The Doctor manages to stop the lift from crashing, but Jo and Bert are trapped down the mine. They find Dai, who is covered in green.
Stevens and Fell at Global Chemicals are arguing about whether they should help at the mine or not. A voice on the TV screen says "Stevens" to Stevens, and when Fell, who is the one who wants to help, asks
"Who was that?"
Stevens replies, in a sinister way,
"Our boss. Yours and mine."
This mysterious boss could still turn out to be the Master under another cunning alias, since 'master' and 'boss' are synonyms. Obviously it won't, because the Master isn't in this story, but viewers in 1973 weren't to know that until the boss's identity gets revealed at the end of part four.
By the time the Brigadier comes to ask for help, Fell is acting all hypno-eyesed, and even Elgin, another Global Chemicals manny, notices how strange that is. The Brigadier is suspicious, so maybe he is not as stupid here as he was in The Three Doctors, but he cannot prove anything so he sends for Mike Yates to come and help.
The Doctor meets Professor Jones and together they come up with a plan to get the Doctor into Global Chemicals to investigate. Jones leads his mannys from the Nuthutch in a noisy protest that distracts the guards while the Doctor slips in over the fence at the back.
The henchmannys may all be distracted, but the sci-fi alarms and security cameras still detect the Doctor and alert Stevens. Stevens asks his boss
Stevens: "Shall I terminate him?"BOSS: "Negative. Apprehend him. Find out his function and purpose."
Hinks and some other henchmannys try to capture the Doctor, but he uses Venusian Karate...
"Venusian Aikido, gentlemen. I do hope I haven't hurt you."
The Doctor has been using Venusian Karate ever since Inferno - can you blame me for making that mistaik if he changes to Venusian Aikido only now?
More henchmannys come so the Doctor runs away, but he gets caught in a cage. Stevens comes to talk to him, and they have a civilised conversation that ends when Stevens shows the Doctor that they have no equipment that could help with the rescue at the mine.
Fortunately, the Brigadier and Dave (the Welshest of the mining mannys) have managed to get some, which allows the Doctor, Dave, and a couple of extras to go down in the spare lift. They find Dai, who has gone
Jo and Bert haven't been waiting to be rescued, they have been trying to escape by going to an emergency shaft. Jo realises there is light down there, and we see a green glow. The incidental music changes to let us know that something ominous is about to happen. Bert unwisely touches some green slime, which makes his paw glow green like the other mannys.
The Doctor and Dave catch up with them - the Doctor managing to stop Dave from being the fourth mining manny to Darwin Award himself by touching the green slime - and, leaving Dave to look after Bert, the Doctor and Jo go on to find a room full of giant maggots.
Sensibly they try running away. But then there is a mine-in (which is like a cave-in, only in a mine) of the roof in front of them, and three giant maggots start making scary noises at them - cliffhanger!
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