Crimson Dawn ( short story ) Crimson Dawn was the second story in the anthology " " . It was written by Tim Robins . It featured the Fourth Doctor , Leela and K9 Mark I . Summary . The Doctor , Leela and K9 are visiting Mars , sailing down one of the canals in the Doctor ' s houseboat , the " Dejah Thoris " . Mars has been terraformed by the Ares Corporation , the president of which is the Last Martian , the sole survivor of Mars ' oldest indigenous species . The Last Martian is a cephalopod who was found at a dig site having been frozen for a billion years . Leela sees that there are dead fish in the canal , and K9 determines that they died from red bloom . The Doctor decides to investigate . Meanwhile , Paul Ares , vice president of the Ares Corporation , meets with the terraforming company to discuss recent terrorist attacks by the group Crimson Dawn . The Doctor and K9 attempt to find out the source of the red bloom at the Administry of Environmental Affairs , but they are captured . Leela , told to stay with the boat , instead follows the Doctor but gets lost . She finds her way into the mall and enters a diner called the Mars Bar . As she struggles with understanding the menu , a woman who introduces herself as Dr Ginger Corvette helps her order . Ginger , as an anthropologist , is interested in Leela ' s tribal behaviour . As they eat , alarms blare and the Doctor and K9 burst in . Suddenly an explosion rocks the diner ; in the confusion , Ginger leads the Doctor and his friends away and back to the boat . On the boat , they watch the news reports of the explosion . It is being blamed on Crimson Dawn , who the news claims is supported by the group Redpeace , which wants to give Mars back to the Ice Warrior s . The news report also links the Doctor with the terrorists . The Doctor , hearing Ginger ' s report of the finding of the Last Martian in the city of Cydonia , decides to head to the city . Ares meets with the Last Martian , who is paranoid about his safety . Ares decides to hold a stockholder meeting on the Last Martian ' s boat , telling him that he will be safe but secretly planning to kill the Last Martian . Arif Hilâl of Redpeace meets with archaeologist Dr Sam Morgan , worried that they ' ve been linked to Crimson Dawn . They decide to head for the archaeological site where the Last Martian was found . As the Doctor ' s group examine the dig site at Cydonia , they are set upon by armed men — the members of Redpeace . The Doctor convinces them that they are on the same side and that he believes Crimson Dawn is not a terrorist group but rather a band of mercenaries hired by Ares to discredit Redpeace . The Doctor plans to access the Ares Corporation ' s records and meet with the Last Martian . He decides to attend the stockholder meeting . The Doctor gets the information he needs and confronts the Last Martian . Ares , having been told of intruders , appears and trains a weapon on the Doctor . The Doctor accuses Ares of having created the Last Martian , and Ares confirms it . The Doctor goads the Last Martian into attacking Ares . The boat sinks in the shallow water , with the Last Martian escaping . The Doctor makes his way back to his boat . The Doctor ' s group , Ginger and the members of Redpeace are on the boat when it is attacked by Ares in a jet - boat . Hilâl and other members of Redpeace are killed , and when the Last Martian attacks the boat , K9 electrifies the hull and Leela hits the Last Martian with a harpoon . Not sure if the Last Martian is alive , they don ' t turn on the boat engines . As the survivors are comparing their wounds , Ginger tells the story of her life . The Doctor then accuses her of selling out to Ares , so she pulls out a particle bomb . The Doctor informs her that he has suspected her for a while , and that K9 has kept her under surveillance . Her bomb has been disarmed . The Last Martian reappears , demolishing the boat and killing Ginger . Leela swims under water and kills the Last Martian with a janis thorn , though the cephalopod was also being killed by the red bloom . An adjudicator is on the way to Mars , and the Doctor reveals that one of Mars ' s moons , Phobos , is actually a generational starship with a million Ice Warriors inside . When they are later awoken , the event is celebrated as Resurrection Day .