The Key to Time: The Stones of Blood
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Part 3: The Stones of Blood
Aww...spinning TARDIS model looks like a Christmas ornament!
Are those mysterious hooded figures chanting "CARRY ON. CARRY ON. CARRY ON." over and over and over again?
"I'm no fashion expert..." but at least Four has the common sense to know that his companions can't run in heels.
"BEWARE THE BLACK GUARDIAN" booms a Mysterious Unseen Voice as Romana runs in holding a pair of sequined pumps. Wow.
"Earth? I should've guessed. It's your favorite planet!"
"How did you know that?"
"EVERYBODY knows that!"
"I didn't tell Everybody that."
So it seems that Doctor's umbrella changes to match his outfit's color scheme. Four's looks kinda like his scarf.
...until he threw it aside just now.
And Romana's STILL WEARING HEELS. Also, a McLeod patterned cap. Did the Doctor visit College of Wooster at some point?
It's so weird to hear a mention of Cardiff in Classic Who....
For some reason, I am LOVING the image of Tom Baker strolling down an empty road in the middle of the British countryside.
Person in a giant bird suit shows up, followed immediately by the Doctor getting clocked in the back of the head by a hammer. Ouch.
Just gonna call it now: IT'S A TRAP.
Woah woah wait. WHAT just...Romana sees something..."Doctor, what's wrong?" *falls of cliff* WHAAAT?
Kinda feeble cry for help, Romana. Also, was she there ALL DAY? Because it magically seems to be nighttime now.
The Doctor has an interesting tendency to regain consciousness at crucial moments. Like being tied to a stone with a guy about to stab him.
Now the DOCTOR'S screaming for help? This is new. Oh wait...
Okay, seriously, guys, how can it be evening where Romana is but NIGHT where the Doctor is? They're not THAT far apart.
Hang on...can Four hear the echoes of his voice that happen BEFORE he yells AS WELL as after?
"You have a dog?"
"Have I GOT a DOG!"
"K-9, you've always wanted to be a bloodhound, haven't you?"
"Negative, master."
"Yes you ha..."
"Negative."
"Yes you..."
"Negative."
So there IS a second Doctor running around? Also, I love it when he actually has practical uses for that scarf.
So Romana exchanges one pair of heels for ANOTHER pair of heels? What is WITH this show and companions in HEELS?
"This is my dog. He's called K-9."
"But he's mechanical!"
"Oh yes, they're all the rage in Trenton, New Jersey."
...TRENTON, Doctor?
I really don't trust that research assistant.
D'aaaawwwww, Four covers K-9's eyes to protect him from the carnage. D'aaaaawwwwwww...
Jeez, Four, what IS it with you getting hit from behind by stuff today?
Wait WHAT? K-9, DON'T JUST LEAVE HIM THERE!
Fix him, Four, FIX HIM!
Yikes. That was probably the angriest-sounding "BRILLIANT!!!" the Doctor's ever said. Inadvertently so, but still...
Crows on the TARDIS? Hmm...
Ah HA! So the assistant was the person in the giant bird suit!
Mysterious rod makes Romana DISAPPEAR. DUN DUN DUUUUUUN.
Wait, she's not just the person-in-the-giant-bird-suit, she's the GODDESS?
"Doctor, in the cause of SCIENCE, I think it's our duty to capture that creature!" Spoken by an old woman with hands-on-hips. This show.
Is it weird of me that I see Tom Baker taking his coat off in mostly-darkness and my mind screams "FANSERVICE"?
"Ooooole!" Oh, Four just MATADOR'D your ass off a CLIFF, you giant...alien...rock...thing.
"Count the stones, Doctor!" So of COURSE my mind immediately jumps to "count the shadows."
Contraption built looks like...a film projector. Okay, let's see where this goes...
"Who knows about hyperspace?"
"I do!"
"OH SHUT UP, K-9!"
o__o Four...just a few episodes ago you said he was your best friend...
Yikes. Image of Romana chained to a wall next to a horribly dismembered robot is actually kinda creepy.
"It's a hyperspace vessel." Now that you mention it, this ship DOES look remarkably Star-Wars-esque.
Obvious ship model is obvious. Also, lawl at old 70's computer screen graphics.
Monster of the Week goes after more blood. Cut to shirtless man emerging from a tent zipping up his fly. In a horror movie, this means SEX.
So there IS a girl in his tent! I may not know my horror movies, but sometimes I know my formulas...
CALLED IT. CALLED. IT.
Hello, Magically Sparkly Unicorn Fairy Magic Sparkle Thing! What are you doing in a prison cell in hyperspace?
And it talks in a MAN-VOICE. "WE. ARE. THE LAW."
Awww, awkward moment of Time-Lord-holding.
"It's too late, Doctor. I have destroyed your little machine! You are trapped in hyperspace...FOREVER!" I love Classic Who villains.
The Doctor is being put on trial in hyperspace by two floating sparkles. I couldn't make that up if I tried.
And now Four's just pulled out a knitted-wool judge's wig while calling Romana to the witness stand. Words cannot express the awesome.
Make up your minds, sparkles, are you going to conduct this trial fairly or not?
And you couldn't just access her memory cells in the first place because......?
Oh. Legal restrictions. Of course.
"Wait, I have new evidence!"
"Too late, Romana, I've just been executed."
Okay, so maybe it's not a mini-fridge. Sure looked like one. Also, when did Four figure out that the Seal was the third Key segment?
Halfway done with Key to Time! Amused by the fact that Netflix ends its description for the next story, Androids of Tara, with "Gadzooks!"
Next: The Key to Time Part 4: The Androids of Tara