Return to Argolis

Return to Argolis was the 3rd episode of Season 23b, it featured the Sixth Doctor and Graham, and was the first appearance of Argolis since The Leisure Hive in 1980

## Plot

### Episode 1

Kevrix, a human colonist and soldier fighting in the Argolis War is sent to the "Darkroom" for insubordination and stealing, there he finds the bodies of three other soldiers badly mutilated, with parts of their flesh melting, he turns around to leave, but is attacked by a monster in the shadows and killed.

After the events on Torrok and Agora, The Doctor decides to bring the TARDIS to the relaxation spot of Clymnestra, an entire ring system converted into a relaxation spot, however, The TARDIS is struck by a low-range electromagnetic beam, and is forced to land on the nearest planet, which just happens to be Argolis.

General Coshehi looks over the results of the most recent killing in the "Darkroom" and reflects what he must do to keep the remaining soldiers from rebelling.

The Doctor and Graham land in the Leisure Hive now used a military base for human colonists looking to take over Argolis, they are questioned by Colonel Zexar, a colonist from Trieste, it's revealed that most of the medical crew has disappeared, either being taken by the Argolians, or going missing in the "Darkroom", the Doctor is placed with the only two remaining, nurse Pritchard, a colonist originally from Prydack Grove, the only rural area remaining on Earth and surgical assistant Dyrathki, who was born on Gadrell Major.

On the Argolian base, Pangris (the baby Pangol all grown up), briefs one of his officers about mysterious disappearances that have happened on both sides, even with Tachyon technology, there is a shortage of troops. Outside the base, a dark shape moves outside, seeming to form from a puddle.

While the Doctor introduces himself to the medical squad, Grant looks around the base, finding a suit room, the armory, and a seemingly empty storeroom, however, a dark liquid seeps out of the door after Grant closes it...

After The Doctor introduces itself, a patient comes into the medical bay for surgery on an automatic stretcher, he is put in a medpod, however, his DNA does not match human DNA. Pritchard runs a diagnostic scan, but, it shows that he has no health problems, even though the soldier had ieiunium capillum syndrome, a reverse form of balding which caused rapid hair growth, just then the soldier's chest opens and black goo starts to seep from it...

## Cast

* Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
* Grant - TBA
* Coshehi/The Master - Anthony Ainley
* Kevrix - TBA
* Zexar - TBA
* Pritchard - David Haig
* Dyrathki - TBA
* Pangris - TBA
* Kylex - TBA
* Kzur'shaam 1 - TBA
* Kzur'shaam 2 - TBA

## References

* Prydack Grove is the last rural area in the entirety of Earth during the 2390s
* The Kzur'shaam come from a planet in Deepspace. They were found by the Master and brought to Argolis by him

## Notes

* This serial was originally planned for Season 21, however, it was shelved due to budgetary constraints. The Harlequin Kingdom was written to replace it.

## Continuity

* The Doctor has been to Argolis before (The Leisure Hive)
* Gadrell Major and Trieste are mentioned (The Pit, Infinite Requiem)