John Kane

After signing over power of attorney to her nephew, retired and cantankerous food writer Hilary Smallwood is worried that he isn’t satisfied with simply selling her cottage and putting her in a home--she fears he is after her allegedly spicy memoirs too. Crabbe steps in to help, alongside bohemian pig-farmer Seymour Flint--connoisseur of the perfect black pudding, and Hilary’s former flame.

The Doctor's past has caught up with him, and now he must risk death to save the universe from the evil clutches of the Great One.

Following Lupton, Sarah is transported to Metebelis 3 where she is captured by the human villagers. The Doctor uses the TARDIS to follow Sarah, but the spiders are waiting. Is this adventure one too many for the Doctor?

Sarah makes a bargain with the Queen Spider and returns to Earth with the Doctor in the TARDIS. There they meet K’anpo, the Doctor’s Time Lord guru who has the Metebelis crystal.