The King's Demons

Instead of arriving on Turlough’s home planet, the TARDIS appears next to a jousting match in the English countryside in the year 1215. Everyone in the crowd is understandably freaked out, except for King John and the mysterious French knight Sir Gilles. Only, they aren’t really King John and Sir Gilles, they’re actually Kamelion, a shape shifting robot, and the Master. With the help of Kamelion, the Master intends to depose the actual King and prevent the signing of the Magna Carta. Not a bad idea for a story, right? Too bad it’s half as long as a standard Doctor Who serial. At just two episodes, it’s not long enough to flesh out the plot, the stakes or any of the new characters. There’s not even enough for the regular cast to do. Turlough spends most of the story locked up in a dungeon and all Tegan gets to do is complain about being cold. At the end of the story, the Doctor grabs Kamelion and heads off in the TARDIS without even trying to clear up any of the confusion surrounding his appearance.

Rating: You don't have to pretend%