Original air dates 26 November – 17 December 1977.
They’re on Pluto, with a corporate overlord collecting death taxes. Doctor and Leela land there by accident. The man who was overtaxed is going to leap from a buildig to his death. Leela stops him.
The Gatherer – the tax man – finds the TARDIS.
The man takes them to meet The Others, aka, the resistance. Where there is, shockingly, no light.
There’s no life on the other planets.
Doctor has been sent to defraud the bank of money for the resistance. He runs the errand. The ATM seals him in and gasses him. Credits roll.
Gatherer goes to the Collector who’s a hunched little man, who wants facts. Agrees to send help to crush Resistance.
Leela tries to get help. Only the first guy goes.
Doctor in the Correction center. Stages an escape. Slows down processing. Is released to get more information from him.
Leela and first guy get to Correction Center. K9 zaps guard.
Doctor and Gatherer have an “agreeable meeting” and Doctor scarpers, being tracked.
Rebels do not believe Doctor’s story and Leela is about to be captured. Credits roll!
Leela and First Guy free Second Guy and are fleeing. Leela caught while Guys and K9 flee.
Doctor argues with Renegades about rescuing Leela. Foments rebellion.
Controller and Gatherer plan on using Leela’s execution as bait to get the Doctor to come, and hopefully be captured. He’s an unsavory type and must be stopped.
The plan grinds into action.
I’ve just noticed that Gouda is played by Michael Keating, Vila from Blake’s Seven.
K9 goes to rescue Leela. Doctor goes in to free her. He has two minutes before she is steamed alive. Credits roll!
Doctor rescues Leela, and foments more rebellion. They go to tell the cititzens.
Controller brute-forces his way back to the citadel. Doctor is distracted by a safe. Gets message out.
The people rebel by going to the roof to see the Sun. The Gatherer goes to stop them, is thrown off a 1km building.
Doctor faces down the Controller, revealing the evils of the company town.
Controller reverts to a slime monster, revolution succeeds, Doctor flees.