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   The Doctor to Dumas Walker   
   Re: Mawdryn Undead / Terminus   
   26 Nov 25 15:04:04   
   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <764099526@darkrealms.ca>,   
   Dumas Walker  wrote:   
   >Last night on Tubi they featured the first two serials of the three   
   >serial   
   >Black Guardian story arc.  I had never seen either of these before, nor   
   > had I   
   >ever seen any Fifth Doctor stories before.   
   >   
   >The last part of Terminus ends on somewhat of a cliffhanger that I   
   > assume was   
   >resolved in the next serial, Enlightenment, but as Tubi skipped ahead   
   > to the   
   >next serial, The King's Demons, I am not sure.   
   >   
   > *Potential SPOILERS follow*   
   >   
   >After the last episode ended, I realized the fate of a couple of   
   > characters   
   >introduced for the Terminus serial were left open-ended.  When we last   
   > see the   
   >pirates Kari and Olvir, they are discussing how they might get back to   
   > their   
   >own ship, and Kari indicates that she has an idea.  However, the   
   > episode ends   
   >without us seeing how this apparent dilemma was resolved, and the   
   > TARDIS fandom   
   >wiki page indicates that these two characters are never seen again.   
   > Since   
   >Olvir played a part in rescuing Nyssa, I was disappointed to learn   
   > that.   
   >   
   >It also ended before we learned how the Doctor and his companions fixed   
   > the   
   >TARDIS -- which had been tampered with by someone at the request of the   
   > Black   
   >Guardian --  but that is part of the cliffhanger that I assume did   
   > carry over   
   >to the next serial.   
   >   
   >Also sounds like the TARDIS never visits Terminus again.  The TARDIS   
   > wiki   
   >indicates that it was referenced in one of the Fifth Doctor audio   
   > stories, but   
   >the page for that story -- the Cradle of the Snake -- does not mention   
   > Terminus   
   >at all.   
   >   
      
   Nice!!!   
      
   >$$   
      
      
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