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Egyptologist Marcus Scarman has been possessed by Sutekh, last survivor of the ancient Osiran race who appeared to the Ancient Egyptians as gods. Sutekh is trapped in an Egyptian pyramid, his prison maintained by a signal from another pyramid on Mars. Sutekh has Scarman build service robots, (badly) disguised as Egyptian mummies, then with their help he builds a rocket to destroy the Martian pyramid. The Doctor destroys the rocket, but falls under Sutekh's control himself and transports Scarman to Mars in the TARDIS to disconnect the signal trapping Sutekh.
Egyptologist Marcus Scarman has been possessed by Sutekh, last survivor of the ancient Osiran race who appeared to the Ancient Egyptians as gods. Sutekh is trapped in an Egyptian pyramid, his prison maintained by a signal from another pyramid on Mars. Sutekh has Scarman build service robots, (badly) disguised as Egyptian mummies, then with their help he builds a rocket to destroy the Martian pyramid. The Doctor destroys the rocket, but falls under Sutekh's control himself and transports Scarman to Mars in the TARDIS to disconnect the signal trapping Sutekh.


That done, Sutekh's hold on the Doctor is released and he realises there will be a delay before it has an effect on Earth, and makes it back in the TARDIS just in time to use the TARDIS' time controls to push the exit to Sutekh's time/space tunnel far into the future, and Sutekh dies of old age before he ever reaches it.
That done, Sutekh's hold on the Doctor is released and he realises there will be a delay before it has an effect on Earth, and makes it back in the TARDIS just in time to use the TARDIS' time controls to push the exit to Sutekh's time/space tunnel far into the future, and Sutekh dies of old age before he ever reaches it.
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=== Tropes ===
== Tropes ==


