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{{quote|''"What is it you're really up to, eh? What do you want? You don't want to take over the universe do you? No. You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it."''|'''The Doctor'''}}
{{quote|''"What is it you're really up to, eh? What do you want? You don't want to take over the universe do you? No. You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it."''|'''The Doctor'''}}


The search for the [[Cosmic Keystone|Key to Time]] takes the Doctor and Romana to Calufrax. The coordinates are right, but it's too warm and inviting a world to be Calufrax. In fact, the world is Zanak. But the Tracer is going berserk -- it's sensing the segment ''everywhere''.
The search for the [[Cosmic Keystone|Key to Time]] takes the Doctor and Romana to Calufrax. The coordinates are right, but it's too warm and inviting a world to be Calufrax. In fact, the world is Zanak. But the Tracer is going berserk—it's sensing the segment ''everywhere''.


It turns out the planet Zanak has been hollowed out and fitted with engines, and is now piloted by the demented Captain - all robotic parts and a nursemaid - who "jumps" it into position around other planets, sucks them dry and mounts the shrivelled husks in a trophy room.
It turns out the planet Zanak has been hollowed out and fitted with engines, and is now piloted by the demented Captain - all robotic parts and a nursemaid - who "jumps" it into position around other planets, sucks them dry and mounts the shrivelled husks in a trophy room.


The nursemaid turns out to be the real brains behind the operation, a holographic projection of Zanak's Queen Xanxia, using time dams and the forces generated by the trophy room to remain young. The Captain announced that Zanak's next target is Earth, and the Doctor enlists the help of the native Mentiads to sabotage the engines. The Captain rebels and is killed by Xanxia, who is in turn killed by one of the natives.
The nursemaid turns out to be the real brains behind the operation, a holographic projection of Zanak's Queen Xanxia, using time dams and the forces generated by the trophy room to remain young. The Captain announced that Zanak's next target is Earth, and the Doctor enlists the help of the native Mentiads to sabotage the engines. The Captain rebels and is killed by Xanxia, who is in turn killed by one of the natives.


The Doctor realises that the segment of the Key to Time he is after is in fact the entire planet Calufrax, now conveniently shrunk to a rather more manageable size...
The Doctor realises that the segment of the Key to Time he is after is in fact the entire planet Calufrax, now conveniently shrunk to a rather more manageable size...


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* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: "Then what's it ''FOR?''"
* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: "Then what's it ''FOR?''"
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* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Failure becomes the only option for the ''villains'' in the last episode, when the Captain announces that they intend to consume an [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet]]...
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Failure becomes the only option for the ''villains'' in the last episode, when the Captain announces that they intend to consume an [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet]]...
* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: Xanxia.
* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: Xanxia.
* [[Ham to Ham Combat]]: The Doctor vs. the Captain.
* [[Ham-to-Ham Combat]]: The Doctor vs. the Captain.
* [[He Knows Too Much]]: Why it is death to enter the mine shafts.
* [[He Knows Too Much]]: Why it is death to enter the mine shafts.
* [[Hollywood Cyborg]]: The Captain. Just look at him!
* [[Hollywood Cyborg]]: The Captain. Just look at him!
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* [[Walk the Plank]]
* [[Walk the Plank]]
* [[Wicked Witch]]: Xanxia doesn't have any magical powers, but her method of keeping herself alive, her real body's withered, decrepit appearance, and her mannerisms all hit the right notes.
* [[Wicked Witch]]: Xanxia doesn't have any magical powers, but her method of keeping herself alive, her real body's withered, decrepit appearance, and her mannerisms all hit the right notes.
* [[Written in Infirmity]]: The Doctor bangs his mouth on the console during the TARDIS' landing, to account for [[Tom Baker]]'s lisp after being attacked by a dog while filming the previous episode.
* [[Written-In Infirmity]]: The Doctor bangs his mouth on the console during the TARDIS' landing, to account for [[Tom Baker]]'s lisp after being attacked by a dog while filming the previous episode.
* [[You Have Failed Me]]: The Captain's ''favorite word'' seems to be "failure," said in varying degrees of pitch and intensity.
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: The Captain's ''favorite word'' seems to be "failure," said in varying degrees of pitch and intensity.


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Latest revision as of 02:26, 22 December 2020
"What is it you're really up to, eh? What do you want? You don't want to take over the universe do you? No. You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it."
—The Doctor

The search for the Key to Time takes the Doctor and Romana to Calufrax. The coordinates are right, but it's too warm and inviting a world to be Calufrax. In fact, the world is Zanak. But the Tracer is going berserk—it's sensing the segment everywhere.

It turns out the planet Zanak has been hollowed out and fitted with engines, and is now piloted by the demented Captain - all robotic parts and a nursemaid - who "jumps" it into position around other planets, sucks them dry and mounts the shrivelled husks in a trophy room.

The nursemaid turns out to be the real brains behind the operation, a holographic projection of Zanak's Queen Xanxia, using time dams and the forces generated by the trophy room to remain young. The Captain announced that Zanak's next target is Earth, and the Doctor enlists the help of the native Mentiads to sabotage the engines. The Captain rebels and is killed by Xanxia, who is in turn killed by one of the natives.

The Doctor realises that the segment of the Key to Time he is after is in fact the entire planet Calufrax, now conveniently shrunk to a rather more manageable size...

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