While in the pit. the Doctor with the help of the old astrologer, seeks to establish what the creature is. While attempting to make contact with the strange creature Lady Adastra and her entourage arrive in the mine in search of the Doctor who they now believe might possibly still be alive. Meanwhile, the tribe of savage men raids the home of Lady Adastra of her metals.

Two spaceships have a hyperspace collision and become locked together causing the area where they are connected to become unstable due to the intersection of the hyperspace fields. The Doctor and Romana arrive and become involved. The Doctor discovers a crewman using the dangerous drug Vraxoin.