Doctor Who - The Visitation - Episode Examined

THERE ARE ECHOES OF THE DOCTOR'S PAST AND FUTURE IN THIS ACTION PACKED STORY...

THE VISITATION

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1. LIFE SENTENCE:

The Terileptils escaped the tinclavic mines of Raaga. The Malus, from 'The Awakening' (1984), also used tinclavic.

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2. SONIC SCREWDRIVER:

Versions of it had been seen since 'Fury from the Deep' (1968) but Part Three sees it destroyed. It would return in The TV Movie (1996) and in 'Rose'.

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3. FIRE HAZARD

The android is able to fire its energy beam inside the TARDIS. This is meant to be impossible as the ship is in 'a state of temporal grace'.

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4. MARA MATTERS:

This adventure follows on from 'Kinda', where Tegan had been possessed by the Mara. It would return to plague her and the Fifth Doctor in Snakedance (1983).

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5. LONDON'S BURNING:

In 'Pyramids of Mars' (1976) the Fourth Doctor suggested that he was involved with the Great Fire of London, but 'The Visitation' provides the truth!

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