The Master's plans have gone wrong. He has been in Chicago for two months. He had gathered the shards of the Godhead and made a deal with Havuri-sss-Cazcim of Blue Profundis. He knows where the Thought Core is. However, his TARDIS has been stolen, so now he is stuck on Earth. Mulligan questions the Master, but gets little information. The Master suggests that Mulligan is in the pay of his rival, Joe Clementi, but instead of offering more than Clementi pays, hypnotises Mulligan instead.