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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== The Morisco (1) === | === The Morisco (1) === | ||
''to be | The TARDIS lands once again on Earth in the past, and the four travellers - [[First Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] and [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] - go out and explore. From Barbara's recollections of a previous holiday of hers, and from observing their surroundings, they gather it's [[16th century]] [[Spain]]. Their guesses are proven true as they assist, in a square, to a play regarding the execution of [[Mary Stuart]] on [[Elizabeth I]]'s order. The Doctor and Barbara then decide that it is not safe for them to be here: at this point in history, religious contrast between the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] Spain and [[Protestant]] [[England]] is driving the two countries towards war, and if the four travellers are recognised as Englishmen, this could put them in grave danger. | ||
As they try to get back to the TARDIS, the travellers assist to a squadron of monks and guards, members of the [[Spanish Inquisition]], attacking and burning a house with an old woman inside. Ian wants to intervene, but the Doctor and Barbara restrain him. His actions, however, catch the eye of one of the monks, an Englishman like them, [[Father Richard]]. He asks them what they are doing here as Englishmen, and Barbara pretends they are, like him, Catholics in exile; Father Richard then offers them hospitality, but the Doctor politely refuses. The travellers are about to go on, when a young man, of African descent, arrives at the scene and starts fighting the guards to enter in the burning house. This time, Ian intervenes in his help, and both of them ended up being imprisoned. | |||
The Doctor, Barbara and Susan, unable to trace back their way to the TARDIS, are meanwhile given shelter and protection by a young woman, [[Catalina]]. She explains to them that the burnt house belonged to a family of "[[Moors|moriscos]]" - moors converted to Christianity - whose fault was actually that of refusing to sell the paper they produced to the Church for free. The same thing is explained to Ian by the young man ([[Esteban Aribi|Esteban]]) as they are in prison; from him, Ian also comes to know that the year is [[1587]], and that King [[Philip II]] of Spain is preparing to launch the [[Spanish Armada|Invincible Armada]] against England. In spite of Barbara's protests, Catalina convinces the travellers to wait for the return of her husband, "[[Miguel de Cervantes|Don Miguel]]", a merchant of spices and food who should soon return from the closing of a deal. From one of the papers on Don Miguel's desk, the Doctor also guesses what year is it, and what is about to happen. | |||
Ian is led in front of Father Richard, who questions him about his faith. Unable to give the monk a satisfying answer, Ian is finally charged of being an English spy, and sentenced to appear before the Inquisition's tribunal. A 1962 bronze coin, with the head of [[Elizabeth II]], confirms his presumed guilt. | |||
=== The Justice of God (2) === | === The Justice of God (2) === | ||
