The TARDIS materialises in the Proxima System, the Doctor having bypassed the Randomiser.
Tropes:
- The Comically Serious: The Daleks, naturally. "WE ARE AL-WAYS SE-RI-OUS."
- La RĂ©sistance
- Lie Detector: This is used by the Daleks when they interrogate Romana.
- Kerb-Stomp Battle: Mentioned as happening during the Dalek invasion. The Daleks weren't even scratched.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The Doctor has deactivated the missile defence Romana built into the TARDIS because he doesn't want tampering with the TARDIS.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The very idea of the Daleks apparently working for Cuthbert is enough to convince the Doctor that they're up to something.
- The Quisling: Cuthbert.