Doctor Who:
The Masque of Mandragora
By Louis Marks
“So shall perish all our
Earthly enemies. Surround me with a helix of powers, brothers, and none shall
overcome us. All has happened as was foretold down the centuries. The waiting,
the prayers, the sacrifices. Now, at last, the empire of Mandragora will
encompass the Earth, for Demnos is only the servant of Mandragora, and
Mandragora is a mighty master of all things. Let the power flood into you,
brothers. Tomorrow night we shall witness the last prophecy. As it is written,
Mandragora shall swallow the Moon!”
While showing Sarah other
oarts of the TARDIS they two travelers come across the old TARDIS console
room. In there The Doctor explains that
he can control the TARDIS from here and opens the screen and then notices that
they are headed to the Mandragora Helix and they are sucked into the living
energy.
The pair decided to exit
the TARDIS and have a look around the void they are in when they are attacked
by the living energy as The Doctor and Sarah hide behind the TARDIS to escape
it. What The Doctor doesn’t realize is
that he left the door open and the energy made its way into the TARDIS. The pair run into the TARDIS and makes a
hasty escape when all of a sudden they land in 15th Century San
Martino, Italy. There the Mandragora
Helix is free to cause terror with The Brotherhood of Demnos as its pawns in
its quest for domination.
