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| ==Plot== | | ==Plot== |
| [[The Doctor]] has a foreshadowing dream in which he sees [[the Master]], a trident-shaped crystal, and images of ancient Atlantean culture.
| | ===Part one=== |
| | The Doctor is sitting before the Master, who stands next to a [[crystal]], laughing. Explosions resound all around. |
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| The Master, adopting the alias of Professor Thascalos, uses his cover to tap into the resources of the Newton Research Unit at Cambridge University to conduct time experiments. His [[TOMTIT]] (Transmission of Matter through Interstitial Time) experiment, assisted by Ruth Ingram and Stuart Hyde, is focused around transmitting matter by breaking it down into light waves. Having hypnotized Dr Percival, the Director of the Institute, into doing his bidding, the Master’s cover is maintained. He is particularly interested in examining a trident-shaped crystal in his possession, which he uses to power the TOMTIT device, attempting to summon an entity called [[Kronos]].
| | In [[UNIT HQ]], Jo wakes the Doctor up and he enquires if there have been any reports of [[Volcano|volcanic]] eruptions of [[earthquake]]s lately. |
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| The Doctor and [[Jo Grant]] visit the Institute following a signal from a time-field detector. He finds time moving slowly as the TOMTIT experiments disrupt the normal flow while Hyde, who is caught in the field of the experiment, ages to more than eighty years. [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], who also witnessed the TOMTIT experiment, has the project evacuated and begins to hunt for the Master, whose cover has now been blown. The Doctor explains to Ruth and Jo that Kronos is a powerful [[Chronovore]], a creature from outside time that feeds on time itself, who was once attracted from the vortex to ancient [[Atlantis]] using a crystal trident larger than the one used by the Master. That one remains in Atlantis. The Doctor suspects capturing the Chronovore is the Master’s aim too, forecasting such a step to be a danger to the entire created universe. | | The Master - or Professor Thascales, as he [[Aliases of the Master|calls himself]] - is holding the crystal the Doctor saw in his dream. He's in a laboratory at the [[Newton Institute]], working with Dr. [[Ruth Ingram]]. The crystal, the Master claims, is no different than any other piece of quartz yet it is. [[Stuart Hyde]] then enters. He is also working with pair. The Master leaves them to conduct further experiments. After he has left, Ruth comments that she doesn't know what is more annoying: "his dictatorial manner or that infernal courtesy of his." |
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| Meanwhile [[Krasis]], Atlantean High Priest of Kronos, is transported through interstitial time by the Master to the present. The Master seizes the Seal of Kronos from the priest and uses it to summon the chronovore. A white, feathered, bird-like figure, Kronos exudes power and devours Percival without compunction. It is contained briefly by the Master, but breaks free and Krasis surmises this is because the Master only has the smaller fragment of the original crystal.
| | At UNIT HQ, Mike Yates points out the Thera group of islands where the quakes have been. Jo mentions [[Atlantis]], telling the Doctor that Thera is reputedly its location. |
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| The Doctor and his allies have been alerted by the actions of the Master and he builds a [[time flow analogue]] to interrupt his rival’s experiments. The two enemies attempt to outwit each other, often with strange consequences: historical characters (and a V1 flying bomb) are transported into the present; Stuart Hyde is restored to youth, though [[Sergeant Benton]] is reverted to a baby when he is caught in TOMTIT’s flow; and several [[UNIT]] troops, led by the Brigadier, are frozen in a time bubble. The two Time Lords even pit their TARDISes against one another, and the Doctor is ejected into the vortex, but survives thanks to Jo and his TARDIS. | | The Doctor talks to [[the Brigadier]] on the phone and tells him to put out a world wide warning to every section of [[UNIT]], all the UNIT HQs. He explains it is due to a dream he had about a half hour ago. The Brigadier joins him and the Doctor explains that he is too busy to see the [[TOMTIT]] demonstration at the Newton Institue, so [[John Benton|Benton]] is asked to go instead. |
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| In ancient Atlantis the aged and wise King [[Dalios]] is troubled by the disappearance of Krasis and the threat to the true crystal of Kronos, which is guarded by the [[Minotaur]] at the heart of a maze. The Master has traveled to Atlantis in search of the true crystal and soon inveigles himself at the Atlantean court, wooing the vain and gullible Queen [[Galleia]] and embroiling her in plots and schemes. Dalios warns of the dangers of the time when Kronos served Atlantis, but his wife is not moved by his pleas or his suspicions of the Master, whom he knows not to be an emissary of the gods. When the Doctor and Jo arrive, the old King – far older than he looks, since Kronos gave him the power of longevity – forms a bond of trust with the Doctor. The Doctor then faces the Minotaur to rescue Jo, duped into the maze by Krasis, and the creature is destroyed. The crystal is now produced from the maze – but the Master’s plotting with Galleia has borne fruit and he has usurped the throne, with Dalios deposed and arrested. Jo and the Doctor are soon detained too, and witness Dalios' sad death after mistreatment and torture.
