The Time Meddler
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The Time Meddler
"The Watcher." Cue Vicki staring VERY intently at a clock.
Vicki's considering another visit to New York. I approve of these shenanigans. But wait. What's this? A SOUND?
"Doctor, be careful! It's obviously a Dalek!" Oh Vicki, I think you'll be surprised...
Hello again, Steven! Nice to see you again, alive and well...oh wait you just collapsed.
TARDIS lands and...THERE HE IS. THAT'S THE MEDDLING MONK. And we're not even 5 minutes in yet!
"Say...this is quite a ship you've got here, Doc." It sounds like Steven has a bit of an accent, but because I fail, I can't place it...
"That is the dematerializing control and that over yonder is the horizontal hold, up there is the scanner, those are the doors, that is a chair with a panda on it, sheer POETRY, dear boy! Now please stop bothering me."
Old-school England! I feel like we haven't been here in a while...
"What do you think of that now eh? A Viking helmet."
"Maybe."
"What do you mean 'maybe'? What do you think it is, a space helmet for a cow?"
I would just like to make it clear that that line will never get old ever.
"That is merely another technical hitch and the Doctor will repair it one day." Both Bakers will attempt, but NEITHER SHALL SUCCEED.
Wow...is this a Hartnell serial with...atmospheric shots? *sits back and admires the suddenly calm pacing*
Wait, uh oh, you're saying the TARDIS is underwater now??
Looks like One's made a new friend. I wonder how Vicki and Steven are faring...
So it seems either the Doctor's got his times mixed up or something is very wrong with time here.
"Then it must be...1066!" Has anyone else noticed that One tends to land in spans no less then a century than the "current" date?
I mean think about it...2164...1066...64...
Awww, One's so proud of his British History learnings.
Wow, Steven. Fail.
Actually, win. Now we get to wonder where that watch came from.
How is it that choral music makes EVERYTHING cooler?
Gramophone, One is trapped, and EPIC SRYS!FACE.
S'cuse me while I lawl for a bit at the Monk's use of modern-day kitchen appliances.
So I wonder if that was milk, water, or some other fluid that One just threw at him.
"You want some breakfast?"
"Yes, please."
"Well you can either have...some blackberries, or...some blackberries!"
That...was weird. I have no idea what the Monk just pulled out of his cloak and I have no idea what he just did with it.
Uh oh, thar be a Viking ship!
Lying Monk is lying and suspicious companions are suspicious.
I liked Steven before, but now he is officially win. Excellent ploy, my good man, excellent.
Okay, now I think we might be moving just a tad too far in the "companions are guessing/deducing way too accurately" direction.
COMPLETELY EXPECTED VIKING AMBUSH. And One's friend from the village gets carried off...
And if I remember Doctor Who @ 40 right, this time the implied-rape imagery IS intentional. These are Vikings we're dealing with, after all.
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT EVERYBODY'S GETTING STABBED.
Crap. Everyone's dressed so similarly that I honestly can't tell who's on which side anymore.
So this wound up being another Doctor-lite episode after all. And apparently he's escaped from the monastery already. Crafty crafty man.
Now THAT'S weird: the last episode ended with the sheet revealing a bed of furs, but now it's showing...is that different fur or straw?
"There's only one possible answer."
"What?"
"A secret passage." "A secret pa...oh, NO."
"Listen, they ALWAYS have them in castles and monasteries and things in case of siege or...fire or...something."
Horray for wounded villager acting as a distractive plot device to keep the Monk away from our TARDIS crew.
Well, now everybody's escaped, now they just have to reconvene...
HAH! So much love for the Monk's Progress Chart. It's kinda like a villain leaving a shopping list of Evil Things To Do Today lying around.
Wow. Whoever's knocking on the door is either invisible or REALLY REALLY fast.
Or it could be the Doctor, that too...
Uh oh, that must be the Monk's atomic cannon.
Snickering a little at the image of One in a monk's habit.
Whoniverse Algebra: Doctor + Monk > Vikings
Another cliffhanger I can only fathom the original impact of: "It's a TARDIS! The Monk's got a TARDIS!"
"You know as well as I do the Golden Rule about space and time traveling: never never interfere with the course of history. :3"
I'm both very impressed and very amused by how One is able to keep threatening the Monk with nothing more than his words and a stick.
"A sarcophagus. More in keeping with the period, I'd say, than a modern police box?" I didn't think "modern" was a term Time Lords would use
Reunited! And in an antagonist's TARDIS, no less!
Aww, the Monk's not really evil, he's just a Well Intentioned Extremist! With nukes!
And the villagers RISE UP FOR BATTLE TIEMS.
Monk and Vikings scattered, TARDIS crew freed, now we've got about 10 minutes to wrap everything up.
So One saved history with a kettle and some string, sans the kettle. I wonder what the letter to the Monk says...
"You know, I'm beginning to like the idea of being a crew member on a time machine."
"Crew member? You'll be lucky. He's the crew, we're just the passengers."
"Yes, and both very welcome ones, my dear!"
And now we finally get to hear the letter...
"My dear fellow, I'm sure you will excuse me but I didn't want to say goodbye as you're obviously going to be very busy for some time. Just in case you still have ideas about your master plan, I've taken precautions to stop your time meddling. Possibly one day in the future, when you've learnt your lesson, I shall return and release you."
And now the Monk's TARDIS is SMALLER on the inside!
And the TARDIS takes off, our crew's faces shine in the stars, and the second ever season of Doctor Who comes to a close.
Next: Season 3: Galaxy 4