Doctor Who (1963) 11.01.04

The Time Warrior - Part Four

The Doctor collapses after being shot by Linx. Sarah interferes preventing the Sontaran from dealing the killing blow. Professor Rubeish hits Linx from behind in his weak spot, knocking him out. The Doctor ties up Linx. The Doctor and Sarah split up to continue with their original plan.

Sarah goes to the kitchen where she gets pulled into helping out. She sprinkles a sedative in the food that is being prepared for Irongron and his men.

The Doctor dresses himself up as the robot knight which Linx created for Irongron and goes to see the him. Irongron wants to fight with the robot to see how good it is and they do. The Doctor is found out. Irongron goes looking for Linx. He finds him tied up. He frees the Sontaran.

Irongron decides to use the Doctor for target practice. He has his men shoot at him with the muskets that Linx gave him. The Doctor manages to duck and dodge until Sarah shows up and helps him escape. They leave the castle and return to Sir Edward's castle.

They have a quick bite to eat and then head back to Irongron's castle. Hal goes with them. They get there just in time to see that Irongron's men are all collapsing thanks to the spiked food. The Doctor sends Professor Rubeish and the scientists back to the 20th century. The Doctor fights Linx again but they get interrupted by Irongron. Linx kills Irongron. Hal kills Linx. The Sontaran spacecraft explodes, destroying the castle.

Thoughts

Sarah changes outfits, not once but twice in this episode but all the clothes she is shown wearing are outfits she wore in the last three episodes.

Whatever it is that Sarah put in the food knocked Irongron and his men out, until they were needed elsewhere. They woke up very fast.

This story has its moments but this episode was not the best. It all wrapped up a little too quickly and neatly for my money. 

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08/13/22 Update: I've been looking through an old journal and found that I watched The Time Warrior once before. It was late Oct - Early Nov 2005. I didn't write very much about it. I liked it but didn't love it that first time around. It was the fourth 3rd Doctor story I watched. The three I watched prior to the Time Warrior were: The Three Doctors, Carnival of Monsters, Frontier in Space.  They are the first three stories from the 10th season.