Doctor Who continued …

Recaptured and returned to the tribe’s encampment, the Doctor seeks to drive out Kal by deducing the real killer of the Old Woman.  Za recovers just in time, but his desire for the secret of fire outweighs any sense of gratitude for his life being saved, and for being made leader again.

Despite getting no sense of gratitude from Za, Ian starts a fire in the hope that this will sway him.  However, Za’s fear of losing the secret of fire is too great and he decides to keep the foursome entrapped with the hope of combining his tribe with theirs.

It’s only a happenstance piece of trickery by Susan that Ian uses to distract the tribe while they slip away and race back to the TARDIS – this time finding the forest not to be quite so arduous a journey or fearsome as it was before.

Next time … The Dead Planet