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'''''The Trials of Tara''''' was the fourth story in the anthology ''[[Decalog 2: Lost Property]]''. It was written by [[Paul Cornell]]. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. | '''''The Trials of Tara''''' was the fourth story in the anthology ''[[Decalog 2: Lost Property]]''. It was written by [[Paul Cornell]]. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
' | The Doctor and Benny visit [[Tara]], with Benny dressing as a man. On Tara, things have changed. [[Reynart]] is missing and is assumed dead, [[Strella]] must marry, and [[Grendel of Gracht]] is plotting against her. | ||
Strella sets up a series of competitions for any male who enters the castle; anyone who loses will be killed, and she will marry the final victor. Benny and the Doctor are required to participate, and they are joined by [[Augmentio]], a prince from another kingdom. | |||
Meanwhile, Grendel has kidnapped [[Titania (The Trials of Tara)|Titania]], wife of [[Oberon (The Trials of Tara)|Oberon]] king of the fairies, in order to force Oberon to help him. He also has revived the [[Kandyman]], who has crashed on the planet, to help him. | |||
The Doctor, Benny and Augmentio pass several challenges, then a troop of performing females arrive, and the Doctor suggests that the three "men" dress as women and participate in a performance with the Players. While Benny fails at being a convincing woman, the Doctor exposes Augmentio as an android. Augmentio confesses that his task was to marry Strella, then murder her. The Doctor adjusts his programming, and Augmentio returns to Grendel, freeing Titania and telling Grendel that he did not kill Strella. The Kandyman kills Augmentio. | |||
Grendel and his men surround the castle, but the fairies, led by Oberon, appear, and the battle begins. The Kandyman kidnaps Strella for ransom. The Doctor and several of Strella's men, accompanied by the female Players, appear, and the Players reveal themselves to be Reynart and his men, who had been caught in a temporal trap. The Kandyman threatens to kill Strella, but Grendel's men won't let him and kill him. Grendel runs away and his army surrenders. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
