Project: Who - The Androids of Tara
The Androids of Tara
Written by David Fisher (oh, crap)
Directed by Michael Hayes
The Doctor plays chess with K9 while Romana nags him to find the next piece of the Key to Time. The Doctor tells her she can go find it while he goes fishing. She finds it in minutes, then is attacked by a big hairy beast. No, not Robin Williams. She's rescued by a "frightfully important" man, who takes the piece from her. Then he takes her to his castle. he is a count, and she dare not refuse on pain of death.
While fishing, the Doctor is taken by two men, who think he can fix an android.
Romana is restrained. The count thinks she is an android.
The Doctor fixes the android, a duplicate of the prince. He and the prince's men drink a toast - only they've been poisoned.
The count has kidnapped the prince. The Doctor calls K9 for help. Romana is taken to see the princess - an exact duplicate of Romana. Then she sees the prince.
A nurse studies the fourth Key portion, calling it "very odd."
At the prince's coronation, the count believes he will be offered the crown, since he has kidnapped the rightful heir - the prince. But since the Doctor fixed the prince's android duplicate, it sits on the throne.
The Doctor subtly turn the android's speech circuits on. It gives the correct speech. The princess - or Romana, or an android duplicate - gives a nice speech then the Doctor lunges at her.
Yep, it was the android. Later, there is another duplicate android of Romana. The count plans to use it to kill the Doctor, giving him power.
Romana escapes. Android Romana tries to kill the Doctor, but K9 does away with her. The count kills the android-King then runs off like the coward he is.
The mustache-twirling villain wanders around aimlessly threatening people.
The count forces a wedding between the King and Romana, and the Doctor interrupts. They have a hilarious sword fight, won by Romana and the princess working together. Just go with it, it works.
the King and his fiancee finally get together. The travelers depart with the fourth piece.
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I was a little surprised there was no android of the Doctor. It would give Tom Baker the chance to play the full range of his manic personality. Then I realized he does that in every episode anyway, so what would be the point?
The script is a lot better than his previous one, Stones of Blood. At least this one was written down on paper. So. Good job there.
Written by David Fisher (oh, crap)
Directed by Michael Hayes
The Doctor plays chess with K9 while Romana nags him to find the next piece of the Key to Time. The Doctor tells her she can go find it while he goes fishing. She finds it in minutes, then is attacked by a big hairy beast. No, not Robin Williams. She's rescued by a "frightfully important" man, who takes the piece from her. Then he takes her to his castle. he is a count, and she dare not refuse on pain of death.
While fishing, the Doctor is taken by two men, who think he can fix an android.
Romana is restrained. The count thinks she is an android.
The Doctor fixes the android, a duplicate of the prince. He and the prince's men drink a toast - only they've been poisoned.
The count has kidnapped the prince. The Doctor calls K9 for help. Romana is taken to see the princess - an exact duplicate of Romana. Then she sees the prince.
A nurse studies the fourth Key portion, calling it "very odd."
At the prince's coronation, the count believes he will be offered the crown, since he has kidnapped the rightful heir - the prince. But since the Doctor fixed the prince's android duplicate, it sits on the throne.
The Doctor subtly turn the android's speech circuits on. It gives the correct speech. The princess - or Romana, or an android duplicate - gives a nice speech then the Doctor lunges at her.
Yep, it was the android. Later, there is another duplicate android of Romana. The count plans to use it to kill the Doctor, giving him power.
Romana escapes. Android Romana tries to kill the Doctor, but K9 does away with her. The count kills the android-King then runs off like the coward he is.
The mustache-twirling villain wanders around aimlessly threatening people.
The count forces a wedding between the King and Romana, and the Doctor interrupts. They have a hilarious sword fight, won by Romana and the princess working together. Just go with it, it works.
the King and his fiancee finally get together. The travelers depart with the fourth piece.
* * *
I was a little surprised there was no android of the Doctor. It would give Tom Baker the chance to play the full range of his manic personality. Then I realized he does that in every episode anyway, so what would be the point?
The script is a lot better than his previous one, Stones of Blood. At least this one was written down on paper. So. Good job there.