Black Guardian Trilogy: Enlightenment
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Part 3: Enlightenment
Turlough playing Chess and checking the king. And I though Eight was supposed to be the master of Painfully Obvious Symbolism.
"Move...move...move..."
"...I'm sorry, did you say something?"
Hello again, White Guardian! ...Goodbye again, White Guardian!
Yikes. I don't think I've ever seen the TARDIS console smoke like that.
And hello, Clearly Greenscreened Black Guardian!
"Never EVER disobey my instructions again." So NOW Five's finally being firm with Turlough.
I'm hearing noises that sound like rats and chickens. Oh my god, it's Carnival of Monsters all over again.
"We're on a ship." You mean like...ON A BOATOHGODPLEASENOTTHEFACE
Tegan, somehow I don't think you'll be able to put the chessboard back WAIT A SECOND WHOSE HANDS ARE THOSE ON THE VIEWSCREEN.
Just look at the screen...and try not to completely freak out...
Seriously, that guy being creepy was scarier than pretty much ALL of the monsters I've seen in the Classics so far.
I just realized something: from what angle does the viewscreen image come from? I mean, the TARDIS has four sides...
Chef Doctor! I think I just figured out where my watcher's "even Turlough is laughing at you" icon came from.
The whole crew has memory loss...I think I have an inkling of where this is going.
Actually, it's not just this guy being creepy, it's THIS GUY. IN GENERAL. EXISTING. HOLY CRAP.
"I don't want to hurt you, I want to please you!" O___O
More and more clues that they're really In Space.
Smart Tegan is smart for refusing a suspicious drink that isn't explained beyond "a mixture."
*turns on InfoText* Oh wow, that IS Tegan's old flight attendant uniform hanging on the coat rack.
And apparently its presence in the room is about to become part of the plot...
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA excuse me while I laugh forever at those spacesuits. I mean, WOW.
"We're coming in too fast!" Please tell me I'm not the only person who immediately thought of Star Wars at that line.
A trio of time travelers riding an Edwardian sailing ship In Space crewed by immortal creepy people just crash-landed on Venus. This show.
Oh wait, never mind, they didn't crash. But still.
Now that guy's gone from following Tegan around everywhere to dropping pick-up lines. "You're not like any ephemeral I've ever met before!"
I think the Black Guardian has just lost all credibility in the Evil Laugh department. Nobody starts an Evil Laugh with "Nyeh."
Wait...is it just me, or did the Black Guardian just pronounce "wrath" like "roth"?
NO TURLOUGH SUICIDE IS NEVER THE ANSWER OH MY GOD PLEASE DON'T JUMP OFF THE SHIP AND INTO THE EMPTY VOID OF SPACE FOREVER HOLY SHIT
HE JUMPED OH MY GOD HE ACTUALLY JUMPED *FLAIL*
How is the soundtrack still playing calm ambient music what is this I don't even
HE'S BEEN SAVED BY ANOTHER SHIP OH MY GOD THANK YOU.
Oh wow. If I wasn't watching this in the Art Student's League cafe, I might actually be tearing up a little. That felt pretty intense.
And the captain of the other ship appears to be a frizzy-headed ginger pirate queen. In Space. This show.
This might be the only time we get to see Fivey in (albeit baggy) black latex. I approve of these shenanigans.
Wait..."Captain Rack"? Are they serious?
"Strange ideas of entertainment" appear to include chaining up Turlough and poking him in the nipple with a large knife.
(Oh, okay, the InfoText says it's spelled "Wrack.")
Tegan's new dress kinda makes her look a little like Queen Elizabeth I. For some reasons. #Idontreallyunderstandmymindsometimes
I'm impressed with the Buccaneer. It's got the most interracial set of extras I've seen since Battlefield.
What's wrong, Five? Jealous of their set of celery?
Apparently so. And my observation from The Visitation still stands: he just slaps it to his lapel and it just sticks without question.
Huh. I wonder what the CBS eye is doing in the middle of the floor.
"You will remain frozen in time until I have finished with you! Foolish ephemeral..." Finished doing WHAT to her, exactly?
Has anyone else noticed how seriously OTT Turlough gets when he's really scared?
"DOCTORRR! HELP ME DOCTORRR!" ;__;
Now might be a great time to thank him for saving your life.
Oh, I see, she's planting the exploding ruby into Tegan's tiara.
And so Wrack joins the ranks of villains-who-boast-and-cackle-to-the-camera. Oh, Classic Who...
Marriner's behavior towards Tegan is VERY gradually going from creepy to endearing. I predict a Heroic Sacrifice Death...
"Wait, you're trying to tell me you're in love?"
"Love? What is 'love'?"
......MUST. RESIST. SINGING. THAT. SONG......
Okay, Turlough's turning on Five all of a sudden. What brought THIS on? Channeling Adric and pulling a crazy bluff? Or just dickery?
Ohhhhhh, I see what you did there.
"I told you, I like to be on the winning side." *sits uncomfortably close to Wrack*
Turlough, have I ever mentioned that your eyes are kind of insane?
Black Guardian voice talking through Wrack's body. Really creepy much?
Never mess with Fivey with an axe. He will apparently smash you to little bits on the floor.
Okay...now Wrack's face has split into a dozen faces that are all chanting "focus..." I...what...?
I think that's the first time I've seen everyone *collapse to the floor* after a bout of An Awful Lot of Running (thank you, @chamcircuit).
"The race is ours. And the prize!" I wouldn't be so sure. There's still about 10 minutes left for stuff to happen.
So one of those two white silhouettes can't be the Doctor, which of course begs the question, who was that?
The two Guardians stand together, doing something with a glowing sphere. I honestly don't know where this thread is going.
"She met with a rather unfortunate accident." And in strides an...alarmingly victorious Five and Turlough.
"Tegan, help me."
"I can't."
"I need you!" *fades away*
Well, I was wrong about the Heroic Sacrifice after all. Goodbye, Marriner.
So the Doctor has quite nobly turned down enlightenment, but the White Guardian still wants to bestow some upon...Turlough?
WOW. I don't think I've ever seen a Classic story where the climax boils down to an epic life-or-death choice made by a COMPANION.
The choice is made! And enlightenment has the power to SET EVIL ON FIRE! (Yet again: guys, this show.)
Now that Fivey's got Turlough under his wing, he'll get to spend another season with a companion who just wants to go home.
Which of course begs the question: do they spend all of their subsequent adventures trying (and failing) to get him home like with Tegan?
Next: The King's Demons