Fugitives ( audio story ) Publisher ' s summary . With the first objective of his mission reached , almost nothing is going to plan for the Doctor . He finds he cannot contact or return to the Time Lord s ' home planet , Gallifrey . And just when Molly O ' Sullivan thinks she ' s escaped one conflict , she finds herself in the thick of another one . What is it that connects the Doctor , the Dalek s and the mysterious Ides Scientific Institute ? Plot . On 6 July 1970 , at the IDES Scientific Institute , advanced experimental voice - activated computer VSAI 001 announces to its creator and operator , Dr Sally Armstrong , that it has a message for her - surprising since it ’ s not connected to anything yet . The message contains funds and instructions on how to build a device - and the message is from “ the Doctor ” . . . In World War I France , the Doctor and Molly escape attacking Daleks on horseback , then in a small plane , but they are shot down by flying Daleks just as they locate the TARDIS in No Man ’ s Land . They crash but both survive unscathed , to the Doctor ’ s astonishment . The Doctor realises the unusual metallic noise reported by several people is actually the sound of Daleks scraping against barbed wire ; they ’ ve been following them , unseen , all along , without attacking - until now . The Doctor and Molly get into the TARDIS and take off . The Daleks report in to the Dalek Time Controller , who considers the first phase of the plan complete . Straxus lands his TARDIS on a mountain on the planet Srangor , where he asks a local inhabitant to kill him . When the local refuses , he throws himself off the mountain , against the local ’ s protests . Inside the TARDIS , Molly realises she ' s been in it before , though she can ’ t remember when or why . The Doctor admits he doesn ’ t know why he ’ s saving her , and looks up Molly ’ s name in the TARDIS database , noting that one of the meanings of O ' Sullivan is “ dark - eyed ” , which matches her unusually dark eyes . Molly complains about the Doctor ’ s treatment of her , and he relays the story of Straxus recruiting him to save her - she is the “ random human female ” at the centre of an insane plan to destroy the Universe . The Doctor tries to contact Gallifrey , but there ’ s no response , so he sets the TARDIS controls to travel there . Molly opens the door , and it turns out the TARDIS has instead landed in Dunkirk aboard the HMS ‘ ’ Grenade ’ ’ on the 29 May , 1940 , just as it is struck by enemy fire and sunk , sending the TARDIS into the sea . The Doctor and Molly are washed up on shore but avoid enemy fire and return to the TARDIS underwater . The Doctor asks how Molly knew which control opens the door , but she doesn ’ t know ; he again tries to get to Gallifrey . On Srangor , the falling Straxus is saved part - way down the mountain by a flying drone , which then disappears with a TARDIS - like noise . He prepares to throw himself off again , but the drone returns to stop him . The TARDIS lands in 1972 London , specifically 107 Baker Street - a house owned by the Doctor . They meet Sally Armstrong , who has built the device in the instructions she received , and recognises both of them since the message included a captioned photo of the Doctor and Molly in Dunkirk . The Doctor knows nothing about this - as also mentioned in the message - and the device turns out to be a time - space portal , and it activates , allowing Daleks to emerge . The Doctor and Molly escape in a cab with Sally , doubling back to the Doctor ’ s house to return to the TARDIS . Sally follows them and is killed by a Dalek just as she expresses a desire to travel with the Doctor . This death is a final straw ; he can ’ t face the idea of endless death in a war against the Daleks , and refuses to run when the Daleks catch up . He demands they kill him , but they hesitate . Molly knocks him out and drags him into the TARDIS ; by the time he comes to , she is unsucessfully trying to take off . She talks him down from his despair and they become playful , Molly deciding that since they can ’ t make to Gallifrey , they should go somewhere nice . The Doctor takes them to Halalka , a planet with a beautiful gravity - suspended waterfall in which tourists can swim . Oddly , Molly can ’ t understand a local policeman with whom the Doctor speaks - the TARDIS is not translating for her . While they swim amongst local dolphin - like creatures , the policeman reports to Kotris that the Doctor and Molly are here , and one of the dolphin - creatures is compelled to attack . The Doctor is forced to kill it in self - defence , and notices a mind control device attached to it just as a Dalek saucer attacks . The Doctor and Molly make it back to the TARDIS , where Molly activates the controls flawlessly to take off - without knowing how she did so . On Halalka , the saucer lands and Kotris arrives , demanding to see security footage of the Doctor and Molly . He is pleased to see the pair are bonding , and the Daleks kill the policemen before reporting the TARDIS has re - entered the vortex - again pleasing Kotris , who says the Doctor will soon be caught in their trap .