Editing (section) Planet of the Spiders (TV story) 0 You are not logged in. === Part Four === The Guard Captain notices that Sarah has gone. They leave but take Sabor with them. At the meditation centre, Yates watches as Land, Moss and Keaver go into Barnes’ room and hang a ‘do not disturb’ sign on the door. Yates cautiously approaches the door and tries to listen. Tuar believes the Doctor is dead but Sarah sees him moving and Tuar realises he is alive. Yates listens as Barnes and the others try to make sense of what has happened to Lupton and what they should do when they notice the doorknob turning. Barnes slowly approaches the door only to find Tommy’s standing on the other side doing some cleaning. Barnes believes Tommy was spying and points to the sign on the door asking "can't you read?!" and Tommy tells him he’s learning to read from a book his mum gave him. Barnes promptly slams the door and Tommy tries to read the ‘do not disturb’ but finds he can’t and decides to do some reading. Yates then emerges from his hiding place and goes back to the door. On Metebelis III, a bell rings indicating a curfew is now in effect; anyone caught outside after dark will be killed. The Doctor’s condition is worsening and Arak tells Sarah he is dying but she refuses to believe it. Rega says there is no cure and that the Doctor should be dead. The Queen arrives back at the council chamber to find Lupton and his spider sitting on her throne. She angrily demands to know who he is. The spider tells her that he is the one who helped her. The Queen orders a guard to take Lupton but then he reminds her of the crystal. The spider falsely confirms that they have it. Lupton says they know where it is hidden but will not turn it over until they receive their rewards, shocking the council. When the spider concurs with Lupton, albeit uncertainly, the Queen then tells them that they are not aware of the extent of their failures; informing them that they were followed by “two Earth spies”. She says that the male is dead but the female is still alive and therefore still poses a danger. She suggests to the council that, until the female has been captured, they should refuse Lupton and the spider’s demands, to which they agree. Tommy tries reading a simple children’s book (with some difficulty) but hears a strange sound coming from the crystal and it starts glowing; Tommy then collapses. He wakes up shortly afterwards and continues reading, discovering he can now do so with ease. Arak remarks that the Eight Legs will keep Sabor alive for a little while meaning there's a chance they could rescue him and Tuar suggests they attack. Arak admits he is afraid to do so but becomes very angered when Tuar calls him a coward. A fight very nearly starts between them but Rega breaks them up. Sarah tells them she’s certain that the Doctor could help them. He, very weakly, tells her that inside the TARDIS there is an old leather satchel that contains a device which is the only thing that can save him. Arak warns Sarah that the guards will kill her if they see her. She successfully makes it to the TARDIS and Arak admires her bravery but Tuar says she’s being foolish and that nothing can save the Doctor. She comes back out with the satchel and sets it on the ground while she locks the TARDIS but Lupton captures her. Arak manages to retrieve the satchel with Rega remarking that he’s not a coward and Tuar agrees. The Doctor asks for Sarah and they reply that she's not there but give him the device. He holds it and it begins to make a loud sound and then there’s a flash of light from his fingers. He thanks them and is already sounding stronger. Tommy goes into the library and tries one of the books; finding that he can read it easily. He then takes several more. Meanwhile, Sarah is thrown into a cell where Sabor has already been cocooned. Barnes and the others are still discussing what they should do when Yates decides to knock on the door. The others hide while Barnes quickly lies on his bed pretending to read. Yates enters and remarks that he heard them talking and thinks they should have a chat when Moss knocks him out; though Barnes, Land and Keaver are angry with him for doing so. Dawn breaks on Metebelis III and the Doctor is fully recovered. He cheerfully wakes the others. Sarah wakes up to find she’s also been cocooned. Sabor tells her she’s a prisoner and that there’s no point in struggling. She asks what they will do to them and he remarks that the Eight Legs usually eat the sheep that they breed for them; but they prefer humans. The Doctor praises the mutton broth that Arak made for him, curious that they have sheep there. He says that their ancestors, who the Doctor works out were colonists, brought the sheep with them. Arak explains that 433 Earth years previously their ship came out of a time jump with no fuel left and crashed on Metebelis III. Tuar is angry that the Doctor is just sitting there chatting while Sarah is a prisoner but he says that she’ll be alright for the time being as the spiders will want to know how she arrived. The Doctor confirms that he can help them but needs to know how the spiders came to be on Metebelis III. Sabor is telling the same story to Sarah and says that they also came from Earth but Sarah says there aren’t any spiders of that size on Earth. Sabor admits that’s true but says there were spiders on the ship that crashed and that the blue crystals in the mountain gradually made them grow larger and smarter. By the time the humans discovered them it was too late. Arak says that they’ve brutally ruled over them ever since, controlling them through fear. They once wiped out an entire village of humans, 269 people including children, because they were keeping too much food for themselves. The Doctor asks them to get some pebbles for him, saying that he’s “playing a hunch” Yates wakes up to find that his hands are tied and that he’s been gagged. The Doctor is checking each stone against the device, remarking to Rega that the crystals can’t be the only mineral on Metebelis III with an unusual structure and that he’s trying to find a stone that can absorb the spider’s attacks. Eventually he finds a suitable one. He then sets off for the mountain, telling Arak and the others to follow him as soon as they can. Sarah is continuing to struggle but Sabor tells her to rest, leading her to angrily ask why he’s so calm. He replies that you’re only frightened when there’s hope of rescue, saying that they have none but she refuses to accept it. The Doctor is wandering through the mountain when the Guard Captain spots him. He tries to blast him again but he blocks it with the device. They briefly fight until Lupton arrives and demands that the Doctor be killed. Another guard says he has orders from the Queen to have Lupton arrested. The Captain and another guard take Lupton to the council. The Doctor tries to escape but is promptly captured, remarking that things are getting monotonous. The guard tells him his execution has merely been postponed rather than cancelled and he is taken away. Sarah asks Sabor how long they’ve got and he says it could be a week, a few days, an hour… Sarah is thrilled when the Doctor walks in but, upon noticing he is accompanied by guards, groans in despair. 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