reach Lesterson's laboratory. The Doctor is desperate to find some way to stop the Daleks and he thinks this is the best place to start. Besides, there are less Daleks here than in the corridors. Also in the lab is Lesterson; somehow he has escaped confinement and returned to "the scene of the crime". His mind is gone and he speaks like a child, his eyes wide. The Doctor and his friends are forced to join him in hiding when a Dalek glides from the capsule. It quickly leaves the laboratory and the group is free to talk. The Doctor tries to find out from Lesterson how the Daleks are getting their power but the shell-shocked scientist will not tell him. He tells the Doctor how much he "admires" the Daleks and their superiority; he is convinced they are here to destroy mankind and "take over" where homo sapiens has failed. More Daleks arrive and the group sinks back, silent. They confirm that their static circuit is nearly complete and that the humans are being systematically exterminated. From outside, sounds of firing and human screams issue. All their plans will soon be complete. The Daleks continue about their work. The Doctor becomes very alarmed, realising that he is nearly out of options to stop the Daleks. Their power can no longer be turned off to any effect. He must think of something else, a task made no easier by Lesterson's insane assertions that they are all finished and the "marvellous"