steven becomes anxious at the Doctor's continued absence. 'You should have gone with him,' says Dodo. 'You heard what he said,' Steven replies.

'You don't have to do everything he says,' Dodo teases. 'You're a grown man. Or are you?' Steven glares at her.

'It's just as I thought,' chuckles the Doctor. 'I think my young friends are in for quite a surprise.' He is unaware that he is being silently observed from the bushes.

Steven starts to look for the Doctor.

'Doctor!' he cries as the wind howls around him. The Doctor hears him but remains engrossed in his research.

Dodo is startled by a noise. When Steven returns she tells him that she has seen a man wearing animal skins and carrying an axe. 'The Doctor was wrong,' concludes Steven. 'We're not in the future at all.'

Two savage-looking men quietly observe the Doctor. 'He's not one of our people,' says one of them.

The Doctor is approached by two guards. 'We have come to welcome you,' says Captain Edal. 'It is a great honour to have you visit our planet,' says his colleague Exorse.

'You are known to us as the Traveller From Beyond Time,' says Exorse. 'The Elders of our city have been plotting the course of your space-time ship for many light years.'

Edal is surprised to see the Doctor carrying what he thinks is a weapon. 'This is my Reacting Vibrator,' the Doctor tells him. 'I'm able to do my calculations from this.'
Exorse goes to look for the Doctor's travelling companions while the Doctor himself accompanies Edal to the city.

The Doctor displays his instrument

A spear hits the ground by Steven's feet.

Savages appear on the horizon and quickly descend the ravine, heading towards Steven and Dodo.

Steven and Dodo are saved by the sudden appearance of Exorse. 'Welcome to the Traveller's companions.'

Exorse tells them that the Doctor has gone to meet the Elders of their city. 'Our Elders wait to honour your Doctor. They will be very happy to welcome his friends.'

The Doctor is shown into the city's council chamber, which is dominated by four Elders.

Jano, leader of the Council of the Elders, greets the Doctor.

'We know you only as a record in our charts of space and time, yet you seem to us like an old friend.'

'We are honoured by your visit,' he continues. 'The whole city looks upon you with admiration.'

'We have charted your voyages from galaxy to galaxy, and from age to age. But we never thought we would meet you face-to-face.'

Jano asks the Doctor to accept the office of a High Elder.

Flower and another girl help the Doctor with his robes. The Doctor is overwhelmed by Jano's admiration and generosity.

'We recognise in you the greatest specialist in space-time exploration. You have taken this branch of learning far beyond our elementary capabilities.'

Steven and Dodo are shown in. Dodo is impressed by the Doctor's new robes. 'You're really with it now,' she smiles. 'With what, my dear?' asks a bemused Doctor.

Dodo is delighted to receive a present from the Elders - a mirror and some genuine diamonds. Flower and Avon lead Steven and Dodo from the room as the Doctor sits down with the Elders.

Edal and Exorse patrol the shrubland outside the city. 'Why should we treat this old Doctor as one of ourselves?' asks Edal.

Chal and Tor, the two savages that observed the Doctor, watch from the bushes. They are accompanied by a girl called Nanina.

Chal tells Nanina to go back to the caves and tell the families to hide, now the guards have started hunting. 'Take care in the craters,' he urges.

As Nanina creeps through the undergrowth, Exorse brandishes his light gun.

Flower and Avon praise their benevolent Elders as Steven and Dodo admire the city.

'What's the secret?' asks Steven. 'Other civilisations have failed to make this advance.'

Flower begins to respond but Avon tells her to be quiet.

'Our scientists have made one simple discovery,' Avon tells Steven. 'And due to this they have found a way to give us all greater energy, greater intellect and greater talent.'

'If I accept your gifts I must endorse your life,' says the Doctor, 'but I can't do that without knowing something about you.'

'I know very well that you are far advanced from most planets,' continues the Doctor. 'But how you achieve this, I know not.'

'I would like to know more,' says the Doctor, as Jano listens.

Nanina hurries back to her people's caves.

She hears a movement, and sees Exorse patrolling the ground above her.

She dives behind a rock and keeps still, waiting for him to move on.

Chal and Tor nervously monitor her progress. 'Can you see the hunter?' asks Tor.

Exorse makes his way towards the floor of the ravine, convinced he heard a noise.

Nanina crawls along the ground, unwittingly moving closer to Exorse.

'Not that way!' shouts Tor, but it is too late. Exorse fires his light gun.

Nanina is enveloped in its searing energy field.

Her body contracts, and she is held rigid in its beam.

Exorse gestures with the gun and she staggers forward, powerless to resist.

'We have learned how to transfer the energy of life directly to ourselves,' reveals Jano. 'It is as though we were able to recharge ourselves with life's vital force.'

Chal begs Exorse to take him instead of the girl, but the guard ignores him and continues to herd his prisoner towards the city.

'The energy of life we accumulate we store in vats such as these,' says Jano, pointing to a model. 'Then, when the Elders decide that some member of the community needs new force, we can transfer that energy directly.'

'We absorb only a very special form of animal vitality,' adds Jano cryptically.

Nanina's journey nears its end.

While on her tour of the city, Dodo looks out a window and sees Exorse force Nanina through the entrance.

Steven and Dodo's tour continues. Dodo is intrigued to discover that the land outside is considered off-limits.

Exorse switches off his light gun and the exhausted Nanina collapses against a metallic wall.

'Please let me go,' she begs her captor.

Senta examines a savage who has recently undergone the energy transfer process. 'He'll recover,' he cynically concludes before releasing the prisoner, who feebly shuffles towards an exit.

An electronic signal announces the arrival of a guard.

'I'm filing a complaint,' Senta tells Exorse. 'You're late.'

Exorse hands over Nanina, who is prepared for the energy transfer process. 'No! No... please!' she implores.

Dodo sees Exorse leaving and decides to creep away from the guided tour.

By the time Flower, Avon and Steven realise she has gone, Dodo has made her way down a long corridor.

A shambling figure appears in the distance – it is the recently released savage Wylda.

His arms outstretch as he approaches her. Dodo shrinks away in terror...

NEXT WEEK: What does Wylda want with Dodo?

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