The Doctor and Martha land on the planet Geravalon, where a spaceship is about to crash. They head towards a castle that the ship will probably overshoot, to land in the forest behind. They meet a chameleon, which is startled by the crash. They find the wreckage of an escape pod, a young girl and a man beside it. The man is bleeding badly. The girl is trying to dress the wound. An elderly man appears. He confirms the girl is a servant and the man is Prince Rodrique, heir to the premiership of the Majullion Confederation and introduces himself as Padros.The girl says that her name is Sastra. Martha realises that she is in shock.