Seconds after the Doctor makes his "two dawns" prediction the Chumblies return and try to blow up the TARDIS. They fail, but the force of the explosion carries over to the interior and throws the Doctor and Steven around.
They quickly make it back to the Drahvin ship. Just before going back inside, the two critique the poor quality of the ship both in design and the metals used.
Vicki has not been a happy camper while the menfolk were away. Maaga tries to get her to eat some of her "leader food." Apparently the leaders get fed leaves while the drones get food pills.
The Doctor lies to Maaga about the time frame. She calls his bluff by ordering her soldiers to kill Vicki if she doesn't get the truth. The Doctor relents.
Maaga decides to send the Doctor and Vicki to capture the Rill ship for them. Actually she wanted to send the Doctor and Steven, but Steven decided that it was his turn to play hostage. That sounds like a brilliant plan.
The Drahvin are really not shown in a good light at all. The drones are dumber than stumps and their leader thinks that two people that they were able to capture will be able to capture the Rill ship. They are one dimensional at best. Emms is setting something up, but I wish that the beautiful blond race had been both male and female, because this is coming off as an anti-feminism script.
The big saving grace of this episode are the companions. Vicki and Steven continue to shine. Steven has a good scene where Maaga offers him his freedom if he takes her away in his spaceship. He has a knack for sarcasm.
Vicki has a surly streak in this one. She's had the Drahvins pegged as loons from minute one and isn't going to waste her time being polite to them. She also figures out the way to sneak into the Rill ship undetected. Even throwing the Doctor's own words back at him.
The episode ends with a Rill confronting the Doctor and Vicki. Vicki screams. I rolled my eyes.
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