The Cost of Resistance

In the Dalek detention cell, Susan passionately advocates for the Thals’ trustworthiness to Barbara, countering her skepticism about their imprisonment. She reveals the Thals’ desperate food crisis—ruined crops due to …

The Daleks abruptly enter the detention cell, offering food and water while demanding Susan’s immediate departure under the pretense of assisting the Thals. Ian’s sharp question—How do they know we …

Susan, under Dalek coercion, drafts a deceptive message offering food to the Thals in exchange for their cooperation in re-cultivating the land. The Daleks demand she include her name as …

In the midst of a heated argument between Ian and the Doctor—where Ian accuses the Doctor of being bribed by the Daleks—Susan seizes the moment to act. While the group …

The prisoners execute a high-stakes, meticulously planned ambush to neutralize the Dalek guarding their cell, marking a pivotal shift in their escape strategy. Susan listens at the door, signaling the …

In a desperate, high-stakes ambush aboard the Dalek saucer, Baker and Tyler execute a surprise attack on a Roboman, freeing a prisoner in the process. The operation begins with tactical …

Outside the Dalek saucer, David and Jenny clash over priorities as the resistance retreats under Dalek fire. David insists Jenny evacuate the group while he pursues Tyler, but Jenny reveals …

As the resistance fighters flee under Dalek fire, Ian’s desperate warning to Barbara—'Get back!'—reveals a critical tactical shift: the Daleks have abandoned their policy of indiscriminate extermination, now prioritizing prisoner …

Baker arrives at the resistance hideout carrying the drugged Doctor, delivering a grim report of the resistance’s devastating losses—four or five survivors at most, the rest dead or captured. His …

Dortmun, an aging scientist obsessed with his untested bomb, insists Barbara deliver his notes to the Doctor while he secretly prepares to detonate the device alone. Despite Barbara’s protests, he …

The Doctor urgently directs Jamie, Victoria, and Kemel through the Dalek conversion archway, revealing he has secretly altered the Dalek Factor to introduce human emotions. As the group escapes, Waterfield …

Outside the Dalek Control Room, a lone Dalek’s defiance of a Black Dalek’s order—‘Why?’—ignites a chain reaction of dissent. The Doctor seizes the moment, goading the Daleks into questioning their …

Outside the Dalek Control Room, the Doctor seizes a moment of chaos to exploit the fractures in Dalek society. As Black Daleks attack, he incites the 'converted' Daleks—those exposed to …

Linx prepares to execute the prisoners before Sarah risks capture by stepping between him and the Doctor. When Linx dismisses the scientists’ suffering, the Doctor tries to reason with him …

Meg

Irongron's hall is filled with exhausted warriors as Linx delivers a final ultimatum to his uneasy ally. The Sontaran declares their alliance dissolved and sets a course for immediate departure, …

The night-long feast intended to solidify Irongron’s alliance with Linx instead reveals its fragility as Linx abruptly terminates their pact and storms out, rejecting Irongron’s warrior culture and reckless use …

Davros finalizes his orders for the Dalek embryo’s genetic modification, overruling Gharman’s objections and forcing compliance. Nyder then delivers the readiness report: the Daleks stand poised for deployment. Davros seizes …

In the tense calm of a Thal-controlled Kaled laboratory, Gharman exploits a moment of vulnerability to recruit Kavell into a covert resistance against Davros’s Dalek project. Their whispered exchange—where Gharman …

On the war-torn surface of Skaro, the Doctor seeks out Sevrin, a Muto leader amid the ruins, to enlist his people’s aid against the coming Dalek onslaught. Revelations about the …

The fragile alliance between Nyder and Gharman shatters as the ventilator shaft invasion sets off alarms. Davros immediately recognizes the sabotage—his own network betraying him before he can finish his …

The Doctor wages a losing mental struggle against a sentient mind-controlling organism that has seized control of crew members across Titan Base. As Leela enters and sees him holding a …

Marius dismisses the comatose Doctor as a mere spacenik, but K9’s analysis reveals his alien physiology and hidden viral infection lodged in the mind-brain interface. The Doctor explains how the …

Marius concludes Leela lacks immunity to the virus, leaving the Doctor as the only remaining candidate to resist the Nucleus’s control. Confronted with the prospect of losing all resistance, he …

The Doctor, infected by the Nucleus, proposes cloning Leela to test her immunity to the mind-controlling organism. Professor Marius explains the procedure—a short-lived carbon copy that will expire within minutes—but …

The Isolation Ward erupts as the Doctor is violently strapped to a medical couch, his body and mind wracked by the Nucleus' demands for release. Marius and Parsons struggle to …

In the cave’s suffocating dark, Kimus stumbles upon the unfolding violence and recognizes the Mentiad who emerges from the cowl. His bewilderment deepens as the Doctor calmly names the allies …

K9 interrupts the Doctor’s investigation of Zanak’s horrific history by detecting a dangerous surge in unauthorized mining operations across the planet. This revelation shatters the Doctor’s focus on the past, …

The Doctor and Kimus spot a guard sleeping in an aircar and use a diversion to board it unseen. What begins as a promising escape turns instantly perilous when the …

The Doctor feigns physical helplessness before the Captain but quickly turns the tables by exploiting his captors' arrogance. The Captain drops a key ring for the Doctor to retrieve, allowing …