Everything old is new again.
Season 16, the fifth for Tom Baker, kicks off the programs first "umbrella" season with a linking storyline for the entire 6 stories. Entitled "The Key to Time", the Doctor is given by the White Guardian to search time and space for the 6 pieces of the Key to Time. And he's given a new assistant to help him in this mission.
Enter Mary Tamm. Portraying the Time Lady Romanadvoratrelundar a/k/a Romana, the second Time Lady we've seen on screen (3 if you count Susan), she is a delicious ice princess. Having just graduated from the Academy at the top of her class, she lacks any real world experience. She is very by-the-book, a bit aristocrat, quite no-nonsense, and very elegant. A complete contrast to Leela.
Of course put Romana and the Doctor in the same room, and we have another dynamic relationship. And the Ribos Operation really kicks off their pairing to great success. The story is also filled with other memorable characters/pairings. As this was written by Robert Holmes, a genius of a writer, who previously gave us Jago & Litefoot, now gives us Garron and Unstoffe a pair of hilarious thieves.
After some of the sleeper stories of last season, this story appears to be a return to form and an injection of new blood and energy. Brava!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ribos_Operation
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