![]() Vince wants to go and look for him but the Doctor says he will, leaving Vince to look after Leela. He presumes that Ben must have stepped outside but Leela says that if he had been there she would have heard him. Having been told by Vince that Reuben is up in the lamp room, the Doctor asks where Ben is but Vince is confused as he knows Ben was in the generator room, assuming that the Doctor and Leela must have seen him. They ask who Ben is and Vince talks about his two fellow keepers. ![]() The Doctor asks Vince what the trouble is with the power and Vince tells him about the generator cutting out and that it's driving Ben nuts. ![]() Vince then leads them up to the crew room. The Doctor quickly claims that they're lost and that their ship is on the other side of the island. He decides they should speak to the crew and soon come across Vince. He notes that the generator is working so wonders what's happening to the power. The Doctor and Leela then enter the lighthouse. Vince decides to go down and see if Ben needs help. He comments that he can always tell when fog is coming and there were no indications of it that day. Reuben is starting to become very sceptical of the events that have unfolded thus far as they have happened so quickly. He screams in terror though it is unheard due to Vince blasting the siren at that moment. He then sees the green light which is followed by something advancing on him. The power then goes again so Ben heads back down to the generator. He then sets off but she stays where she is, muttering that she can feel something's wrong. She is shocked at the sound of the foghorn so the Doctor explains it to her. Leela then notices the light is shining so they head towards the lighthouse. Vince changes into his jersey due to the cold weather and Ben remarks that the light came back on it's own which they both find strange, leading Ben to comment that something is going on there that he doesn't understand. As Ben heads back upstairs, he fails to notice the door to the lighthouse opening and a green light appearing outside. Noticing that the lighthouse isn't functioning properly, the Doctor decides to investigate and to ask for directions.īen is inspecting the lighthouse generator when the power comes back on though Vince believes Ben fixed it. The Doctor's plans to show Brighton to Leela are on hold for now, as yet again the TARDIS has taken its occupants to the wrong time and place. At that moment, the light switches off, leading Reuben to remark "Reliable?!" sarcastically while chuckling. Reuben comments that oil lights produced better light in fog but Ben doesn't agree, remarking that electricity is very reliable. Though Reuben comments to Ben that Vince may be right as it does seem rather unnatural but Ben still doesn't believe it. It is also rather cold leading Ben to comment it has probably come from Iceland but Vince says it's come from the spot he saw the light hit but Ben dismisses that and tells the young man to start sounding the siren. ![]() The keepers stare at it in disbelief as they've never known such a thick fog come in so quickly. Sure enough, the entire island is now smothered in a thick fog. The TARDIS then materialises on the island. Vince then informs them that a fog is coming in fast, which Ben finds curious as there was no sign of it previously and goes to see for himself. Though Vince's curiosities are well founded as something is watching the lighthouse.ĭown in the crew room of the lighthouse, Reuben is remarking to Ben about how much simpler it was back when the lights were powered by oil rather than electricity though Ben remarks that they weren't as safe back then. Vince is left on watch but it still intrigued about the light. The third keeper, Ben, arrives and Reuben informs him that Vince has been "seeing stars", leading the pair of them to lightly mock him about it. Vince, one of the lighthouse keepers, notices this and swiftly informs the head keeper, old and superstitious Reuben though he doesn't see anything, remarking it was probably just a meteor. On the island of Fang Rock, home to nothing but a lighthouse, off the south coast of England around the start of the 20th century, a light falls from the sky which is soon followed by a strange glow in the ocean. Has the fabled Beast of Fang Rock returned? In the minutes before their arrival, a strange light fell from the sky which was followed by an unnatural glow in the ocean, a thick fog has appeared out of nowhere, the lighthouse power flow has become strangely erratic and one of the keepers is dead. The Doctor and Leela arrive at a lighthouse on the island of Fang Rock off the south coast of England, a place of rumour and tales of beasts from the sea. 5.3 Cultural references from real world.
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