The Key to Time: The Power of Kroll
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Part 5: The Power of Kroll
Wow. That servant guy kinda looks like a regular-people-sized version of the Jolly Green Giant.
Pretty inventive way of showing just how tall the grass is: having the TARDIS materialize in it and only have the top visible.
Also have it completely covering our protagonists.
While the companion was abducted, the Doctor played his fiddle. I mean, reed-pipe.
Okay, I've only seen Avatar once, but the Swampies are reminding me of the Na'Vi WAY more than they should be. I mean, they're GREEN.
I've noticed that Romana has a habit of saying "(behavior) is indicative of (psychological condition)" to people.
"What were you doing in the swamp?" he says as he leans in closer, grasps Romana by the base of the neck, and dramatic music starts...
Guys. Seriously. With the rape-like-stuff. Why.
"That's brilliant!"
"Am I free to go now?"
"No."
"...oh."
Still trying to figure out what those origami-crane-button things on Four's jacket are...
But wait, how can they even HEAR the chanting from INSIDE AN OFFSHORE REFINERY? Unless they're THAT close to the shore.
Jesus, HOW long did the extras playing the Swampies have to keep that IMPOSSIBLY REPETITIVE CHANT up?
It's official: I only approve of companion-screaming when they're within being-eaten distance of the Monster of the Week.
Wait...WHAT is that? It looks like a giant mushroom-man with claws.
Close enough. It was a Swampie in disguise. Pwned by Doctor, let the companion-untying begin!
"Doctor...there's something I have to tell you...I dropped the tracer."
"No! ...well, I picked it up."
And that's it for THAT subplot.
Where are they getting all that protein, you ask? Maybe...it's PEOPLE.
Doctor climbs into hole, has unseen adventure, re-emerges with giant book. Okay...
Wait, completely wild guess here, but what if Kroll is the Key segment? I've forgotten whether or not it can take the form of living beings.
OH JESUS HELLO GIANT TENTACLE MONSTER YOU MUST BE KROLL NICE TO MEET YOU
Okay, this story has WAY too many extended scenes of the refinery crew in the control room talking to each other.
That scanner reading certainly looks like a giant tentacle monster to me.
Interesting character sub-plot: the alleged man-gone-native is actually just helping the Swampies for profit.
AGH! Being sucked into a tube by a giant tentacle...that's actually quite terrifying.
"It's just a tentacle, sir!" Why does part of my brain never want to hear that sentence again?
"Will you stop babbling about the architecture? We're having a serious conversation about DEATH!"
"You can't hypnotize someone with narrow little eyes." Four, I don't think you can reach your hypnosis pocketwatch when YOUR HANDS ARE TIED.
Okay, seriously, these control-room-technobabble scenes are starting to annoy me.
The sky is filling with dark, ominous, and VERY purple clouds. This must mean DANGER.
Calling it now: the arrogant Swampie chief gets it later.
WOAH. WOAH. WAIT. HOW IS THE DOCTOR PRODUCING THOSE STRANGE HIGH-PITCHED MACHINE-NOISES. THAT DOES NOT SOUND NATURAL AT ALL.
I've noticed that restraints on this show are rarely very restraining. Except for those bars in Androids of Tara. Those looked pretty solid.
And suddenly it's a beautiful sunshiney day again!
And the scarf comes off! Apparently for Four, jumping through swamps is VERY Serious Business.
And sleazy weapons-dealer-guy gets carried off by a giant tentacle! Should've called his death a while back...
Looks like there's gonna be a mutinyyyyy...(well, we'll see how successful it is, considering they all but announced it to their captain.)
Oh snap. I really hope he didn't kill that guy, he was starting to turn pretty badass.
"Kroll has turned upon us!" GEE. YA THINK?
Okay, he's not dead, just knocked out.
BUT HE STILL SHOT HIM. Doesn't surprise me, though. What DOES surprise me is that apparently you can still make gunsmoke in the future.
"When in doubt, cut EVERYTHING!" *pulls hammer out of absolutely nowhere and smashes control panel* NICE.
Now THERE'S a huge trope subverted: the countdown stopped at 3, not 1.
"2 and 2 together. I can tell by the expression on your face that you're putting 2 and 2 together."
And now the Swampies are on the refinery? Any chance you could...you know...EXPLAIN?
"Oh look! It's coming this way!" I love that Four's reaction to an incoming Giant Tentacle Monster is to put on his glee-face.
A green-skinned tribal leader standing and praying to a giant tentacle poking through the wall. This is the funniest thing.
And he's dead. CALLED IT.
NOOOO. DON'T LET THE DOCTOR GET TENTACLE'D.
And Kroll is the Key segment...*looks back*...CALLED THAT TOO.
"You killed Kroll...with that stick?" Oh, you guys just wait until his tenth incarnation kills a lava monster with a plastic water pistol.
New countdown to Huge Factory Explosion. What do you do? Start cutting wires.
WHAT. THE COUNTDOWN DIDN'T STOP AT 1. IT STOPPED AT 0. WOW.
Next: The Key to Time Part 6: The Armageddon Factor