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Line 2: [[File:sontaran_8504.jpg\|frame\|"So lemme get this straight, if I help you get rid of the Doctor and his friends and everyone else, then the Sontarans will have their own show?"]] {{quote\| '''Vardan Leader:''' ''Congratulations, Doctor. You show great promise in the application of power. You could be a first grade dictator.''~~<br />~~ '''The Doctor:''' ''Thank you. You're very kind. That's very kind of you.'' }} The Doctor is acting strangely. He runs the TARDIS back to Gallifrey, claims the Presidency, banishes Leela to the wilderness outside the Capitol, and lets the Vardan conquerors in. Why is he [[Not Himself]]? Is he truly their servant? Is he looking out for Number One nowadays? [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking\|What's with his sudden new taste in decor]]? Naturally, there are wheels within wheels, and the Vardan menace is ~~defeated -- with~~defeated—with two episodes left in the season. Wait... the cheers have stopped. What the... Uh oh, Sontarans! Cue a wild goose chase inside the TARDIS, which gives us quite an extensive view of the interior as well as its fabled swimming pool. Leela, meanwhile, has managed to befriend some of the savage Gallifreyans; and, with her makeshift army, infiltrates the Capitol to help out the Doctor, who uses forbidden technology to destroy the Sontarans, wiping his memory of events in the process. Leela suddenly decides she's fallen in love with Chancellery Guard Andred whom [[Strangled by the Red String\|she's just met]], and remains on [[Gallifrey]] with K-9. Line 14: ---- === Tropes === * [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Leela & co. * [[Big Electric Switch]]: There are several in the Time Lord citadel's security control room (which, despite being technically advanced, is whimsically designed to look old-fashioned nearly to the point of steampunk). * [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: The Doctor breaks it two times in the story, saying 'Even the sonic screwdriver won't get me out of this one.' in one scene, and then grinning at the camera at the end. * [[Deflector Shields]]: Gallifrey is protected by a sort of force field, and * [[Evil Chancellor]]: Castellan Kelner. (Chancellor Borusa is not evil,<ref>yet</ref> though he has moments of ruthless pragmatism.) * [[Fascists' Bed Time]]: A blanket curfew is instituted within scenes of the Vardans taking over. * [[Gambit Pileup]] * [[Going in Circles]]: Inside the TARDIS. * [[Hidden in Plain Sight]]: The Key of Rassilon, which every President since time immemorial has been charged to seek, as been in the office of the Chancellor all along; the Chancellor has a secret trust to keep it hidden so that no President has all Rassilon's powerful artifacts at once. [[Needle in a Stack of Needles]] is hinted ~~at -- the~~at—the Chancellor has an enormous collection of keys needed to do his ~~job -- then~~job—then subverted: the true Key is the one stuck in the keyhole of his desk drawer. * [[I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder]]: When Rodan suggests that the TARDIS interior could do with some sprucing up, the Doctor complains that he's a Time Lord, not a painter & decorator. * [[I Will Only Slow You Down]]