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Exploring the Museum
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A distress signal draws the TARDIS off course to an underground base many storeys below the surface of Utah near Salt Lake City, in what appears to be a museum of alien artifacts... including a Cyberman head and a Slitheen arm. Something else tough within the museum is reaching out, calling for help. Could be the "Metaltron" – the one live alien specimen within the museum?
The Doctor and Rose Tyler are soon detected, taken as prisoners and so meet the owner Henry Van Statten - one of the richest, most powerful, most obnoxious men in the world. Despite being unimpressed with The Doctor's seemingly endless knowledge of alien technology Van Statten realises The Doctor may have some use to him, as he puts him into a cell with the "Metaltron".
Even The Doctor is unprepared for what awaits him shackled, damaged and helpless within the cell. For The Doctor is in for a shock when he comes face-to-eye stalk with the last surviving member of the Dalek race.
| Henry van Statten |
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The Doctor informs the Dalek that they are both it would appear the last of their kind due to a massive Time war where the Daleks and the Time Lords fought and destroyed each other. Realising the danger they are all in The Doctor tries to kill the Dalek but his attempts are thwarted by Van Statten and his guards.
Realising that The Doctor is also an alien Van Statten becomes more interested what he can extract from The Doctor and so starts to torture him. But unbeknown to them both Rose, on befriending Adam Mitchell who catalogues Van Statten’s artefacts, finds herself also in the cell with the Dalek. Unaware of what a Dalek is and of how dangerous it is she has a totally different conversation with the Dalek and even feels pity for it.
| Adam Mitchell |
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But when she touches the Dalek and it samples her DNA the Dalek is able to recharge itself and so break free from its chains and then its cell. Suddenly with the Dalek on the loose, guards being killed and the base under full alert The Doctor has to find a way of stopping the Dalek’s devastating bid for freedom and at the same time allow Rose and Adam, who are trying to flee from the all powerful Dalek, to escape to safety.
Despite being underground, and so therefore having to navigate a flight of stairs, and being ambushed and caught in a hail of bullets nothing it seems can stop the Dalek. Not even when the underground bunker is sealed off with a blast proof door - for the Dalek has Rose to use as a hostage to force The Doctor to obey its demands.
Rose though is soon to learn that everything in the universe has a purpose even if it is to exterminate every other living thing. And the captured Dalek is in for a life changing experience - all thanks to Rose.
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