Plot
The TARDIS lands on Necros, the location of the funeral home Tranquil Repose. The Doctor is attacked by a mutant, which Peri kills. Before he dies, the mutant tells the Doctor that the Great Healer used him as a genetic experiment and his appearance and hostility were a result of the experiments.
At Tranquil Repose, a disc jockey plays songs and chats to entertain those who are in suspended animation. He keeps the asleep aware of current events, but saves for moments of private reflection the fact that cures for some of the afflicted were perfected decades ago.
A couple, Natasha and Grigory, have illegally entered Tranquil Repose, looking for the man the Doctor is seeking — Arthur Stengos, Natasha's father. Upon finding his assigned suspended animation capsule, they discover it is empty. Shocked, they find a dark room filled with pulsating brains and other experiments. Grigory walks past a Glass Dalek casing with a mutating red creature inside it. Natasha realises it is the head of her father, and he is being metamorphosised into a Dalek.
Kara, who owns a company that distributes food, is a pawn of the Great Healer, Davros, now apparently reduced to a disembodied head in a tank. To dissolve this arrangement, she has hired the mercenary Orcini and his squire, Bostock. Orcini accepts the contract for the honour of killing Davros.
Arthur Stengos, who is now a head with red flesh growing over him, explains to Natasha and Grigory that the brains of everybody in Tranquil Repose are being used to metamorphosise into new Dalek mutants. He orders his daughter to kill him before he fully mutates. Natasha does, and then she and Grigory are captured and questioned by Takis and Lilt.
The Doctor and Peri are met by Mr. Jobel and his subservient assistant Tasembeker. The Doctor sends Peri off with Jobel to meet the DJ while he digs into the situation. Orcini destroys a Dalek, and Davros is notified. He is convinced Kara has sent assassins, so he deploys Daleks to bring her to him. Meanwhile, Tasembeker, who has been coerced by Davros to spy on Jobel, attempts to warn the Chief Embalmber out of misplaced love for him. When Jobel spurns her offer, Tasembeker fatally stabs him with a syringe. She is then exterminated by Daleks.
The Daleks capture the Doctor and throw him into a cell with Natasha and Grigory, who are rescued by Orcini. Davros appears with a group of Daleks, and they subdue Orcini and Bostock. When Kara is brought in, Orcini betrays her motives to Davros, then stabs her to death.
Natasha and Grigory fail to destroy the brains that are scheduled for metamorphosis and are killed by a Dalek. The Doctor tells Peri to hail the President's ship. Overhearing the transmission, Davros orders Peri captured. The Doctor rushes to save her but is also caught. Both meet back in Davros' laboratory, where he reveals that he has a new army of Daleks.
Daleks loyal to the Dalek Supreme arrive from Skaro, called by Takis, who now realise what has been going on. Takis leads the Grey Skaro Daleks to Davros' lab, but they are met by Cream and Gold Daleks (Imperial Daleks loyal to Davros). A battle ensues between the two Dalek armies. The Grey Daleks win, and Davros is taken to Skaro to stand trial. Upon learning of what Davros had established on Necros, the Skaro forces decide to continue to control the galaxy's demand for famine relief.
Orcini wants to detonate his bomb before Davros's ship leaves and refuses to use a timer. The Dalek ship takes off before the blast, but the Doctor states that Orcini died for something honourable: the destruction of Davros's new Daleks.
Takis complains to the Doctor that they are all out of a job. The Doctor tells him that they can harvest the flowers that grow on the planet and use them as a new food source.
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