The Mentiads as both captors and victims—psychically gifted beings exploited by Zanak while resisting external rescue efforts

The Doctor regains consciousness after a psychokinetic blast, still shaken but immediately focused on action. The group learns the Mentiads have seized Pralix from Balaton's home, using him as leverage …

The Doctor shakes off the effects of the Mentiads' psychokinetic blast and immediately moves to action. Learning Pralix has been taken and Romana arrested, he pivots from rescue to recovery …