The Fifth Doctor and Salateen's conflict

Sharaz Jek departs laughing as Peri warns the Doctor that Jek is insane while he praises the android warlord’s ego in return. Soon after Salateen enters with food and the …

The Doctor disables a menacing android guard, securing a critical bypass plate for Peri and then arms her with it. Despite Salateen’s frantic warnings about lethal oxygen levels, the Doctor …

As the Doctor and Peri prepare to flee Sharaz Jek’s stronghold, an android ambush erupts with brutal efficiency. The Doctor is struck and collapses, leaving Peri vulnerable as Salateen seizes …

General Chellak’s trusted aide Major Salateen is forced into the Operations Room by the real Salateen, who has just escaped Sharaz Jek’s captivity. The revelation strikes with brutal clarity—General Chellak …

Peri drifts back toward consciousness in Jek’s grim clutches as he vengefully pivots from tender conditioning to a raging monologue. His earlier threats of a new world curdle into a …