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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:visitation_1479.jpg\|frame\| A terileptil finds Tegan's off switch.]] {{quote\| '''Nyssa:''' "What would the Doctor do?" ~~<br />~~ '''Adric:''' "He'd probably get angry." }} The Doctor lands the TARDIS at exactly the right spot to drop Tegan off at her job, and even has her there a bit early... [[The Cavalier Years\|315 years early]] to be exact. It's 1666, and they're in a rather deserted bit of English countryside. There they meet lovable rogue Richard Mace, an actor-turned-highwayman with an interesting grasp of situational ethics (breaking and entering: bad; stealing: fine), but fortunately the Doctor and company are around to teach him their own superior ethics (breaking and entering: fine; stealing: bad). In walks the glammest android ever seen in ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)\|~~Doctor Who]]'', and laser blasts start firing. Tegan and Adric are taken away for interrogation. The Doctor, Nyssa, ~~and--reluctantly--Richard~~and—reluctantly—Richard explore the woods and discover... a shipping container. That is, it ''looks'' like a shipping container, but the soundtrack has a synthgasm when Richard points it out, so it's probably something important. Like a spaceship! Which it is. Doctor, Nyssa, and Richard investigate, and hole up inside to fend off a hilariously futile attack by guys with axes and arrows. They blow the escape hatch and... escape. Nyssa is sent back to the TARDIS to build a remote android jamming device out of spare parts. Which she does. Because she is awesome. Not that she gets any ~~thanks--or~~thanks—or even ~~acknowledgment--from~~acknowledgment—from the Doctor for her [[MacGyvering]], because the Doctor's a bit of a dick in this story. Tegan snarks her way through her interrogation, but ends up mind-controlled by the Terileptil anyway, and the Doctor shows up just in time to watch her very nearly release some rats infected with an extra-''extra''-deadly variant of ''Yersinia pestis'', the Black Plague. Eventually Tegan backs off, but the crew is powerless to prevent it from being picked up by a henchperson and delivered to a certain bakery on Pudding Lane. So the Doctor sets it all on fire. [[Kill It ~~With~~with Fire\|Fire! What ]]''~~[[Kill It With Fire\|~~can't]]'' ~~[[Kill It With Fire\|~~it solve?]] ---- This serial marks the final appearance and the destruction of the sonic screwdriver in the classic series, as producer John Nathan-Turner thought it was too much of a [[Deus Ex Machina\|convenience]] for the Doctor, much like K9 was when he was around. The screwdriver wouldn't return onscreen until the [[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~/Recap/TVM the TV Movie~~/Recap~~\|TV Movie]] in 1996. === Tropes === * [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: Nyssa is upset by the Terileptil android's destruction because it was a slave. * [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Adric's usually insufferable behavior is revealed to be due to intense insecurity. * [[Brown Note]]: The Terileptil android is destroyed by sound. * [[Canon Immigrant]]: Writer Eric Saward had created the character Richard Mace years before, in some of his plays. * [[Can't Argue ~~With~~with Elves]]: The Doctor rolls his eyes at the silly humans and their foibles. Twice. In fact, the Doctor's kind of a dick in this story, which is such a change from Five's usual befuddled niceness that it is wonderful to behold. * [[Comet of Doom]] * [[~~Distressed~~ Dude in Distress]]: Man, this is the third time the Doctor's been captured this ~~season--he~~season—he gets handcuffed too! * [[Historical in In-Joke]]: The final shot of the serial is a flaming sign reading "Pudding Lane". Pudding Lane is the site where the [~~http://en.~~[wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London~~:Great Fire of London\|Great Fire of London]] began in 1666. * [["I Know You ~~Are~~'re in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Part 3 cliffhanger * [[Kill It ~~With~~with Fire]] * [[Kneel Before Zod]] * [[Lovable Rogue\|Lovable]] [[The Highwayman\|Highwayman]]: Richard Mace. * [[Mark of Shame]]: The Terileptil leader has face markings that mean if he goes back to his home planet he'll be killed. * [[Paper -Thin Disguise]]: The Terileptil hides himself under a [[Black Cloak]] that completely fails to cover his reptilian snout. * [[Percussive Maintenance]]: How Adric gets the TARDIS working properly. * [[The Plague]] * [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: The Terileptils. * [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: The Terileptils. At least their leader is well-spoken. * [[Shut Up, Kirk]]: The Terileptil gets a pretty nice retort to the Doctor's request for diplomacy. {{quote\| '''Doctor''': All this carnage isn't necessary. ~~<br />~~ '''Terileptil''': It's survival, Doctor. Just as [[Puny Humans\|these primates]] kill lesser species to protect themselves, so ''I'' kill ''them''. ''[turns to leave]''<br /> '''Doctor''': That's hardly an argument! <br /> Line 50: {{reflist}} [[Category:Doctor Who (TV)/Recap]]▼ [[Category:Doctor Who S 19 E 4 The Visitation]]▼ [[Category:Recap]] ▲[[Category:Doctor Who ~~S 19 E 4 The Visitation~~]] ▲[[Category:Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~/Recap]]