* [[Adam Westing]]: Gabriel Woolf reprises his role as Sutekh in a mockumentary on the DVD release titled ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Oh, Mummy]]''. Hordes of well-deserved [[Nightmare Retardant]] ensues.
* [[Adam Westing]]: Gabriel Woolf reprises his role as Sutekh in a mockumentary on the DVD release titled ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Oh, Mummy]]''. Hordes of well-deserved [[Nightmare Retardant]] ensues.
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* [[Awesome McCoolname]] / [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Doctor Warlock. Who isn't half as cool as his name leads one to assume.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]] / [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Doctor Warlock. Who isn't half as cool as his name leads one to assume.
* [[Big No]]: Sutekh lets one of these rip before his death.
* [[Big No]]: Sutekh lets one of these rip before his death.
* [[Call Back]]: Sarah Jane remarks on the similarity of the successive puzzle rooms to the ones encountered in [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S11 E3 Death to The Daleks|the city of the Exxilons.]]
* [[Call Back]]: Sarah Jane remarks on the similarity of the successive puzzle rooms to the ones encountered in [[Doctor Who/Recap/S11/E03 Death to the Daleks|the city of the Exxilons.]]
** The Doctor absent-mindedly calls Sarah-Jane, "Vicky" when she enters the Control Room wearing one of Victoria's old dresses.
** The Doctor absent-mindedly calls Sarah-Jane, "Vicky" when she enters the Control Room wearing one of Victoria's old dresses.
* [[Everybody's Dead, Dave]]: Only the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith survive.
* [[Everybody's Dead, Dave]]: Only the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith survive.
* [[The End of the World As We Know It]]: The Doctor takes Sarah Jane to an alternative 1980 to show her the effect their non-intervention would have. Basically Earth is a volcanic wilderness.
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: The Doctor takes Sarah Jane to an alternative 1980 to show her the effect their non-intervention would have. Basically Earth is a volcanic wilderness.
** An [[Homage]] to this scene was planned for "[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S1 E3 The Unquiet Dead|The Unquiet Dead]]", surviving several early drafts before it became clear that it wouldn't flow.
** An [[Homage]] to this scene was planned for "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S27/E03 The Unquiet Dead|The Unquiet Dead]]", surviving several early drafts before it became clear that it wouldn't flow.
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: If {{spoiler|Sutekh's last stab at bargaining with the Doctor}} is any indication -- {{spoiler|he offers to spare the planet Earth (''just'' Earth) and give it to him as "a plaything".}}
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: If {{spoiler|Sutekh's last stab at bargaining with the Doctor}} is any indication -- {{spoiler|he offers to spare the planet Earth (''just'' Earth) and give it to him as "a plaything".}}
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Laurence Scarman tries to do this for Marcus when he shows up at his house. [[Averted Trope|It doesn't work,]] and [[Tear Jerker|he ends up paying the ultimate price for it.]]
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Laurence Scarman tries to do this for Marcus when he shows up at his house. [[Averted Trope|It doesn't work,]] and [[Tear Jerker|he ends up paying the ultimate price for it.]]
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* [[Mind Over Matter]]: Sutekh uses telekinesis throughout the story to counter his own paralysis; at one point, he even uses his mind to contain the blast from a gelignite explosive. Doubly impressive considering the explosion is occurring in England and Sutekh's pyramid is in Egypt!
* [[Mind Over Matter]]: Sutekh uses telekinesis throughout the story to counter his own paralysis; at one point, he even uses his mind to contain the blast from a gelignite explosive. Doubly impressive considering the explosion is occurring in England and Sutekh's pyramid is in Egypt!
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Sutekh.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Sutekh.
{{quote| '''Sutekh''': "The alien who dares to intrude, the humans, animals, birds, fish, reptiles...all life is my enemy. All life shall perish under the reign of Sutekh the Destroyer!"}}
{{quote|'''Sutekh''': "The alien who dares to intrude, the humans, animals, birds, fish, reptiles...all life is my enemy. All life shall perish under the reign of Sutekh the Destroyer!"}}
* [[Only Smart People May Pass]]
* [[Only Smart People May Pass]]
* [[Organ Dodge]]: The Doctor's previously unrevealed 'respiratory bypass system'.
* [[Organ Dodge]]: The Doctor's previously unrevealed 'respiratory bypass system'.
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* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Sutekh is this, creepily and effectively whispering every word, even when torturing The Doctor, until he's freed, when, [[Large Ham|predictable]] [[Kneel Before Zod|characterization]] [[Chewing the Scenery|developments]] occur.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Sutekh is this, creepily and effectively whispering every word, even when torturing The Doctor, until he's freed, when, [[Large Ham|predictable]] [[Kneel Before Zod|characterization]] [[Chewing the Scenery|developments]] occur.
* [[What Is Evil?]]
* [[What Is Evil?]]
{{quote| '''Sutekh''': "Evil"? Your evil is my good. I am Sutekh the Destroyer. Where I tread, I leave nothing but dust and darkness. [[Omnicidal Maniac|I find that good]].}}
{{quote|'''Sutekh''': "Evil"? Your evil is my good. I am Sutekh the Destroyer. Where I tread, I leave nothing but dust and darkness. [[Omnicidal Maniac|I find that good]].}}
* [[What Year Is This?]]
* [[What Year Is This?]]
* [[The X of Y]]
* [[The X of Y]]
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: When Sutekh's [[The Dragon|Dragon]] arrives on the scene, the first thing he does is dispose of the minion who did all the preliminary work.
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: When Sutekh's [[The Dragon|Dragon]] arrives on the scene, the first thing he does is dispose of the minion who did all the preliminary work.
{{quote| '''Namin:''' Master, spare me. Spare me. I am a true servant of the great Sutekh. <br />
{{quote|'''Namin:''' Master, spare me. Spare me. I am a true servant of the great Sutekh.
'''Dragon:''' ''I'' am the servant of Sutekh. He needs no other. ''[kills him]'' }}
'''Dragon:''' ''I'' am the servant of Sutekh. He needs no other. ''[kills him]'' }}


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"Deactivating a generator loop without the correct key is like repairing a watch with a hammer and chisel. One false move and you'll never know the time again."
—The Doctor

As the TARDIS lands in 1911 England, the Doctor gets involved in a plot that wouldn't have been too out of place 20 years later on Stargate SG-1.

Egyptologist Marcus Scarman has been possessed by Sutekh, last survivor of the ancient Osiran race who appeared to the Ancient Egyptians as gods. Sutekh is trapped in an Egyptian pyramid, his prison maintained by a signal from another pyramid on Mars. Sutekh has Scarman build service robots, (badly) disguised as Egyptian mummies, then with their help he builds a rocket to destroy the Martian pyramid. The Doctor destroys the rocket, but falls under Sutekh's control himself and transports Scarman to Mars in the TARDIS to disconnect the signal trapping Sutekh.

That done, Sutekh's hold on the Doctor is released and he realises there will be a delay before it has an effect on Earth, and makes it back in the TARDIS just in time to use the TARDIS' time controls to push the exit to Sutekh's time/space tunnel far into the future, and Sutekh dies of old age before he ever reaches it.

Tropes

Sutekh: "The alien who dares to intrude, the humans, animals, birds, fish, reptiles...all life is my enemy. All life shall perish under the reign of Sutekh the Destroyer!"

Sutekh: "Evil"? Your evil is my good. I am Sutekh the Destroyer. Where I tread, I leave nothing but dust and darkness. I find that good.

Namin: Master, spare me. Spare me. I am a true servant of the great Sutekh.
Dragon: I am the servant of Sutekh. He needs no other. [kills him]

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