The Doctor and his navigator, CMO field agent Wyatt, are driving through the heavy rain, headed for a government negotiations with Perseus. After driving for over an hour, they pick up their Corporeal passengers: two connected and one disconnected. The male Corporeal, Phillip Green, recognises the Doctor from a previous encounter. After an hour or so of driving, the disconnected Corporeal, Emily, begins making sounds of distress. The connected female Corporeal, Andrea, wants Emily to be reconnected. The Doctor asks if the signal from the Ethereal is strong enough, but Green replies that the signal has been weakening as Perseus' human allies withdraw their support.