The Black Guardian is not happy that Turlough failed to murder the Doctor, and his disembodied voice tells him he will remain on the ship forever, in "perpetual torment". Tegan, Turlough and the Doctor go up to the deck and Turlough suddenly goes apeshit. The Doctor, as always, thinks something more sinister is at hand. The other captain's ship comes so close that it actually is destroyed. The ships round Venus, and Striker's ship edges so close to the planet in an attempt to get ahead that the ship's almost destroyed. The Doctor uses a viewscreen to look at another captain and notices he's wearing an out-of-period red jewel that is very important to the plot so pay attention. Having Enlightenment will ensure that they will never be bored again. They've lived so long that they have no original thoughts of their own, and must read the minds of mortals ("Ephemerals") in order to alleviate their soul-crushing boredom. The officers of these ships are Eternals, mind-reading beings who exist above and beyond our universe. The four of them eventually meet in the bridge, where the Doctor looks at the ship's map just in time for the show's first cliffhanger: the ship is actually a space ship, and it's racing with other period Earth ships through the solar system. But before she can get to the Doctor with this urgent information, she runs into the ship's handsome but creepy first mate, Marriner, who tells Tegan in an equally creepy voice that he will take her to her friends. He does: they have to make sure someone "does not win" and it's "winner takes all". Meanwhile, Tegan is left in the TARDIS in case the White Guardian sends another message. (But they got paid in advance, so don't give a damn.) The Doctor and Turlough find out that the sailors have absolutely no idea how they came aboard the ship nor who their captain is. This four-episode serial first aired from March 1-9, 1983.Īfter receiving a garbled message from the White Guardian (and almost blowing up the TARDIS in the process), the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough are taken by the TARDIS to what appears to be an Edwardian sailing ship. Also the one where Tegan looks fabulous in a dress.
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