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The
Doctor, Romana and K-9 continue
their search for the six disguised
segments that make up the powerful
Key to Time.
The
TARDIS lands on Earth close
to the Nine Travellers, an ancient
stone circle. Professor Amelia
Rumford and her associate Vivien
Fay, who are studying the stones,
explain that every time the
circle has been surveyed, the
number of stones has changed.
Also interested in the circle
are a group of druids - dedicated
followers of the Cailleach,
the Celtic goddess of war, death
and magic - who are prepared
to perform human sacrifice to
satisfy her demands for blood.
The
Doctor soon learns that there
is more to the Nine Travellers,
the Cailleach and the druids
than meets the eye. How can
the stones apparently move around
the countryside? And why has
the area around the circle always
been owned by a woman?
After
Romana discovers the true identity
of the evil Cailleach, the Doctor
finds that he must travel into
hyperspace to solve the mystery
of the Nine Travellers and save
his companion from the blood-hungry
alien life-forms known as the
Ogri... |