Victor Lupton's descent into paranoia as his authority crumbles, leading to increasingly desperate and violent actions to maintain control.

Lupton arrives at the Spider Queen's court bearing a stolen crystal as leverage, only to find his diplomatic gambit crumble under scrutiny. The Queen quickly exposes his subterfuge by revealing …

Sarah is violently captured by Lupton's guards and thrown into the cavernous spider lair where Sabor is already suspended in the Queen's web. The room teems with massive spiders weaving …

The Doctor drifts through the spider city's tower, weakened but utterly focused. When a guard suddenly confronts him, the Doctor instinctively deploys his energy-absorbing device, turning the guard's attack against …