meglos has used his time as the doctor to steal the dodecahedron, shrinking it to minute size. however, the earthling fights back against his occupation, causing green cactus spikes to break out on his skin. when the tigellans sound the alarm meglos hides away but the real doctor arrives at the same time and is accused of theft. his bewilderment and charm are little defence as both savants and deons start to panic as the energy levels of the city start to fail. lexa uses the situation to her own ends. zastor and deedrix are arrested in a deon coup, with other savants expelled to the hostile surface of the planet, while the doctor himself is prepared for sacrifice to ti.