Jamie is M.I.A. here. Victoria dreams of her father while an automaton waits silently in graveyard.
The TARDIS hasn't left London after the events of The Web of Fear - still some webs to be cleaned out of her systems - and Victoria decides to visit her parents' graves. On her way there, she ponders on how the Doctor whisking her away in the TARDIS kept her from confronting her father's death and all the feelings she has about it.
At the graveyard, Victoria is confronted by the automaton which has been waiting for her so it can kill her. Before it can do so, however, the Doctor appears and shoves his sonic screwdriver into one of its eye sockets which is missing an eye and renders it inoperative.
While the sonic screwdriver hasn't appear in the TV show yet, I believe it was mentioned a couple novels ago.
In addition to missing her father and contemplating the Doctor's role in her life, Victoria muses that it is time for her to say goodbye to the Time Lord so I presume she leaves by the end of this season.
It's nice to see Victoria in a pensive mood instead of a screamy one. A gentle diversion from action into the mind of a companion. A nice change of pace.
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