Eric Saward dejó una marca significativa en Doctor Who durante la década de 1980, desempeñándose como escritor y editor de guiones. Sus contribuciones a menudo presentaban secuencias de acción dinámicas y entrelazaban al Doctor con momentos cruciales de la historia de la Tierra. Saward tenía una afinidad particular por los Cybermen, y su imaginativa narración exploró la intersección de la aventura con las narrativas históricas. Su enfoque enfatizó tramas cautivadoras y un estilo distintivo que resonó en la audiencia del programa.
Beware the hands that heal. The Doctor and Peri land on the planet Necros to visit the funerary home Tranquil Repose - where the dead are interred and the near-dead placed in suspended animation until such time as their conditions can be cured.
The Doctor and his companions, Tegan and Turlough, stumble on a warehouse harbouring fugitives from the future at the far end of the corridor - and are soon under attack from a Dalek assault force. The Doctor's oldest enemies have set in motion an intricate and sinister plot to resurrect their race from the ashes of an interstellar war.
For the Daleks' plans to succeed, they must set free their creator, Davros, from a galactic prison - and force the Doctor to help them achieve total control over time and space.