Grugger and Brotadac fall into Meglos trap

General Grugger and Lieutenant Brotadac arrive at Meglos' lab intending to steal valuable equipment only to find their greed has been anticipated. Meglos has designed a perfect trap, locking them in the laboratory as he activates the transformation of the Earthling prisoner into a weapon. Their mercenary pragmatism becomes their undoing, demonstrating how even seasoned opportunists cannot outmaneuver Meglos' grand design. The moment escalates the planet's crisis while foreshadowing the Doctor's inevitable confrontation with the rogue planet's power. key_dialogue: [ GRUGGER: We can take that, and that, and that. How much will all that be worth in Pallagos? BROTADAC: Fifty million credits? GRUGGER: Oh, that's very nice. GRUGGER: I've already sent for them. Why aren't they here? Go and see what's happened to them. BROTADAC: It's stuck! GRUGGER: Well, open it. BROTADAC: But it won't open. GRUGGER: What do you mean, it won't open. It won't open. MEGLOS: Correct, gentlemen. Automatically. GRUGGER: He's trapped us. BROTADAC: Didn't trust us. MEGLOS: Oh, nothing so petty. I knew that as, what shall we say, ardent pragmatists, you would feel bound to attempt some variation of our arrangement. I wanted it to come sooner rather than later. GRUGGER: Well, I'm prepared to forget that little incident. MEGLOS: Oh, I hope not. BROTADAC: We'll remember. MEGLOS: Good. Now, the second button, please. ]