adric, nevertheless, is rather taken with monarch, and tensions between him and the doctor become very strained. it takes the truth to break the alien's hold over the boy. the doctor now sets about overthrowing monarch and, with the help of the human androids led by a restored bigon, a revolution is put into effect. enlightenment and persuasion are decircuited, while monarch himself (whom the doctor realises is still organic as there is an oxygen-producing flora chamber on the ship) is exposed to the deadly toxin and killed. the humanoid androids decide to pilot the vessel to a new home on a new world, while the tardis crew departs. back in the console room, nyssa suddenly collapses to the floor in a dead faint.