The Android Wars
On a distant settlement, Sharaz Jek's android enforcers attack all organic lifeforms on sight, creating a continuous existential threat. The Fifth Doctor, Peri, and human soldiers under Chellak must survive the android onslaught while dealing with the manipulative Jek. Major Salateen struggles to reclaim his identity from a doppelgänger android replica while executing a critical deception operation to deceive Jek and protect Peri. Meanwhile, K9 Mark II asserts emergent autonomy and leadership in navigating the group through crisis situations, challenging his programmed limitations.
Arc Timeline
Season 21
5 eventsPeri and the Doctor attempt to barricade themselves in Jek’s headquarters as androids close in. The Doctor senses an opening in the programming he can exploit to disable an android …
The Doctor disables a menacing android guard, securing a critical bypass plate for Peri and then arms her with it. Despite Salateen’s frantic warnings about lethal oxygen levels, the Doctor …
The claustrophobic power struggle unfolds in Shaft 26’s Yellow Level as Sharaz Jek and Stotz confront each other over the exorbitant price of Spectrox. Jek sets a take-it-or-leave-it demand for …
General Chellak’s trusted aide Major Salateen is forced into the Operations Room by the real Salateen, who has just escaped Sharaz Jek’s captivity. The revelation strikes with brutal clarity—General Chellak …
Peri drifts back toward consciousness in Jek’s grim clutches as he vengefully pivots from tender conditioning to a raging monologue. His earlier threats of a new world curdle into a …