Doctor Who:
The Stones of Blood
By David Fisher
“How do you know? You've
been locked in that capsule for four thousand years! Even the finest piece of
machinery deteriorates after that time. Rust, dust, pieces of fluff. Think how
you'd feel if you condemn an innocent humanoid to death just because you got a
bit of fluff stuck in your sprocket wheel or whatever it is you've got in
there.”
The locator sends The
Doctor and Romana to a planet The Doctor knows all too well. Earth is the location of the third segment and
before they arrive the travelers receive a warning from The White Guardian to
beware The Black Guardian. They arrive
at a stone circle called the Nine Travelers which is in Boscombe Moor, Cornwall. There they meet up with Professor Amelia
Rumford and her friend Vivien Fay who is surveying the stones.
Things do not seem as they
appear as two of the stones seem to be alive. Two of them in fact are Ogri and
they are blood sucking rocks. Yes that is
right they drink blood to survive and have been getting their fair share from
campers to druids. Things seem to be
crazy as and not what they seem as it turns out that Vivian isn’t really Vivian
at all as the leader of a druid cult is actually Cessair of Diplos a big time
criminal who is awaiting trial by the Megara who are Judge, Jury and Executioner.
So to find the next segment The Doctor and Romana have a whole lot to sort out
first.
I’m not a big fan of The Stones of Blood. It starts off well but the ending seems to
silly and very annoying especially listening to the Megara. They are so annoying and the look like over
glorified lens flares that you would see in a J.J Abrams movie. Plus the noise they made was extremely
annoying also. When the story moved to
the spaceship it seemed to lose its character as it wasn’t scary anymore but
something way to silly. It seemed like a
caricature of what it should be.
I did like the stuff that
took place on Earth. I loved watching the Ogri going around and killing people
and wreaking havoc in the countryside.
This part of the story was very well done as The Doctor was trying to
figure out what was going on. The mix of
the Druids and the mystery surrounding Vivian was the best part of the story.
The Stones of Blood isn’t
the worst of The Key to Time season as those stories are coming up pretty
soon. But it is one that is a mix bag
and you either love it or hate it but I don’t mind it and there is some good
moments in it.
Grade C +
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