Face of Evil - Part 4
The power flickers and the Tesh, who were closing in on Leela, get scared off by it. Leela rushes into Xoanon's room with one of the weapons the Tesh left behind and pulls the Doctor to safety. Xoanon isn't beat yet. He electrifies the walls and makes one of the Tesh attack the Doctor. The Tesh hits an electrified wall and is killed.
Calib, Tomas, Neeva, and what's left of the Sevateem enter the complex. Jabel orders the Tesh to fall back. His plan is to lead the Sevateem into a trap. The Doctor almost gets killed by Leela, on more than one occasion, after Xoanon takes over her mind temporarily. Xoanon sets the reactor to overload. The Doctor tries to stop the mad computer by excising the part of Xoanon's personality that came from him.
Xoanon takes mental control of all the Tesh and Sevateem, except Neeva who is strong enough to resist. Xoanon kills him and sends the others after the Doctor, but in the end the Doctor is successful and the reactor returns to a normal level of operation.
The Doctor wakes up two days later. Leela tells and shows him what's happened in his absence. They go to see Xoanon and have a chat with him. The sentient computer is still around but much more reasonable and no longer sounds like the Doctor. The Tesh and the Sevateem argue about how to proceed now that Xoanon has changed. The Doctor leaves. Leela follows him and then jumps into the TARDIS ahead of him. He tells her to leave but the TARDIS departs with her on board.
Thoughts
This was about what I remembered. It would have been nice if there was more to it but such is life. There's the bones of a good story here but the meatier parts of the story feel as though they were jammed together a bit too quickly. There is still a commentary track. Hopefully I will enjoy the story more with the commentary track.
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