The Doctor and Peri land in the TARDIS on Androzani Minor. They go for a walk, at the Doctor's suggestion. They follow some tracks that they find which lead them to some caves.
The Doctor and Peri are apprehended by miners who assume that they are arms smugglers because the Doctor and Peri were examining some weapons that they found. They are taken to the leader of the miners, General Chellak. He offers them clemency if they will give up the names of their associates but he later has to rescind that offer when Morgus, his boss, finds out that they caught two smugglers.
The real gun smugglers attack and kill several miners. The Doctor and Peri are taken before a firing squad and prepared for execution. Sharaz Jek, the man whom the miners hate most, watches on a screen as the firing squad lines up the Doctor and Peri and then opens fire.
I'm not sure if I have seen this one before. I might have back in the 1980s but I don't recall if I have. I've certainly seen screen shots and clips here and there over the years.
Peter Davison (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), and Graeme Harper are on the commentary track for this episode.
I wasn't sure how the Doctor and Peri could survive the firing squad but while watching it for a second time, with the commentary track I think I figured it out. Clues were dropped earlier in the episode that seem to point at a solution for this dilemma.
This is a good start. There are lots of things set in motion in this episode.
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