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|companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | |companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | ||
|enemy= [[Kroton (species)| | |enemy= [[Kroton (species)|Krotons]], [[Eelek]] | ||
|setting= [[Planet (The Krotons)|Gond planet]] | |setting= [[Planet (The Krotons)|Gond planet]] | ||
|writer= [[Robert Holmes]] | |writer= [[Robert Holmes]] | ||
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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
The TARDIS arrives on the planet of the [[Gond]]s, who are ruled and taught in a form of self-perpetuating slavery by the alien [[Kroton (species)| | The TARDIS arrives on the planet of the [[Gond]]s, who are ruled and taught in a form of self-perpetuating slavery by the alien [[Kroton (species)|Krotons]] — crystalline beings whose ship, the Dynatrope, crash-landed there thousands of years earlier after being damaged in a space battle. | ||
The Krotons are in suspended animation, in a crystalline slurry form, awaiting a time when they can be reconstituted by absorption of mental energy. Periodically, the two most brilliant Gond students are received into the Dynatrope, nominally to become "companions of the Krotons", but in truth to have their mental energy drained, after which they are killed. | The Krotons are in suspended animation, in a crystalline slurry form, awaiting a time when they can be reconstituted by absorption of mental energy. Periodically, the two most brilliant Gond students are received into the Dynatrope, nominally to become "companions of the Krotons", but in truth to have their mental energy drained, after which they are killed. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
[[File:DocHypnotizesVana2.jpg|thumb|right|Is this act of hypnotism a sign of psychic times to come?]] | [[File:DocHypnotizesVana2.jpg|thumb|right|Is this act of hypnotism a sign of psychic times to come?]] | ||
* The [[Kroton (species)| | * The [[Kroton (species)|Krotons]] appear in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]'', which greatly fleshes out Kroton history, biology and origins. They also return to battle the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Charley Pollard]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return of the Krotons]]''. | ||
* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] sets up the HADS before his encounter with the [[Ice Warrior]] [[Skaldak]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'') | * The [[Eleventh Doctor]] sets up the HADS before his encounter with the [[Ice Warrior]] [[Skaldak]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'') | ||
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