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The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough wind up in a military undersea base c.2084 and the Cold War is at it again. [[The Great Politics Mess-Up|Or still at it, possibly, as this was made in 1984.]] The trio explore this base, and the companions are quickly captured so the Doctor can rescue them later on. As it turns out, this base is the futuristic equivalent of an underwater nuclear missile silo - with Cold-War-ish tensions rising quickly and a spy within the base trying to either capture the base or start the third (fourth? fifth?) world war.
Eventually, it's discovered that a group of indigenous intelligent reptoids ([[Doctor Who/Recap/S7
But hey, no world war. At least he didn't [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|break everything]]... er...
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* [[Downer Ending]]
* [[Exty Years From Now]]
* [[Franchise Original Sin]]: The aforementioned fight scene with Solow and the Myrka was presented by executives who wanted [[Doctor Who]] axed to [[BBC 1]] Controller [[Michael Grade]], and it worked... for 18 months.
* [[The Great Politics Mess-Up]]: Maybe averted since we're never explicitly told much of anything about either of the power blocs, just that there's two of them.
* [[Humans Are Bastards]]:
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