The Doctor seemed to be struck for a moment. "Yes, right, of course!" He stared at Weller for a moment, as if trying to figure out what to do. "Change of plans," he said. "You get us back to the sacred chamber, we take everybody in the TARDIS, and as soon as this baby is born, I find you a new home, all right?"
"I know how to deliver a baby," said one of the women. "Come lay down over here by the fire and the child will be born in no time."
Sarah Jane looked at the mud floor and everyone staring at her. She didn't want to be rude, but she really didn't want to have her baby here, and with an audience to boot. "Sorry, that's not going to keep anyone safe if they attack us, is it Doctor?" Her eyes were pleading with him.
The Doctor rubbed his eyes. Why couldn't anything ever be easy? "If you stay here, the Lobstermen are going to eat you," he said, mentally adding, 'I can't believe I just said that.' He squeezed Sarah's hand to reassure her. "I can find you a place just like this one. Believe me, we've got the whole universe at our disposal. What's so special about the sacred chamber? Aside from, you know, being sacred."
"It is the last dwelling place of our ancient ones. Long ago, our people walked this land during the day and without fear. We danced and feasted and were content. Then the clawed ones came and hunted us down. There were so many of us then and we lived in peace. But we had no weapons, we eat only the fruits of our land, so all we could do was run and hide when they came after us," Weller gestured sadly at his people, who were standing there, pale and feeble. "These are all of us that remain, and we won't last much longer, but we don't want to leave our only home. We've never lived anywhere else."
"So basically Doctor," said Sarah Jane. "What we have here are a group of peaceful, tree hugging, vegetarian, hippie sorts who lived here happily until 'The Lobstermen from Mars' landed and started chowing down on them."
"Well, I very much doubt they're from Mars, Sarah, I mean ..." He caught the look she was giving him. "Ah, yes, humor. Right." He shook his head. "All right, look. I understand that you've always lived here in harmony with the land and all that, but I'm afraid that I just don't have time to defeat the alien menace at the moment, so if you'll all just come with me, you can start new traditions on some other idyllic planet, and hopefully that one won't be invaded by anything hungry. I promise you'll like it, and if you don't, I'll bring you back. All right?"
"But the ancient ones..." he looked at the Doctor as if he had three heads and the middle one was on fire.
"Doctor, I think what he's trying to tell you is that the sacred chamber is their burial grounds," said Sarah.
"Ah! Of course!" he told Weller. "Yes, of course. Sorry, a bit preoccupied with my wife having a baby. Tell you what, you all come with me, and after we get you settled we'll very carefully, very reverently, move your ancient ones to be with you. All right? Now let's go, everyone," he said, motioning for them to start moving.
Weler looked at him in horror. Then he pinned him against the wall of the cave in anger. "You will not defile our people or our land. Not while there is breath in our bodies." Everyone in the cave was on their feet and standing behind Weller, glaring at the Doctor."
"I don't think that was such a good idea, dear," said Sarah. "Better make then another off..." Sarah doubled over and grabbed at her stomach. "Look talk to them, do something else, anything, just get me out of here." Sarah said with a moan.
"Right," the Doctor rasped, grabbing at Weller's forearm on his throat. "I humbly apologize for suggesting that anybody defiles anything. I truly meant no offense. Please forgive my ignorance." He waited for a response.
Weller drew back and motioned for his people to back away as well. "It would be better to eaten by the Lobstermen than to commit sacrilege. You are free to go, just leave the sacred place untouched." He hung his head in dispair. "We will perish in our own land."
The Doctor rubbed the back of his head where it had hit the cavern wall and stretched out his neck. "Weller, I'm so sorry for offending you." He could see that Sarah was really fighting back a moan. "I really can help you, but I can't do it right at this moment," he said gently. "If you and your people come with me, I promise that as soon as the baby is born we'll find a solution that doesn't involve sacrilege of any sort."
Weller looked deeply into the Doctor's eyes and then at his people. They were cold, sick and hungry. He didn't want to watch them die or to be killed. This man knew how defeat their enemies. He turned back to the Doctor. "If we go with you, you must promise to bring us back. This land is a part of us because our ancient ones lie within it."
The Doctor breathed a sigh of relief. "I promise you, we'll come back. Now if you don't mind, I'm afraid our ship is in the sacred chamber."
"Very well, we will walk and pray as we cross over the sacred chamber." He turned to his people. "Gather your belongings and prepare to leave."
"Er ... listen, since we're coming back, and because we're very much in a hurry here, perhaps your people can simply grab the essentials?"
Weller nodded. "Very well, take only what you need, and get it quickly," he instructed his people. In a few moments, they were ready to leave.
As they headed out of the cave, they only managed to go a few paces before they rounded a corner into a corridor full of Lobstermen. The Gonofin huddled close and looked to Weller for guidance. Weller in turn, looked to the Doctor for help.
"All right," the Doctor said carefully, staring at the Lobstermen and slowly pulling out the sonic screwdriver. "Is there another exit behind us or is this pretty much it?"
"I'm afraid there is no other way out, Doctor," said Weller.
