The Doctor attempts to take Tegan back to Heathrow Airport but the Tardis arrives
in the 17th century instead of the 20th. The time travellers discover that a space capsule has crash-landed nearby and that its alien occupants, 3 Terileptil prison escapees, intend to wipe out all indigenous life on Earth by releasing rats infected with an enhanced strain of the great plague. The creatures are also using a sophisticated androad to strike terror into the local plague. Aided by intinerant thespian Richard Mace, the Doctor traces tracks the Terileptils to their base in Pudding Lane, London. The creatures are ultimately destroyed when a fire breaks
out and the Terileptil leader's weapon explodes - also setting off the Great Fire of London.
Black Orchid:
The Tardis arrives on Earth in 1925 where, due to a case of mistaken identity, the Doctor ends up playing in a local cricket match. The travellers then accept an invitation to a masked fancy dress ball, but events take on a more sinister tone as a number of murders are perpetrated at the country home of their host Lord Cranleigh. The Doctor comes under suspicion but the murderer is eventually revealed to be Cranleigh's brother George, who has been kept locked up in the house ever since returning from an expedition up the Amazon to find the legendary black orchid. George mistakes Nyssa for his former fiancee Ann Talbot who looks identical and takes her up to the roof of the house. He is persuaded by the Doctor to let her go,
but then falls from the roof to his death.
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