

Within the Pit, the Doctor finds the corpses of Doran and one of Adrasta's men who fell into the pit after being stunned by K9 and then encounters Organon, an astrologer thrown down there by Adrasta. In the woods, the bandits decide to attack the palace, believing that the guards will be searching for them. Eventually Romana tells her that only K9 has the answers what Adrasta is looking for. Meanwhile, Lady Adrasta tries to get information out of Romana as her guards slowly hammer away at K9. The Doctor loses his grip and falls into the pit. Adrasta decides that Romana may be of use, as will the metal K9. He signals to keep silent as to his survival. Romana notices that the Doctor is still alive, clinging to the side of the pit. However, the Wolfweeds quickly surround and disable K9. Romana arrives and tries to help the Doctor escape as K9 attacks the guards. He is thrown to a creature that lives within the vast caverns below. With his help, she escapes the bandits.Īdrasta takes the Doctor is taken to a pit to witness the execution an engineer called Doran who failed to make some of the observations the Doctor made about the egg. He examines the throne room and takes particular interest in a plate upon the wall.Įlsewhere, Romana uses a dog whistle to summon K9. The Doctor is taken to the palace of the Lady Adrasta, who rules the planet by controlling all the metal. Karela countermands him and has the Doctor and Romana taken prisoner instead.Īs they travel through the jungle, bandits attack them and Romana is taken prisoner by them. The Doctor is immediately beset by Wolfweeds under the control of the Huntsman, who then releases the Doctor and orders his death. The Doctor, Romana and K9 venture out to discover the remains of an enormous egg in the jungle. and the Doctor is about to join him.Īn MK3 Emergency transceiver on the TARDIS identifies a distress signal and brings the craft to the lush jungle world of Chloris, where metal in all forms is a rare and prized commodity.

But in the mines of Chloris is something huge, a creature thrown into the pit to be forgotten. A band of thieves, led by Torvin, organise raids on her palace to steal whatever metal they can. Adrasta keeps order with the aid of her Huntsman and his Wolfweeds - mobile balls of vegetation. It is a lush and verdant world with only small quantities of metals, all of which are controlled by its ruler, Lady Adrasta. The Fourth Doctor and Romana II receive a distress signal and arrive on Chloris.
