Into The Time Vortex - Episode 14 - Doctor Who - The Caves of Androzani

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: The Caves of Androzani

Doctor Who: 

The Caves of Androzani 

By Robert Holmes

STOTZ: All right, snoop. Hands in the air and over here.

DOCTOR: Why?

STOTZ: Because I'll kill you if you don't.

DOCTOR: Not a very persuasive argument actually, Stotz, because I'm going to die soon anyway. Unless, of course

STOTZ: I'll give you to a count of three.

DOCTOR: Unless, of course, I can find the antidote. I owe it to my friend to try because I got her into this. So you see, I'm not going to let you stop me now!

The Doctor and Peri arrive on Androzani Minor which is the twin planet of Androzani Major but it is also not colonized due to the fact of its constant mud bursts when its orbit takes it close to Major.  While exploring in the caves, which The Doctor proclaimed them to be actually blow holes for the mud, Peri seems to fall into a nest that is sticky and causes stinging on contact.  The Doctor thinks it is harmless as he helps Peri to take the stuff off her legs.  Unknown to the two travelers they have come in contact with a spectrox web and they have now been infected with spectrox toxameia in which there is only one cure. 

It appears that The Doctor and Peri have stumbled into a private war between the conglomerate run by Trau Morgus and Sharez Jek.  The two guys hate each other and Morgus wants control of Spectrox a drug that the rich on Major use to slow down the aging process and Sharez Jek has the Spectrox and isn’t going to give it up willingly.  The Doctor and Peri get caught by the army and are accused of being weapons dealers.  After pleading their case Morgus orders General Chellak to execute them even though it is looking more likely that they are innocent.  Sharez Jek is watching what is going on and replaces The Doctor and Peri with android which Chellack executes instead of The Doctor and Peri.

Caves of Androzani Soundtrack Released For Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary

Silva Screens has announced that they will be releasing several soundtracks from classic stories in part to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary.  First up is Peter Davison's last story The Caves of Androzani.  It will be out for sale and download on the 25th of March.