Thal resistance (Taron Vex, Rebec, Marat) grapples with survival choices and ideological splits—pragmatic survival versus defiant resistance—against encroaching ice and Dalek encirclement.

The Thal team regroups in a smoldering jungle clearing after a crash landing, struggling to collect themselves. Taron quickly emerges as the decisive leader, assessing his scattered group’s readiness and …

Taron presses the group to risk everything on a desperate gamble through the cooling shafts as Marat pleads for retreat, their disagreement exposing the narrowing margin between survival and annihilation. …