The TARDIS appears on a ship run by the Monarch and his aides, en route to Earth for conquering. The Monarch has a disease he will spread. He nearly kills Nyssa with his androids some of whom are really remade Earth beings from the past time he visited--their real essense captured in a small device. Adric is taken with Monarch and for a time helps him. The Doctor gets Adric to help attack them and rescue the TARDIS which is out in space under Tegan's inexperienced hand. Adric wears a black spacesuit in this story and fights Enlightenment and Persuasion. 2000 AD or Feb. 28, 1981.