the ancient lights create a portal through to the theatre. trueman reveals that luke's theory on the ancient lights is true. trueman insinuates that in the old universe, they used to control all lifeforms. the ancient lights survived the big bang and needed trueman to rule the world because, he was the "chosen one". sarah jane tries to talk him out of it but to no avail. rani and luke try to shut down the broadcast by flicking the mains switch off, but it is protected by the ancient lights' energy. rani is an aries and eventually becomes possessed, leaving only people with the star sign of taurus, which includes sarah jane and clyde, not under trueman's control. however luke, who was not born and so does not have a star-sign, realises he can stop the power of the ancient lights by breaking trueman's circle. realising that he has been beaten, trueman cannot bear to return to his former life and instead chooses to become one with the stars, disappearing in a trail of golden dust. in the aftermath, the unaware earth authorities begin a search for trueman, and sarah jane declares the date will be luke's equivalent to a birthday.