The Man From Gallifrey: A Colin Baker Redux

Darrold lies dead his body literally sucked dry of blood. Jax yells in agony and is comforted by Peri. Passim orders the videolink cut and another airlock closed.

Later as Jax lies sedated in the medical bay the Doctor confronts Passim and tells her about his discovery. Why he demands are they using bloodworms?

Passim responds that they are trying to create a bio-weapon to defeat the Daleks. The Doctor is aghast. He knows the Daleks of old and knows that biological weapons are ineffective. Passim replies that the virus is designed to travel through the biological matter of the daleks and destroys the brainstem.

The Doctor asks if the Daleks were responsible for damaging the ship. Passim admits it.


In the Canteen Peri is trying to get a few moments of relaxation when Cartho and a few others approach her and demand to tell them what she knows. She says she doesn't know anything. Cartho then explains that all the crew have been tested.

The Doctor and Passim arrive and a confrontation occurs. Passim explains the true nature of the experiments and she is nearly lynched. It takes the Doctor and Peri to calm the situation. At that point a message from the bridge comes through. A Dalek ship has been spotted in the area and will be in range in 7 hours...
 
I like the idea of attempting to use a Biological Weapon against the Daleks and having the weapon turn out to be more dangerous then the Daleks.
 
Well as you know in the Star Trek: New Voyages version the weapon was developed to fight the Klingons so it was a simple switch.
 
Well as you know in the Star Trek: New Voyages version the weapon was developed to fight the Klingons so it was a simple switch.
Just never put two and two together for some reason. It make more sense with the Daleks then with the Klingons. The Dalek are more of a threat and would justify the weapon program.
 
Cartho, Jax and a few others are ready to attack Passim but the Doctor interjects. He asks Passim if there is any way that the condition can be reversed. She says she doens't know. Peri asks if the blood can be cleansed of all the virus. Passim says its possible but there might not be time. Peri suggests that she provide a template of "clean blood" The Doctor is against it saying it could kill her. He volunteers but Peri says that his Gallifreyan blood wouldnt be suitable.

Reluctantly the Doctor agrees. Linking the TARDIS medical systems to that of the ship Peri is tied in to the transfusion network. The Doctor and Passim create a plan where Peri's blood is drained and copied and then transfused into every crew member. Cartho objects saying he doens't want "alien blood".

Passim recieves a message from the bridge saying that the Dalek ship is accelerating. Over the next few hours the mass transfusion takes place. The Doctor tells Peri he's never felt more proud of her.

Finally with the transfusion complete the crew are ready to leave but the bridge reports that the bloodworms are starting to penetrate the hull. If they do break through everyone is doomed.

Suddenly Passim decides she will stay back and try and use the new blood to kill the worms. The Doctor opposes it but Passim is adamant. She is responsible for this and she will end this.

As the rest of the crew enters the TARDIS Passim enters the damaged section of the ship. Holding a phial of the new blood she stands firm as the worms penetrate. Her last act is to break the phial.

As the TARDIS dematerialses the Doctor, Peri and the rest watch in silence as the Dalek ship opens fire on the medical craft. The bloodworms are destroyed.

The episode ends with no music or title sequence.


 
Kevin Mcnally as Jax
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Blood and Fire had 10.8 million viewers. Its plausible to assume that the extra numbers were due to the furore stirred up by the press. Reviews were mixed. Some said it was a brave stab at focusing on discrimination and the dangers of blood conditions. Others were more scathing calling it a melodrama.

It caused further controversy when it was the first DW story to receive a 12 rating when it was released on VHS in 1989 although reclassified as PG on the DVD and Blu-ray versions.
 
Stagefright

The Doctor and Peri land in London in the 1890's and end up helping Marie Lloyd stage a show against the censorship of the time
(NB while not a straight comedy story it gave bot Baker and Bryant a chance to show their comedic skills
 
Auton

Receiving a surprise call from Lethbridge Stewart the TARDIS lands in Sinagpore 1985 where the Doctor and Peri find that an Auton ship has crash landed off the coast. The trio combat the threat whilst at the same time talking about how the world has changed for the worst.

(NB it always annoyed me that the only time the sixth doctor and LS were on screen together in Dimensions in Time. This is my attempt to plug that gap)
 
Mindwipe
Landing in Cambridge The Doctor and Peri defeat a scheme by the Master (Anthony Ainley) to create a mass intelligence database by killing prominent scientists.
 
Heart of TARDIS
A rare temporal schism causes the sixth and second's Tardises to collide. The Doctors, Peri and Jamie must descend deep into the TARDIS and find a way to undo the damage before both craft are destroyed.
 
Colin's second series was not as successful as the first. Ratings averaged 7 million with critics bemoaning the loss of the social fizz and being replaced by the old "baddie of the story" formula.

While the return of the second doctor, Jamie and L-S were welcomed by older fans many criticised it as being lazy.

However the criticism was soon forgotten with the news that Nicola Bryant was leaving the show...
 
Fury of The Daleks

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Sandstorm

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Rosa

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Game Of The Eternals

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