Sarah has been pounced on by a cybermouse and nomed, and she gets lines and lines on her face from the poison. The Doctor kills the cybermouse using Kellman's gold dust and then teleports Harry and Sarah to Voga because teleporting is the antidote to the poison, I think. Sarah is alright but they are immediately captured by aliens.
On Nerva, Harry Mailer captures Kellman. The Doctor finds out how he controls the cybermouses and uses one to scare Kellman. I wouldn't be scared of a mouse, not even a cybermouse, because I am a cat.
On Voga, Vorus meets with Tyrum and...
It's Kevin Stoney!
Tyrum is played by Kevin Stoney, although his eyebrows are concealed by his alien mask so he is not as distinctive as usual. Harry and Sarah escape, are shot at by alien guards and chased on location. They are then captured by a second group of aliens on Tyrum's side.
On Nerva, the cybermannys' ship docks and the cybermannys board. The Commander and Harry Mailer are shot after their own guns have no effect, and then the cybermannys shoot the Doctor as a cliffhanger ending.
Even the presence of Kevin Stoney can't make this episode exciting. The fighting between Vorus and Tyrum's alien factions makes up quite a lot of the run time, but it is not tied in to the other plots sufficiently well to engage my cat interest. Harry and Sarah setting off the two factions against each other just by their accidental presence is something that Doctor Who does much better at other times, such as Carnival of Monsters or Caves of Androzani.
The Doctor scaring Kellman is a good scene, but the Doctor doesn't do much else and there are scenes where he's just standing around. As the cybermannys take their time in order to arrive just before the end, it gives the whole episode a disappointing sense of filling up the time to get ready for the next part.
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