Pyramids of Mars - Part Two
The Servant of Sutekh kills Namin and then assumes the form of Marcus Scarman. The Doctor, Sarah Jane, and Laurence Scarman hide. Marcus Scarman starts to gives orders to the mummies. They set some devices up and create a force field around the area. Scarman goes to the hunting lodge where the Doctor and the others left Dr. Warlock. The mummies kill him.
The Doctor gets injured and knocked unconscious while investigating the sarcophagus through which the Marcus Scarman arrived. Sarah Jane and Laurence drag the Doctor, who is still unconscious, into a priest hole. Marcus returns with the mummies. He senses a human presence. He is feeling along the wall where the priest hole is located when a hunter (who is trapped within the barrier) shoots at him from outside.
Marcus forgets about the presence he sensed. He sends the some of the mummies after the hunter. He goes with the other mummies to continue working on building a rocket.
The Doctor wakes up. He, Sarah, and Laurence hide in the TARDIS. Sarah wants to go home, to 1980. The Doctor shows her that it isn't as simple as all that. Sutekh will be successful if someone doesn't stop him and the future of the world (including 1980) will be devastated. He shows her and Laurence this. They both agree that they must return to 1911.
The Doctor starts to work on a device to jam the signal that Sutekh uses to control Marcus. The mummies find them just after the Doctor put the finishing touches on the machine. The mummies attack. One of them is strangling Sarah as the episode ends.
Thoughts
Laurence almost gets the Doctor and Sarah Jane killed with his histrionics on more than one occasion.
Sarah Jane is from 1980? Do the UNIT stories take place in the future relative to when the episodes where made? I don't recall.
Still good. This story is still living up to my limited memories of it.
Notes
Bernard Archer played the part of Marcus Scarman. This is the second of two Doctor Who stories in which he appeared. I've also seen him in a couple movies. He also appeared in a couple episodes of The Avengers.
George Tovey played the part of the hunter. This is the only episode of this show in which he appeared.
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