| | At the institute, the Master [[Hypnosis|hypnotises]] the Director, Dr. [[Charles Percival]] into believing him about his TOMTIT experiments and his credentials. In the lab, Ruth and Stu decided to run the test without "the Professor". Outside, [[Window cleaner (The Time Monster)|a window cleaner]] observes their efforts, having been distracted from his work. |
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| When the Council of Atlantis meets, Galleia's faith in the Master is broken when the Doctor informs her of Dalios' death. Krasis, however, is still in his thrall and uses the great crystal to summon Kronos to Atlantis once more. In the resulting melee the Master flees in his TARDIS with Jo Grant in tow. The Doctor heads off in his TARDIS in pursuit while Kronos destroys the city and people of Atlantis.
| | [[File:Scientists.jpg|left|thumb|150px|[[The Master (UNIT years)|The Master]] apologises to [[Ruth Ingram]] and [[Stuart Hyde]] for his outburst.]] |
| | At UNIT HQ, the Doctor is using a [[time sensor]] to detect the Master. It activates, showing that a TARDIS is in use. The experiment as the institute shows that the jar at one end is disappearing and then appearing at the other. Looking at the clock outside his window, the master notices that it has slowed down. The experiment is causing an overload, but Ruth and Stu manage to contain it. Outside, the window cleaner falls from his ladder. |
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| In the Vortex, the Doctor threatens their mutual destruction by causing a [[time ram]] by which both TARDISes would occupy the same space/time co-ordinates. The Master, knowing the Doctor could never cause Jo's death, calls his bluff. Jo, however, has no such hesitation, and initiates the time ram. Kronos is set free and, thankful for this action, saves the Doctor and Jo and returns them to their TARDIS. Kronos intends to subject the Master to endless torment for his imprisonment, and the Master begs for mercy. The Doctor appeals successfully for the Master's life, who then flees in his own TARDIS. The Doctor and Jo return to the Institute as Ingram and Hyde operate the TOMTIT machine one last time, thereby returning the UNIT men to normality, albeit leaving Benton in a nappy. The machine then overloads, its time experiments at an end.
| | Meanwhile, the Doctor and Jo decide to follow their signal to find the source. They set off in [[Bessie]]. Back at the institute, the Master confronts Ruth and Stu, berating them for being so foolish. They tell him about the overload and he in turn tells them they were drawing power from outside of time itself. Stu looks out the window; a convoy is approaching with a UNIT Jeep among their number. The Master tells Ruth and Stu to leave him to his work. |
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| | The Doctor and Jo realise that the signal must be coming from [[Wootton]], where the institute is. Using Bessie's super-drive function, they speed along. UNIT arrive at the institute and find the window cleaner, alive but injured. |
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| | The Brigadier, Benton, Dr. Cook and his aide Proctor, and Percival come into the control room with Ruth at the research station. Cook complains about [[pheasant]] lunch and expenditures. The Master enters in a [[radiation suit]], to his himself. |
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| | The test goes begins and Ruth warns the Master that the power is overloading. Stu is in the crystal room. He gets too much power and can't hold it. He yells at them to switch off. Ruth yells at the Professor to turn it off. The Master only yells out, "Come, Kronos, come!!!" |
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| ==Cast== | | ==Cast== |
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| *Dr. [[Humphrey Cook|Cook]] - [[Neville Barber]] | | *Dr. [[Humphrey Cook|Cook]] - [[Neville Barber]] |
| *[[Proctor]] - [[Barry Ashton]] | | *[[Proctor]] - [[Barry Ashton]] |
| *Window Cleaner - [[Terry Walsh]] | | *[[Window cleaner (The Time Monster)|Window cleaner]] - [[Terry Walsh]] |
| *[[Krasis]] - [[Donald Eccles]] | | *[[Krasis]] - [[Donald Eccles]] |
| *[[Hippias]] - [[Aidan Murphy]] | | *[[Hippias]] - [[Aidan Murphy]] |
