TEXT: The Ribos Operation First broadcast 2nd September, 1978 5:45pm - 6:10pm [SCENE_BREAK] 1: INT. TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM (The Doctor is stretched out across the floor, his scarf trailing all the way across the room. Before him is his newest companion - K-9 Mark II, the replica of his recently departed robot dog. He blows a dog whistle at the robot experimentally. K-9 lifts his head...) K-9: Master. (The Doctor laughs heartily, pulling himself up.) DOCTOR: It works, K-9, it works! Listen, I've got a little surprise for you. K-9: Master? DOCTOR: You and I are going away on holiday. K-9: Affirmative. DOCTOR: A nice, long holiday. K-9: Affirmative. DOCTOR: Would you like that, K-9? K-9: (nodding his head) Affirmative, affirmative, affirmative... (The Doctor pats K-9's head, gets up and walks around the console.) DOCTOR: Shh, shh, shh, shh. Holligan three's lovely, K-9. Nothing like it - creatures, palm trees, sunshine all day, hot and... (At that point, the lights on the TARDIS go out. Even the ones on the console. The normal hum of the ship fades to silence. Suddenly, the TARDIS doors open of their own accord, and brilliant white light shines into the room. Somewhere, a harpsichord is playing a formal, noble tune. The Doctor squints as he gazes into the light.) DOCTOR: Yes? VOICE: (booming, echoing, male) YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUIRED. DOCTOR: Loo...l-l-listen, I-I-I-I don't wish to appear rude, but...who are you? VOICE: DO YOU REALLY NEED TO ASK, DOCTOR? DOCTOR: Well...only a Guardian... (A crack of thunder echoes through the TARDIS.) DOCTOR: Oh
SUMMARY:
The Guardian of Time gives the Doctor a difficult task,and a new assistant. Together they must search for the six segments of the Key to Time, to prevent the Universe from being plunged into eternal chaos. On their mission, the Doctor and Romana travel to the planet Ribos where the first segment of the key is protected by the monstrous Shrivenzale.