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Exxilon's Struggle Against Alien Domination

The Exxilons, a mineral-based species, face threats to their planet's resources and sovereignty from Dalek invasions, the Fourth Doctor's interventions, and rival factions within their own ranks, requiring the unity and leadership of their tribal observers and high priest.

32 events across 1 season

Arc Timeline

Season 11

32 events
S11E11 · Death to the Daleks Part 1
TARDIS fails as Exxilon reveals its deadly secrets

The Doctor and Sarah Jane step into an arid wasteland on Exxilon only to find the TARDIS systems failing from an unseen power drain. Strange petrified lifeforms dot the landscape, …

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Creatures Hunt Doctor and Sarah Jane Separates

As the Doctor and Sarah Jane explore Exxilon they encounter petrified lifeforms and deduce that an external power source has drained the TARDIS’s energy. When the Doctor investigates a rocky …

Climax
Exxilons ambush Doctor; Sarah strikes back

The Doctor and Sarah Jane emerge from the failing TARDIS into the alien gloom of Exxilon. The Doctor turns to operate the manual doors, leaving Sarah to hold the flickering …

Resolution
Doctor breaks free of Exxilon captors

Bound by Exxilon captors, the Doctor feigns helplessness before turning on his escorts with brutal precision, seizing their weapons to cut his bonds and fight his way to freedom. His …

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Sarah trapped by Exxilon's embrace

Sarah Jane Smith ventures deeper into the ancient Exxilon city wall, drawn by the pulsating lights emanating from its stone. Ignoring the warnings of sacred ground, she presses her hands …

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Doctor learns MSC's sacrifice for the plague cure

The Doctor and Sarah Jane meet the stranded Marine Space Corps team on Exxilon after their TARDIS crash lands. The MSC expedition reveals their desperate mission to harvest parrinium, a …

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Hamilton announces false rescue

Hamilton bursts into the MSC base with sudden news that a relief ship has arrived, shattering the expedition's weeks of isolation and despair. The announcement injects urgent hope into the …

Climax
MSC team abandons Stewart to rush to saucer

The MSC team abandons their injured Captain Stewart in a reckless dash toward a Mysteron saucer thought to be landing in a nearby valley. Their frantic departure leaves the base …

Resolution
Priest condemns Sarah to Exxilon sacrifice

The Exxilon high priest accuses Sarah of violating sacred ground by entering the forbidden city, pronouncing a death sentence for her defilement. Surrounded by his followers, she is dragged from …

Climax
S11E12 · Death to the Daleks Part 2
Humans and Daleks strike fragile truce

Railton proposes a temporary alliance to Captain Railton as the Daleks stand powerless in the landing site. The Doctor warns against trusting the Daleks even as their weapons remain useless …

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Explosive Dalek saves fleeing humans

The human survivors and Daleks desperately scramble to evade relentless Exxilon arrows only to find their position overrun by a large hunting party. As the Exxilons close in, a Dalek’s …

Climax
Exxilons capture Stewart and force surrender

The fragile alliance between Daleks and humans collapses under the Exxilons’ relentless attack when Captain Railton is killed by an arrow. As the group flees, Commander Stewart is seized by …

Resolution
Doctor attacks High Priest to save Sarah

The High Priest attempts to sacrifice Sarah Jane by forcing her to inhale intoxicating fumes. When the Doctor witnesses this, he violently breaks free from his Exxilon escorts and attacks …

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Survivors Face Brutal New Alliances

The Doctor and Sarah are abruptly awakened in a cavern cage to find themselves trapped alongside Daleks and human survivors. Commander Stewart lies dying as Hamilton tends to him while …

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Stewart collapses denies Galloway's authority

Commander Stewart makes a final attempt to strip Galloway of command, rallying his scorn for Galloway’s self-serving motives and declaring Hamilton the new leader. As Stewart collapses and dies mid-sentence, …

