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|doctor = Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Leela]] | |companions = [[Leela]] | ||
|enemy = {{ | |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 {{ | 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]] | ||
* {{ | * {{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 == | ||
* | * {{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]]'') | ||
* | * {{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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