On the planet of the Cheetah People, the Master has found a new home but he and any other visitors to the planet are gradually turning into Cheetah People too. The Seventh Doctor and Ace plus a few of Ace’s friends from Perivale find their way through a portal to the planet of the Cheetah People. The Doctor and the Master face each other in a final confrontation… to the death! But the more they fight, the more they become Cheetah People!

Survival

★★★★☆

TX: 22/11/1989 – 06/12/1989

Written by Rona Munro    Directed by Alan Wareing

The Doctor and Ace return to Perivale, London in the present day. However, all is not well – many of Ace’s friends have gone missing and there are cats everywhere! The Doctor follows Ace through a portal in space to the planet of the cheetah people, where many of Ace’s friends from Perivale have ended up. The Doctor discovers that the Master is stuck on the planet too and he has become the master of the cheetah people. However, the Master is slowly turning into a cheetah person, a symptom of staying on the planet for too long. The Doctor, Ace and her friends realise that they need to return to Earth as quickly as possible. Ace befriends a cheetah person called Karra. Ace’s friend Midge becomes a cheetah person and he leads the Master through a portal back to Earth. The Doctor, Ace and her friends follow Midge and the Master through the portal to Perivale. The Doctor fights Midge in a motorcycle battle. The Master and the Doctor have one final confrontation which culminates in a fight to the death on the planet of the cheetah people. But the Doctor escapes back to Earth moments before the Master tries to kill him. Ace witnesses the last of the cheetah people return to a doomed planet. The Seventh Doctor and Ace walk back to the TARDIS for further adventures together in time and space.