- The Cybermen plan on destroying Earth in order to prevent the destruction of their home world, Mondas. The Doctor also discovers the Cyber Controller is far from dead.
- The Doctor is drawn to Earth in 1985 by a strange signal. On arrival he gets caught up in a bank heist that has far more sinister motives than money. Deep in the London sewer system the Doctor meets one of his greatest foes, the Cybermen. What are they doing in London, and who sent the signal?—glen_chapman
- Two workers inspect sewer tunnels under Fleet Steet in London when they come across a section they believe should not exist. David (Stephen Wale) goes back to retrace his steps but seems to disappear. The other worker looks for him only to be attacked and presumable killed by an unseen menace.
The Doctor (Colin Baker) is full of manic energy, repairing numerous systems on the TARDIS including the chameleon circuit that allows the machine to change shape as required and that no previous doctor has been able to repair. Peri (Nicola Bryant) thinks he is over doing it, she is worried he is jumping in too soon before his mind has settled properly after the recent regeneration
In London, Mr Lyton (Maurice Colbourne) pulls car up in front of a building and explains to three other occupants, Griffiths (Brian Glover) Payne (James Beckett) and Russell (Terry Molloy) discuss plans to steal a huge quantity of diamonds
The Doctor decides Peri is the one with issues and decides she needs a holiday. A malfunction of the TARDIS systems causes concern for the Doctor, until he runs tests confirmed by the external view he knows they are in the Solar System, somewhere near Halleys Comet in the year 1985
Mr Lyton takes the men to a pit in a junkyard that hes dug that will lead to the sewer system and ultimately to the bank they are to rob. As they go to enter, Lyton activates some equipment hidden in a cupboard The TARDIS receives what turns out to be a distress signal activated by Lyton. The Doctor is both concerned to receive such a signal but to also receive it from Earth in 1985. Following the signal the TARDIS arrives at the junkyard where Lyton entered the sewer. It is also the same junkyard featured in the first ever episode of Dr Who aired in 1963.
Two strange looking police officers take an interest in the Doctors activities as he searches for the source of the signal.
Meanwhile in the sewer Lyton and his crew begin work their way through the sewer systems towards the bank. From behind they hear noises to suggest they are being followed. Payne goes back to see who is behind them only to be killed in a similar fashion to the inspectors during the opening scene.
The Doctor follows the distress signal to the Lyton entrance to the sewers where he is surprised by the strange policemen. Over powering them he restrains them with their handcuffs and moves on into the tunnel.
The criminals arrive at the correct spot in the sewer to and begin breaking down a wall that will give them access to the bank. Lyton wonders where Payne is till he sees a figure approaching down the tunnel. Griffith opens fire on the figure (now revealed to be a Cyberman) Lyton takes the gun from him as Russell, seeing an opportunity, makes a run for it back down the tunnel
The wall of the tunnel suddenly slides away to expose a Cybermen base. When asked how he was aware of the base, Lyton explains hes been monitoring the Cybermen communications with a ship hidden on the far side of the moon.
Lyton then explains to the Cyber Lieutenant (Brian Orrell) he is an alien mercenary, and wants to work for the Cybermen as they take over Earth. Lyton is told the Cyber Controller (Michael Kilgarriff) back on Telos can decide his fate.
On Telos we see a human work parties under the watchful eye of Cybermen guards dig and bury explosives in the surface. Two of the workers Stratton(Jonathan David) and Bates(Michael Attwell) make a run for it, killing a Cybermen in the process by decapitating him. Before they can retrieve the head another cyberman destroys it. The pair regroup and realize the breakout has failed because they need a third human and a Cyberman head to break into and steal the ship needed to leave the planet before it is blown up. Their only chance now is to somehow break into the Cybermen's city
Unknown to the humans, the Cybermen Controller actually expected the two humans to escape and has laid a trap for them. He wants to gain a better understanding of the human mind and how it works in a stressful situations.
In the sewer the Doctor is attacked by Russell. Once things calm slightly he and the Doctor compare their findings, including the fact Phillips is an undercover cop. He also tells the Doctor tha Lyton seems to have no existence on Earth beyond the last few weeks.
The Doctor now realizes the situation is far worse than he thought. At the base the Cyber lieutenant discovers he is dealing with a Time Lord and dispatches a patrol to capture the TARDIS as soon as possible, and if they encounter the Doctor to also restrain him without injury.
On Telos Stratton and Bates get closer to the city, they encounter a Cyber Scout and behead it as required. Bates instructs Stratton to clean it out so he can wear the head as a disguise and enter the city as a Cyberman accompanied by a prisoner.
The Cyber Controller becomes concerned by the killing of the Cyber Scout that (to him) seems well outside the behavior predicted
On their way back to the TARDIS Phillips destroys a scout in the tunnel. The Cyber Lieutenant becomes alarmed and decides the base has to be evacuated; he orders all Cybermen to head for the Doctor's craft and takes Lyton and Griffiths with them.
At the TADIS the Doctor Peri and Phillips are ambushed by the Cybermen. Phillips kills one before he in turn is killed. The Cyber Lietenant then orders the death of Peri
END OF PART ONE
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