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The
Doctor and K-9 Mark 2 are sent
on a mission by the immensely
powerful White Guardian. The
six segments of the Key to Time,
currently disguised and scattered
throughout the cosmos, need
to be brought together. Once
assembled, the Key will allow
the Guardian to restore balance
and good to a universe that
is descending into evil and
chaos. It will also thwart the
plans of the fearsome Black
Guardian!
As if
accepting such a daunting task
wasn't enough, the Guardian
appoints a new young assistant
for the Doctor, Romadvoratrelundar
- or Romana for short. Fresh
out of the Time Lord Academy,
the 140-year-old Romana is confident
that their mission will be easy
and, if the Doctor can curb
his irrational behaviour, can
be rapidly completed.
Using
a special Tracer, the TARDIS
locates the first segment on
the feudal planet of Ribos,
where two inter-galactic criminals
are using a lump of Jethryk
as bait in a plot to trick a
visiting nobleman into buying
the planet - which is not theirs
to sell. The Doctor finds himself
drawn into the con-men's fiendish
plan while Romana has to confront
the monstrous Shrievenzale...
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