"The sonic lance has a self-destruct circuit, which I already have preset by remote control." "If the rebel should try to fire it, it will destroy itself." "It will, of course, kill all those in the area." "Come on, Ettis, this is pointless." "Yes, Doctor, you're right." "I am a fool." "No, Ettis." "No." "You killed him." "You killed the Doctor!" "I was defending the safety of the citadel." "The death of the Doctor was an unfortunate necessity." "You would do well to accept the situation." "You still haven't won, you know." "The rebels control the mines and you can't go down there because of the heat." "But we have switched off the heating controls." "We merely have to wait for the temperature to return to normal." "Gebek and his miners know every inch of those tunnels." "They won't surrender." "Again you underestimate me." "The mines..." "Ah, Eckersley." "Yes?" "Just the man I wanted to see." "The mines have a ventilation system, have they not?" "Controlled from the refinery." "That's right, yes." "Your miners can withstand heat but they cannot live without air." "Eckersley, you will go to the refinery at once and you will turn the ventilation system off." "No!" "No, tell him you won't do it!" "If they're forced out of the mines, they'll be massacred." "Of course they won't." "They will!" "He's already killed the Doctor." "The Doctor was too dangerous to live, Eckersley." "Look, I'm sorry about the Doctor, believe me, but he should never have got involved in local politics." "And I'm not making the same mistake." "Sskel, take her to the throne room and keep her with the others." "Now, Ambassador, we have work to do." "There are several matters I wish to discuss with you concerning the future administration of this planet on more efficient lines." "I shall require your help." "Doctor." "Gebek." "I was just on my way to find you." "Well, did you manage to stop him?" "Well, something did." "The whole gun blew up." "Thank goodness for that." "But what happened to Ettis?" "I'm afraid he's dead." "How are things going?" "Oh, not too well." "We drove the Ice Warriors out of the mines but we couldn't break through to the citadel." "Now the temperature's dropping, soon they'll be able to come in after us." "And worse than that, the air is getting stale." "Yes, I've noticed." "Well, they probably switched the ventilation system off." "We'll be gradually forced up to the upper levels." "There are Ice Warriors waiting at every exit." "Now, where's the ventilation controlled from, do you know?" "Yes, the refinery." "Well, you'd better take me there straight away." "And by the way, where's Sarah?" "Well, answer me man, where is she?" "I left her looking after Rima, Doctor." "But when I went back for her, he was dead." "She was gone." "What?" "I'm sorry." "Well, it's not your fault, is it?" "Don't worry, old chap, we'll find her." "We will never forget him, Sarah." "He was a true friend to Peladon." "His name will always be honoured." "I still can't believe it." "I can't believe that he's dead." "You see, he was the most alive person I ever met." "Well, perhaps he escaped somehow." "There's always a chance." "That's what the Doctor used to say," ""There's always a chance." "That while there's life... "" "Your Majesty, I have just had an exhausting meeting with Commander Azaxyr, discussing his plans for his future rule of this planet." "His rule?" "Queen Thalira rules Peladon." "In name only from now on." "Azaxyr plans an extension of martial law over the entire planet." "All able-bodied citizens will be conscripted to work in the trisilicate mines." "My people will never submit to this." "I fear your people will have little choice, Your Majesty." "But surely the Federation won't approve." "Then it's up to us to get a message to the Federation" "and tell them what Azaxyr is up to." "I've already tried that." "Azaxyr has blocked all the communication circuits." "I could activate the spatial distress beacon but it only sends a signal on a preset frequency, a general call for help." "A kind of SOS?" "Well, let's try it." "Was the communications room guarded when you left?" "No, it was empty." "Then all we've got to do is get there." "But how?" "There is the secret passage behind the throne." "In full view of the guard?" "But