The Eighth Doctor befriended Penny and detected the unusual technology present in Blackthorne. The two went there and entered through the kitchen door using Penny's key. They found a padlocked door but Penny was able to open it with a touch. Within they found the lifeform. However, with the operation complete, Penny's memories returned. She attacked the Doctor as Pyrodines, created by the lifeform were released outside. Threatening him with a gun, Morjanus forced the Doctor onto the roof of Blackthorne. They conversed and then Morjanus moved to kill him but found the gun empty as the Doctor had pre-emptively emptied it.