Climax
Doctor and Sarah flee Dalek assault through cavern tunnel

The High Priest forces the Doctor and Sarah to inhale suffocating fumes meant for sacrifice as pyre smoke chokes the cavern. Before the Exxilons can complete their ritual, Dalek forces …

Climax
Doctor explains Dalek nature to Sarah

In the inky blackness of a tunnel Sarah and the Doctor flee enemies from the cavern above while nursing bruises and urgent breaths. As they move Sarah wonders aloud if …

Resolution
S11E13 · Death to the Daleks Part 3
Sarah risks alliance for the Doctor

Sarah Jane Smith encounters Bellal, an Exxilon who warns of the city-worshippers' growing power and urges her to flee. When Daleks block their escape, Sarah faces a choice between the …

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Exxilons and Sarah hide from Daleks in tunnel

Sarah Jane Smith encounters Bellal, an outcast Exxilon, who warns her of the city-worshipping majority and offers safe refuge. Before they can leave, the approach of Dalek pursuers forces them …

Climax
Dalek threatens Galloway over Exxilon labor

A Dalek commander confronts Galloway in the parrinium mine after observing the slow pace of Exxilon workers. The Dalek demands an increased workforce, warning that Galloway's previous cooperation with Exxilon …

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Snake-root erupts as factions flee the mine

The Daleks’ sabotage mission in the Parrinium Mine collapses when the city’s automated defenses awaken. A metal snake-root erupts from a flooded pool, killing an Exxilon and incinerating a Dalek. …

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Electrical drain reveals city’s true nature

Bellal describes how the city sustains itself by drawing electrical energy from the atmosphere through hidden roots and a beacon, confirming the Doctor’s hypothesis about the link between the TARDIS’s …

Resolution
Probe sparks rebellion against city machine

The Doctor and Sarah learn from Bellal that Exxilon ancestors once shared advanced knowledge with primitive Earth cultures through direct contact across space. As they discuss the city's insidious power …

Climax
Daleks force laborers into city mission

The Daleks intensify their control over the Exxilon miners by transporting them to a new mining site, coercing Earth mission crew members Jill, Hamilton, and Galloway into accompanying them. As …

Climax
S11E14 · Death to the Daleks Part 4
Doctor defeats lethal floor with intellect

The Doctor deciphers a deadly floor pattern designed to test intelligence, guiding Bellal across the electric-laced squares using precise movements. He demonstrates the floor’s lethal nature by destroying a coin …

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Daleks force deadly climb and bombing mission

Under the Dalek's ruthless order, Galloway and Hamilton must scale a treacherous mountainside to plant explosives on a beacon that the Daleks plan to weaponize against Exxilon. The Dalek commands …

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Doctor shields Bellal through sanity attack

The Doctor and Bellal enter a dark test chamber where the city unleashes a coordinated assault on their minds using disorienting lights and illusions. Bellal succumbs first, collapsing from psychic …

Climax
Doctor engineers citys breakdown in control room

The Doctor races to complete his gambit before the city’s defenses overwhelm him, inserting circuit boards to overload its logic with deliberate paradoxes. Bellal urges expediency as antibodies close in, …

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Doctor and Bellal escape Dalek ambush

As the Doctor and Bellal work to sabotage the city's central systems, the sentient antibodies seize them without warning and drag them toward the incoming Daleks. The city's own defenses …

Resolution
Doctor guides Bellal across lethal floor

The Doctor and Bellal face a lethal patterned floor in the sentient city, its dangers only detectable through the Doctor’s rapid deduction. Recognizing the shifting traps, the Doctor leads Bellal …

Climax
Sarah reports sabotage mission readiness

Sarah arrives at the landing site to deliver critical news to the Doctor, confirming that the long-planned sabotage of the Daleks' beacon mission is now executable. She reveals that the …

Resolution
Hamilton confronts Galloway's betrayal

Hamilton and the Doctor race against time as Galloway's sabotage stops the Daleks from transporting their stolen parrinium. The revelation that Galloway planned to use a bomb against the Dalek …

Resolution