Where the Heart Is ( short story ) Where the Heart Is was the third story in the anthology " " . It was written by Andy Lane . It featured the Third Doctor , Jo Grant and Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge - Stewart . Summary . As the Brigadier meets with the Secret Vote Finance Committee in a vain attempt to convince them to keep funding UNIT , the Doctor investigates the mystery of five missing people . Each of the five people had the same address in their telephone books — a health clinic in a country manor house . The Doctor approaches the receptionist , asking for a meeting with Doctor Dantalion , but the receptionist only agrees when the Doctor mentions the amount he ' s willing to pay and the fact that he has no close relations . Suspicious , the Doctor marks the receptionist ' s back with a pen . When Doctor Dantalion appears , the Doctor notes that she has a pen mark down her back — he is dealing with only one alien , who can change shapes . The Doctor confronts the alien , who admits to being a Birastrop and offers the Doctor a drink . However , the drink contains a paralysing agent , and Dantalion plans to cut the Doctor up as he did the other five missing people . The Doctor has a moment of regret that he told no one of his whereabouts , when Jo bursts into the room , holding a pistol . Back at UNIT , while the Brigadier tries to contact various people and plead his case , the Doctor keeps interrupting him with the story of his adventure . Dantalion is being held in a cell and and interrogator is questioning him . The Doctor can ' t figure out why Dantalion was killing people . In the laboratory , UNIT staff are drinking . The Brigadier enters and tells them that UNIT ' s funding has been cut off and their job given to the Royal Navy . The Brigadier was told that if they could find a cheaper location , they might be able to convince the government to reinstate their funding . Jo takes food to the men guarding Dantalion and meets the interrogator as he is finishing up . She looks in the cell and notices that its casing is empty — then she yells for the guards , saying that the interrogator is Dantalion . Dantalion shoots the guards , and when Jo attacks him , she falls down the steps , hitting her head . Dantalion is recaptured . When Jo wakes , the Doctor tells her that Dantalion saved her ilfe , at the expense of its own freedom . When he compares Dantalion ' s behaviour to a doctor , he realises that Dantalion " is " a doctor , and he ' s been capturing people for medical study . The Brigadier is informed that his files are to be given to Rear Admiral Jonathan Zecca , who will take over UNIT ' s duties . Jo and the Doctor talk with Dantalion , who will soon be given into Zecca ' s custody . Dantalion tries to explain that cutting up people is how his species learns medicine . While Jo and the Doctor are appalled , he explains that his culture is just different from theirs . A convoy takes Dantalion away . Meanwhile , the Doctor tries to communicate with the Time Lord s , asking for a favour . The truck carrying Dantalion experiences a brief moment of sluggish behaviour . Zecca decides to investigate , and they discover that Dantalion is no longer in the truck . The Doctor bids farewell to Dantalion , having rescued him from the convoy . Before letting Dantalion leave , the Doctor gets him to sign over the country manor to him . Now that UNIT has a new base of operations , the country manor , their funding is restored .