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The
Doctor, Romana and K-9 continue
their search for the six disguised
segments that make up the powerful
Key to Time.
The
TARDIS brings the Doctor and
Romana to Delta 3, the third
moon of the planet Delta Magna.
Romana is captured by the Swampies,
the original inhabitants of
Delta Magna, displaced from
their home world by human colonists.
They intend to sacrifice Romana
to their god, the mighty Kroll.
The
Doctor's search for his companion
brings him to a massive refinery
in the middle of the swamp,
which is extracting protein
from under the water to feed
the people of Delta Magna. The
Doctor is mistaken for Rohm-Dutt,
an amoral gun-runner who is
supplying the Swampies with
weapons to aid them in their
plan to attack the refinery
and force the workers to leave
Delta 3.
The
Doctor escapes the refinery
in time to rescue Romana from
the sacrificial altar, discovering
in the process that Kroll is
just a myth, a story to frighten
children. They resolve to find
the Fifth Segment and leave
the moon, avoiding the intrigues
of the refinery workers and
the attentions of the fanatical
Swampies.
However,
all is not as it initially seems.
What is stirring on the floor
of the swamp and can the instruments
on the refinery really be correct
in saying that it is five miles
across? The Doctor realises
that Kroll is more than a mere
legend and its centuries-long
slumber has been disturbed by
the refinery. Now it is awake,
the time-travellers find that
it is very large, and very hungry...
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