1941년 중국과 일본은 4년째 선전포고 없는 전쟁을 치루고 있었으며, 농촌 지역의 상당 부분과 여러 마을 및 도시를 일본군이 점령하여 통치하고 있었다. 상하이(Shanghai)에는 수 천 명의 서양인들이 국제거주에 관한 외교 조약의 보호 아래 생활하고 있었는데, 그들은 19세기에 영국인 이주가 행해진 이래로, 은행과 호텔과 사무실과 교회와 가옥을 지어, 마치 영국의 리버풀(Liverpool)이나 서리(Surrey)를 그대로 옮겨놓은 듯한 소도시를 형성하고 있었다. 그러나 파국의 날은 오고 있었다. 상하이 외곽에 배치된 일본군이 그들의 공격 신호가 될 진주만 기습의 소식을 조용히 기다리고 있었던 것이다.
L.A. private eye Sam Black, who lives with his half-brother, Andrew, travels to the Bahamas to assist Abigail Marx, a woman who believes her husband is stealing money from their company.
A criminal psychologist invites three psychology students to his English countryside home to view some of his research on the criminal mind. Unbeknownst to the students, they are actually guinea pigs in a mind-control experiment he is conducting and the servants of the house are not what they appear to be.
The Second Doctor and Jamie arrive on what appears to be a space station called the "Wheel in Space" it's here that they meet Zoe Herriot a young parapsychology librarian, The Doctor hits his head concussing him leaving Jamie and Zoe to defend off the Cybermen from taking over "The Wheel in Space."
After being falsely accused of murder, Sir Robin of Loxley takes refuge in the untamed wilderness of Sherwood Forest where he stumbles across a group of outlaws. Although initially suspicious of the aristocrat's motives, the men are soon won over by his integrity and prowess and Robin transforms them into a formidable fighting force, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. As word of his fame and valour spreads, a legend is born.
During WWII, a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux. French local Maria falls in love with a German captain. However, the romance comes to an abrupt end when her brother, a saboteur working for the Resistance, is killed.