we've got to get past him." "If we could entice him from the doorway, he's far too slow to prevent our escaping." ""Our" escaping, Your Majesty?" "Yes, Ortron." "We intend to join our people in the mines." "Your Majesty, I forbid it!" "What would you have me do, Ortron?" "Stay here to become a puppet queen for Commander Azaxyr," "see my people made slaves?" "Your Majesty, you put me to shame." "We shall assist you in your escape." "Well, the first thing we need to do is create a diversion." "Your Majesty, do you think you could faint convincingly?" "The Queen is ill." "You must summon medical assistance immediately." "Run, everybody!" "Your Majesty!" "Run, your Majesty!" "Ortron!" "No!" "The Ambassador and the Doctor's companion, where are they?" "They went to the tunnels." "They wanted to join Gebek and the rebels." "How very convenient." "Let there be no more of this foolishness, Your Majesty." "You can see for yourself the results of defying the Ice Warriors." "Guard her." "Good." "You have switched off the ventilation system." "Yes, it won't be long now." "Excellent." "The Ambassador and the Doctor's companion have foolishly taken refuge in the mines." "Come on, we haven't much time." "I'm trying to remember the correct circuit." "Oh, hurry up!" "Please, you are making me nervous." "Oh, erm, sorry." "I'll let you concentrate." "I'll check what's going on." "It is done." "Though, of course, there's no guarantee that anyone will hear it or that they will act on it if they do." "Look at this." "It's Eckersley and Commander Azaxyr." "Oh, I know that." "Bit chummy though, aren't they?" "As if they were..." "Can you get me sound on this?" "Yes, but I see no further need for this masquerade, Eckersley." "Well, I do." "We agreed, till we succeeded, I stay undercover." "But this planet is almost ours." "Almost isn't quite good enough." "Things could still go wrong." "If they do, well, I'm just an innocent bystander." "Very well." "Just so long as we can soon begin shipping trisilicate to Galaxy Five." "They are both traitors!" "They've agreed our terms." "Subject to a time limit." "So we must conclude matters quickly." "Well, I'm ready to get things moving." "How soon can you regain control of the mines?" "Air will run out eventually and then they must come up." "Yes, but that will take time." "And time is short." "Then we'll smoke them out with Aggedor." "That'll get them on the move." "It seems the Doctor was right." "The appearances of Aggedor were a technological trick." "Controlled by Eckersley." "But why has he been doing this?" "It's obvious, isn't it?" "He was deliberately making things worse so he could persuade you to call in his Ice Warrior friends." "Look." "Ambassador, look." "Look, it's the Doctor." "What?" "He's alive!" "He's alive, after all!" "Erm, you stay here and keep sending that SOS call." "I'm going to join him." "The miners are fleeing from the lower levels." "We are destroying them as they emerge." "See that all exits are blocked." "They must not escape." "It seems that our scheme is working, Eckersley." "I'd better keep up the good work then." "What's happening, Doctor?" "I'm afraid that it's Eckersley that has been summoning up Aggedor." "And now he's using him to attack your miners." "Well, we must stop him." " No." "If we show our faces in there, Azaxyr will wipe us out without a qualm." "I'm sorry, Gebek." "We've got to wait our chance." "Well, that should do for the moment." "Give them another dose later." "Excellent." "Let us return to the citadel." "You have reset the alarm?" "I can't, not from here." "The late, lamented Doctor jiggered the control circuits." "I'll have to reset the alarm from the communications room." "Guard the refinery." "How long will it take them to get back to the communications room?" "Five minutes, maybe ten, why?" "Well, that's how long we've got to get rid of our friend here, fix that alarm system and get back into the refinery." "But how?" "He'll blast us as soon as we break cover." "Yes, I'm well aware of that." "Don't shoot." "No." "I..." "Gebek." "Oh, Doctor!" "Oh, you're alive!" "I thought you'd been blown up in the cave." "Luckily for me, that was Ettis." "I don't know." "Can't you ever stay out of trouble?" "My dear Sarah, there's nothing I