[Slaar is talking on a monitor to his superior, the Grand Marshall, who has sequins on his helmet]
GMGrand Marshall
Are all the preparations complete?
Yes, Grand Marshall. The seed pods have been dispatched to the cities of the Earth, and the Moonbase is in our hands.
GMGrand Marshall
Good. Our fleet is approaching the gravitational field of the moon. Is all prepared?
Everything is ready. I shall guide our ships in on the homing beam signal.
GMGrand Marshall
Fuel supplies are at marginal level. There must be no misjudgements!
[Fewsham quietly switches on the video link]
CComputer
No information yet available from Weather Control Bureau.
RRadnor
[annoyed] Oh, no. I'd better get over there!
[On the Monitor] T-Mat control? Commander Radnor? Ah.
RRadnor
Doctor, are you all right? What's happening over there?
Yes, well, we've had quite a battle here, but things are all right now. There was a warrior here, but we've dealt with him.
RRadnor
Excellent! Is there much damage?
Well, yes, I'm afraid so. I'm going to see how much now. How are you getting along with the signal in the satellite:?
RRadnor
Professor Eldred and Miss Kelly are coping with it now.
Good. I'll be back as soon as I can.
[The transmission ends]
RRadnor
Play back recording of homing beam.
[The computer obeys]
Now, that's the Ice Warriors' homing beam. Let's see if I can produce that exactly.
[But it's too fast and high-pitched. Kelly begins adjusting it with a Screwdriver]
RRadnor
Can't you get any closer than that?
I shall! Don't worry! [the beeping slows down until it's the right speed]
I'll lock into that frequency.
EEldred
Just one thing, Miss Kelly. Now that you've perfected this thing, how do you propose getting it to the launching pad without T-Mat?
It just so happens I found a petrol car in a motor museum.
EEldred
Really? What make?
I've no idea, but it's got four wheels and it goes. Get this to the vehicle immediately.
[A technician takes the homing beam away]
EEldred
Will a car be able to get through the foam?
RRadnor
Yes. I've arranged for a route to be cleared by hosing the foam.
RRadnor
But the only way we'll ever get rid of it permanently is by rain. Lots of rain!
GMGrand Marshall
You should not have killed him (Fewsham)! Who will operate T-Mat?
I have studied the controls.
GMGrand Marshall
What if the apparatus breaks down?
I shall send warriors to Earth to bring back technicians.
GMGrand Marshall
Soon all humans on Earth will be extinct!
It will take time for the fungus to remove the oxygen from their atmosphere.
GMGrand Marshall
You must use that time to obtain another human, and do not kill him!
GMGrand Marshall
You will be prepared to activate the homing beam on our signal?
All is prepared, Grand Marshall. [the transmission ends as Slaar goes to speak to one of his soldiers] I shall return to our ship to finalize invasion plans.
IWIce Warrior
[Checks the communications link] The signal! There is no power!
Yes. That signal has been going no further than this control room.
But they were receiving my signal!
You sent a signal from Earth?
We sent up a satellite. That signal has sent your fleet into a false orbit!
The heat of the sun will kill them! You have destroyed our entire fleet!
You tried to destroy an entire world.
Earth will still die. The Fungus will take the oxygen from your atmosphere.
No, I'm afraid you've failed there too. We can destroy the Fungus.
[Seething with rage, turns to his only remaining Ice Warrior] Kill him!
[a voice calls out from the T-Mat cubicle]
Jamie, look out! [leaps over the T-Mat control desk and tackles the Ice Warrior]
[The Ice Warrior fires but the Doctor diverts its aim so that Slaar dies instead of Jamie]
[leaps across the room and tackles the Ice Warrior] Creag Au Tuire!
[holding up his solar energy power leads] Jamie, a live terminal!
[Jamie and the Doctor press each lead into the Ice Warrior's body. There's a bright flash and the Warrior collapses]
Oh, well done, Jamie! Oh, goodness me! Jamie, thank you very much. Now then, we must T-Mat ourselves back to Earth.
