Meglos orchestrates a complex scheme to harness the Dodecahedron's power by manipulating mercenaries, transforming a human prisoner, and creating a time trap to eliminate the Doctor as an obstacle.

General Grugger and Lieutenant Brotadac deliver an Earthling prisoner to Meglos in his hidden laboratory on Zolfa-Thura, only to be confronted by the sentient xerophyte’s abrupt reveal. Meglos discards his …

Meglos completes his grotesque plan by feeding the Earthling prisoner through a destructive transformation process that merges flesh with his sentient cactus body. As energy pulses electrify both bodies in …