like more" "than a quiet life." "Oh!" "Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got something very important to do in a very short space of time." "Look, can you get him out of the light?" "Yes." "Yes, Doctor." "We'll take him." "Ambassador!" "What are you doing here?" "I was told you had taken refuge in the mines." "Nonsense." "I was simply trying to keep out of the way." "Yes, but why here?" "Could it be that you're trying to send a message to the Federation?" "The spatial distress beacon." "You have been very foolish, Ambassador." "I merely thought that since things were getting out of control, it would be wise" "to summon more help for you." "But things are not getting out of control, Ambassador." "This planet is firmly under my command." "If you disobey me again, Ambassador, you will take the consequences." "Now, Commander, I'm sure the Ambassador meant it for the best." "Very well, Eckersley." "I will give you one more chance, Ambassador." "You will come with me to the throne room." "Now!" " How's it going?" "Nearly finished." "I'll catch you up." "I forgot to switch the alarm on." "That's the alarm fixed, now for the door." "Trisilicate production will be resumed immediately, Your Majesty, using all available modern tools." "I shall expect Your Majesty's full cooperation." "When my father signed treaties with the Federation, he could not have known it would lead to nothing but bloodshed." "However, we must accept the consequences." "A wise attitude, Your Majesty." "Do not believe him, Your Majesty." "The Federation has no part in this." "Commander Azaxyr is a traitor." "Eckersley, too." "They plan to ship the trisilicate to our enemies of Galaxy Five." "You were warned, Ambassador." "Sskel!" "No!" "No." "No, no." "Whatever he knows, we still need him." "Thank you, Eckersley, but you are still a traitor." "Then this is true, Eckersley?" "Yes, Your Majesty, it's true." "But it doesn't make any difference to you, does it?" "Peladon has never dishonoured a treaty." "Our loyalty is to the Federation." "There is your loyalty." "You will obey or perish." "You know, Ambassador, you must be a lot brighter than you look." "How come you're so well informed, hmm?" "You were betrayed by your own security system, Eckersley." "What?" "When you were conspiring with the Commander, Sarah and I overheard you on the monitor." "Sarah?" "The girl!" "You said she had joined the rebels in the mines." "Where is she?" "Where is she, Ambassador?" "You will answer if you value your life." "She left before you arrived." "When she saw the Doctor on the monitor, she went to the refinery." "The Doctor!" "The refinery!" "Sskel, go to the refinery at once." "If the Doctor is there, destroy him." "Right, that's it." "In you go." "Right, the first thing we've got to do is switch the ventilation back on." "Give those miners of yours some air." "There, that should do it." "How about this, Doctor?" "Yes, I've seen it." "Well, what's that thing then?" "Hmm?" "That thing, what is it?" "That's just a simple matter projector, linked to a directional heat ray." "Now, the projector sends an image of that and the heat ray does the damage." "The appearances of Aggedor were all done from here." "Yes, that's right, by Eckersley or one of his Ice Warrior friends." "Very clever piece of work this." "Quite an engineer, our friend Eckersley." "The directional co-ordinates are here." "Something's burning." "Doctor, look!" "What puzzles me, Eckersley, is your reason for this betrayal." "It's simply a matter of business, Ambassador." "I'll get a percentage of all the trisilicate mined on Peladon, just to make me the richest and the most powerful man in the galaxy." "Most powerful?" "Yes, Your Majesty." "When the Ice Warriors have won, I shall be ruler of Earth." "And what of Commander Azaxyr?" "No, it's only military glory he's after." "But the Ice Warriors have been loyal members of the Federation for many years." "Azaxyr's head of some kind of breakaway group." "He wants to return to the good old days of death or glory." "Ah, Commander." "It appears that the Doctor is indeed alive." "But Sskel has him trapped in the refinery." "Help me." "Hurry, Doctor!" "There's a whole crowd of them out there now." "They'll be through any minute, Doctor!"