Sunday, July 21, 2013

145. The Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp

Let's do the Mindwarp again!

Like the worm in a tequila bottle, Sil has returned. And he got a facelift. And went from brown to green. And lost his backbone. What started as a great character get completely watered down. Of course I don't think that's the focus of the story.

As the trial continues, the Doctor and the Valeyard continue to trade barbs. The Valeyard prepares to present the most damning evidence yet. The Doctor and Peri land on Thoros Beta, home of Sil, and get into some deep doo doo. The Doctor gets brainwashed, or so it appears, betrays Peri. Peri starts hanging with Brian Blessed, who's a warrior king, and his werewolf companion. It's kind of mess all over. 

In the end, Sil's boss gets his brain transferred into Peri's body and Brian Blessed kills everybody, through the will of the Time Lords. And of course, they're blaming the Doctor for the whole thing. The Doctor doesn't remember any of this though because he was taken out of time. The whole scene is rather shocking and harkens back to Adric's death. Too bad it doesn't last.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindwarp





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