Meanwhile, the Doctor and Sam visit Earth in 2109-but there is no trace of the human race.
Earth is the home of the Tractites, a peaceful race who have been living there for hundreds of thousands of years.
Astonished and appalled, the Doctor travels back in time to see what went wrong in Earth's pre-history.
Why have Jo and the expedition been taken back in time? Are the Tractites all they seem? Finally, seperated from
the TARDIS, the Doctor's last chance to put things right rests with Sam-but has even she turned against him?