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But ''one'' statue was different. ''One'' statue contained an especially intractable malevolence, dubbed "Melkur", and its assigned guardian was a high-ranking Trakenite: Consul Kassia. Kassia's husband, Consul Tremas, was also a Traken elite, not to mention next in line for the Keepership; his daughter Nyssa was poised to carry on her family's august traditions. So, when Kassia was eventually corrupted by Melkur's malign influence, she was extremely well placed to wreak some serious damage to the Trakenite status quo.
Not that the planet's ruler, the kindly old Keeper of Traken, suspects [[The Mole]] in their midst. All he knows is that something is going pear-shaped, and he'd very much like the Doctor to drop by and help fix it. The Doctor is obliging, and soon he and Adric have made
They get hauled up in front of the Trakenite version of the [[Omniscient Council of Vagueness]], where the Keeper is summoned again but only says "''Evil! '''EEEEEEVIL!'''''" Which, it must be admitted, does cast our heroes in a rather poor light. Thanks a ''lot'', Keeper. Consul Tremas speaks up, protesting that the Doctor and Adric haven't been convicted of anything (yet, anyway); he gets rewarded by having them released into his custody and warned that his head is at stake if they misbehave.
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Actually, Kassia kills him. ''Actually'' actually, the Melkur controlling her killed him, by shooting laser beams from her eyes.
Meanwhile, the Doctor, Tremas, Adric, and Nyssa run around trying to subvert the Melkur's evil plans, and the Doctor discovers that the being controlling the Melkur is actually his [[Arch Enemy|old enemy]], the Master, still [[Doctor Who/Recap/S14
The Master and the Doctor do their usual dance of trying to beat each other, and while the Doctor does keep the Master from taking over the Source (some sort of [[Hive Mind]] for Trakenites), the Master has the [[Evil Laugh|last laugh]]. He [[Grand Theft Me|hijacks Tremas's body]], de-aging himself out of the Crispy Fried Master he has been and exulting in "a new body . . . at last".
Watch it [http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1019s_tardismedia_the-keeper-of-traken here]{{Dead link}}
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Nyssa - she was originally created just for this story, but the producers saw potential for her character as a companion and wrote her into the following story (though she was phased into it rather than joining the Doctor right away).
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* [[Hijacked by Ganon]]: Contrary to the beliefs of some fans, people who watched this story unspoiled do claim to have been surprised when the Master was revealed.
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Kassia is tricked into serving the Melkur because she doesn't want to lose Tremas.
* [[The Master (trope)|The Master]]
* [[Not Using the Z Word]]: The Master is only called by his name once in the story, and neither actor who plays him is credited as such.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Crispy!Master is played by a different actor in his second appearance. [[Word of God]] says they were meant to be the identical regeneration, so it's not a case of [[The Nth Doctor]].
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]
* [[Significant Anagram]]: Averted, unusually enough for ''[[Doctor Who]]''. "Tremas" is an obvious enough anagram for "Master", leading the viewer to think he's a
** Not shockingly, the name of 'Tremas' [[Executive Meddling|was demanded by producer John Nathan-Turner]] because actor Anthony Ainley, who played the character, would be playing the Master soon enough. Reflecting back on it, most of the cast think that it was a pretty silly reason for the name.
* [[The X of Y]]
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