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|doctor = Fourth Doctor
|doctor = Fourth Doctor
|companions = [[Leela]]
|companions = [[Leela]]
|enemy = {{Delgado|c}}<br />The [[Kraal]]s
|enemy = {{Pratt|c}}, [[Kraal]]s
|setting = Dark Peak, [[Derbyshire]], [[1979]]<br />[[Oseidon]]
|setting = Dark Peak, [[Derbyshire]], [[1979]]<br />[[Oseidon]]
|writer = [[Alan Barnes]]
|writer = [[Alan Barnes]]
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This time, Marshal Grinmal and his belligerent cohorts are ready for them. This time, they'll make no mistakes. This time, Chief Scientist Tyngworg has not just one plan, but a back-up plan, and a back-up back-up plan worked out...
This time, Marshal Grinmal and his belligerent cohorts are ready for them. This time, they'll make no mistakes. This time, Chief Scientist Tyngworg has not just one plan, but a back-up plan, and a back-up back-up plan worked out...


With the Doctor a prisoner on the Kraals' radiation-blasted home planet of Oseidon, only his companion [[Leela]] can save the day — alongside {{delgado|n=a most unlikely ally}}.
With the Doctor a prisoner on the Kraals' radiation-blasted home planet of Oseidon, only his companion [[Leela]] can save the day — alongside {{Pratt|n=a most unlikely ally}}.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]]
* [[Leela]] - [[Louise Jameson]]
* {{Delgado|c}} - [[Geoffrey Beevers]]
* {{Pratt|c}} - [[Geoffrey Beevers]]
* Colonel [[Hugh Spindleton]] - [[Michael Cochrane]]
* Colonel [[Hugh Spindleton]] - [[Michael Cochrane]]
* Marshal [[Grinmal]] / [[Clarke (The Oseidon Adventure)|Captain Clarke]] - [[Dan Starkey]]
* Marshal [[Grinmal]] / [[Clarke (The Oseidon Adventure)|Captain Clarke]] - [[Dan Starkey]]
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== References ==
== References ==
* The Master has allied himself with the [[Kraal]]s, who invade [[Earth]] through the space-time wormhole created by the Great White Worm which is linked to their home planet [[Oseidon]]. Marshal Grinmal is the commander of the invasion force which it composed of the second Kraal army.
* {{Pratt|c}} has allied himself with the [[Kraal]]s, who invade [[Earth]] through the space-time wormhole created by the Great White Worm which is linked to their home planet [[Oseidon]]. Marshal Grinmal is the commander of the invasion force which it composed of the second Kraal army.
* Leela describes the Kraals as resembling "a pig who has mated with a rhino." The Doctor tells her that twelve centuries of living on a planet which has been ravaged by nuclear radiation will not result in a species which is "easy on the eye."
* Leela describes the Kraals as resembling "a pig who has mated with a rhino." The Doctor tells her that twelve centuries of living on a planet which has been ravaged by nuclear radiation will not result in a species which is "easy on the eye."
* Marshal Grinmal forges an alliance with Colonel Spindleton, who agrees to offer any and all assistance to the Kraal invasion force on the condition that he be allowed to rule [[England]] once the Kraals have conquered.
* Marshal Grinmal forges an alliance with Colonel Spindleton, who agrees to offer any and all assistance to the Kraal invasion force on the condition that he be allowed to rule [[England]] once the Kraals have conquered.
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor previously encountered the Kraals in the company of [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. The Kraals have records of the Doctor's appearance from this encounter. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'')
* The Doctor previously encountered the Kraals in the company of [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. The Kraals have records of the Doctor's appearance from this encounter. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'')
* The Master tells Leela that the last time that he met the Doctor was on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* {{Pratt|c}} tells Leela that the last time that he met the Doctor was on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* The Kraals have created a second duplicate of [[Devesham]] on Oseidon. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* The Kraals have created a second duplicate of [[Devesham]] on Oseidon. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* [[The Master's TARDIS]] appears in the form of a [[grandfather clock]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'')
* [[The Master's TARDIS]] appears in the form of a [[grandfather clock]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'')
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