Doctor Who:
The Androids of Tara
By David Fisher
“Hear that, K9? Wedding
bells or a funeral knell? Do hurry up. A hamster with a blunt penknife would do
it quicker.”
The Doctor and Romana have
landed on Tara in search for the fourth segment of The Key to Time. The Doctor wants nothing to do with it and
decides to do some fishing. So Romana
heads off and finds the fourth segment in fact she finds it pretty quickly as
it was a piece of a statue. Romana gets
into trouble as she is attacked by some sort of creature. She is rescued by Count Grendal who thinks
she is an android of the Princess Strella.
In fact Romana is looks just like her and can pass as her twin.
The Doctor has some
problems of his own as he is persuaded to help Prince Reynart with his android
double. Of course The Doctor accepts and
finds himself embroiled in the feud for the crown of Tara as Count Grendal
drugs their drink and kidnaps Prince Reynart in his quest for the crown. Things get crazy as androids get destroyed and
Grendal goes on the offensive and the double cross is the word of the day and
it is up to The Doctor to save Romana and Prince Reynart his throne.
David Fisher who wrote four Tom Baker stories died on January 10th 2018. The four stories he wrote were for the later Tom Baker years and they are the 1978 stories The Stones of Blood and The Androids of Tara, the 1979 story The Creature from the Pit and the 1980 story The Leisure Hive. He also had a hand in the story The City of Death which he couldn't finish due to person reasons and handed it over to Douglas Adams to finish. You can read more at the Doctor Who news page.
