4 Hide.

"Tardis, hide yourself," Ommera says rapidly. There's no time for the Tardis to dematerialise; she needs quick, quiet action.

The Tardis hides itself, only showing the view through the Tardis door where it is open. Ommera closes the Tardis door quietly.

The Cybermen find the cells empty. "How could they escape? It isn't possible." They are astonished.

Preparing the Doctor for space burial.

Inside the Tardis Ommera starts preparing the Doctor for a space burial.

There are a lot of people milling round having a good look at the inside of the Tardis. Some sit down on the Slint Park bench. Some start to wander through into the corridors beyond the Tardis control room.

"Crystelle, I want to prepare the Doctor for a space burial," Ommera says. "Could you see to all these people, please?"

"Of course," Crystelle sympathises. She must take care of the rescued people to take all the load off Ommera.

Ommera places the Doctor on a small low trolley on his back. She puts his hands together in a traditional position of prayer.

Meanwhile, Crystelle goes across to the Tardis console where two or three people are poking at the controls. She needs to warn the people off; but doesn't want to alarm them; or tell them what it really is.

"I'm sorry, I should have put up the Please do not touch sign," Crystelle says apologetically.

"But what is it? Most museums have an explanatory notice," the second person says.

Crystelle must fob him off. "It's a rescue station just now, but we have some things yet to do. Please don't touch or we may do something weird."

"Can we destroy the Cybermen's spaceship?" the second person says hopefully.

The Tardis grinds.

Crystelle realises that the Voice Control is on. "Oh, no!" Crystelle groans. She presses the button to turn it off.

A small Cybermen's spaceship flight console has appeared in the Tardis control room. Crystelle approaches it. "Wow. A flight console. What's it doing here? I've never seen one like it let alone flown one. This is totally foreign to me." She had been working towards a qualification as a Spaceship Flight Engineer to be able to fly a spaceship. Ideally, she would be able to fly this thing, but it's different to anything she had seen before.

Crystelle presses an obvious activation button and the console springs to life.

Meanwhile, Ommera has been contemplating what to do next. "I'll just get a shroud for the Doctor."

"You're doing a nice job, but don't rush it," Crystelle says. "What if he's not dead? It would never do to send him out into space when he might recover."

"He has no signs of life," Ommera says firmly. She goes out of the Tardis Control room to get a shroud.

Golden swirls of regeneration energy flow around the Doctor. He revives while Ommera is out of the Control room. He sits up and waggles his fingers. "Wow, what was I doing in that position? That's amazing. Who are all these people? Oi, don't touch anything!"

The Doctor sees Crystelle, gets up and steps over. "What's going on?" he says quietly.

Crystelle isn't fazed as she hasn't checked the Doctor for signs of life, so she just thinks Ommera is over-reacting. Had she checked the Doctor earlier; she might have agreed with Ommera. "We've rescued all these people from the Cybermen. The Tardis has enclosed the Cybermen's spaceship's flight console."

"What were you planning on doing?" the Doctor asks.

"I don't know," Crystelle admits. "I have no idea. We could just leave the spaceship on-course."

"We must challenge them to see if they might change their ways." The Doctor always feels that he must provide some sort of challenge. "They really shouldn't go grabbing as many people as they can and upgrading them to be like Cybermen. People usually totally regret it later. Being a Cyberman is often painful for them. I'll go out and challenge them. Unfortunately, I've never known them to respond positively unless they are personally in difficulty at the instant."

The Doctor opens the Tardis door. He steps out and finds himself in the flight navigation control room. The Tardis is in the middle of the room where the fight navigation console would be, having surrounded the console.

Inside the Tardis Control room, Ommera returns with a shroud for the Doctor. She sees the space where the Doctor had been - empty. She is concerned. She asks Crystelle, "Where's the Doctor?"

"The Doctor's gone out," Crystelle says.

"Where?" Ommera is alarmed.

"Out of the Tardis," Crystelle says. She shrugs her shoulders.

"Thanks for keeping the trolley," Ommera says sadly. "I wanted to say my last goodbyes before he went out."

Crystelle recognises they are talking cross-purposes. "He's gone to challenge the Cybermen," she says softly.

Ommera still doesn't understand. "How can he do that? He's dead."

Crystelle laughs. "No, he's not. He got up and came over to ask what is going on."

"What? Never!" Ommera is startled.


What will happen when the Doctor challenges the Cybermen? What will happen to the Cybermen's Navigation Console?