History Recap / DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars

* [=~Everybody's Dead Dave~=]: Only the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith survive.

* MindOverMatter: Sutekh uses telekinesis throughout the story to counter his own paralysis; at one point, he even uses his mind to contain the blast from a gelignite explosive. Doubly impressive considering the explosion is occurring in England and Sutekh's pyramid is on Mars!

* MindOverMatter: Sutekh uses telekinesis throughout the story to counter his own paralysis; at one point, he even uses his mind to contain the blast from a gelignite explosive. Doubly impressive considering the explosion is occurring in England and Sutekh's pyramid is in Egypt!

Another classic serial, as the TARDIS lands in 1911 England (conveniently enough, Sarah has just been trying on one of former companion Victoria's old dresses...) and the Doctor gets involved in a plot that wouldn't have been too out of place 20 years later on ''{{Stargate SG-1}}''.

Simply put, a true classic of the genre and of the Hinchcliffe era; ''Series/DoctorWho'' doesn't get much better than this.

It's another RobertHolmes work; teaming up with Lewis Griefer and using a pseudonym, as it wasn't the done thing for your script editor to write an actual story. The dialogue is near perfect, the villains truly memorable and Baker is on fine, fine form.

It's on DVD with plenty of good extras, including a short entailing Sutekh's post-"Pyramids of Mars" career -- with Gabriel Woolfe still providing his voice.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The [[strike: bluescreen effect]] fire that's going to [[strike: blow sky-high]] burn down the priory.
** Not to mention [[CrowningMomentOfFunny that hand holding down Sutekh's chair when he stands up]] for the first time.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Marcus's brother tries to do this when he shows up at his house. [[AvertedTrope It doesn't work.]]

Simply put, a true classic of the genre and of the Hinchcliffe era; ''DoctorWho'' doesn't get much better than this.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When Sutekh's {{Dragon}} arrives on the scene, the first thing he does is dispose of the minion who did all the preliminary work.

-->'''Dragon:''' ''I'' am the servant of Sutekh. He needs no other.

* TranquilFury: Sutekh is this, creepily and effectively whispering every word, even when torturing The Doctor, until he's freed, when, [[LargeHam predictable]] [[KneelBeforeZod characterization]] [[FeedMe developments]] occur.

It's on DVD with plenty of good extras.

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* EpilepticTrees: Sarah Jane's line "I'm from 1980" complicates UNIT Dating like nobody's business.

* NightmareFuel: Marcus Scarman is a bit eerie, don't you think?
** Sutekh's cold, whispering voice will send a chill down your spine.

* SmartBall: Where did Sarah Jane learn how to shoot a rifle like that?
** Which Lis Sladen remarked on while filming.
*** Presumably an attempt by the (female) director to avert the "screaming Who companion" cliche.
** Or know so much about Egyptian mythology?
* SpecialEffectFailure: A stagehand's hand can be clearly seen holding down the seat as Sutekh stands for the first time in thousands of years.
* Main/StockPuzzle: In the story's defence, the ol' KnightsAndKnaves stumper might have been new when Sutekh's prison was made. 7000 years ago.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: The Doctor takes Sarah Jane to an alternative 1980 to show her the effect their non-intervention would have. Basically Earth is a volcanic wilderness.
** A {{homage}} to this scene was planned for "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E3TheUnquietDead The Unquiet Dead]]", surviving several early drafts before it became clear that it wouldn't flow.

* RecycledPremise: The ''{{Stargate}}'' franchise seems to have taken the whole SufficientlyAdvancedAliens as Egyptian gods thing, and run with it.

--> '''The Doctor'''

Another classic serial, as the TARDIS lands in 1911 England (conveniently enough, Sarah has just been trying on one of former companion Victoria's old dresses...) and the Doctor gets involved in a plot that wouldn't have been too out of place 20 years later on ''StargateSG1''.

Egyptologist Marcus Scarman has been possessed by Sutekh, last survivor of the ancient Osiran race who appeared to the Ancient Egyptians as gods. Sutekh is trapped in an Egyptian pyramid, his prison maintained by a signal from another pyramid on Mars. Sutekh has Scarman build service robots, (badly) disguised as Egyptian mummies, then with their help he builds a rocket to destroy the Martian pyramid. The Doctor destroys the rocket, but falls under Sutekh's control himself and transports Scarman to Mars in the Tardis to disconnect the signal trapping Sutekh.

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* EverybodysDeadDave: Only the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith survive.

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** Sutekh's cold, whispering voice wiull send a chill down everyone's spine