on the way home, clyde encounters trueman, who hypnotizes him to walk to his house and hypnotizes him to become his slave. in his trance, clyde suddenly seems to gain a new sense of purpose and direction and sets off to meet sarah jane and luke back at bannerman road. where he threatens to kill them, while mr smith stands idly and insists that "nothing is happening". clyde's hand glows with lethal energy and he points it at sarah jane, declaring that she must be destroyed.