History Recap / DoctorWhoS16E3TheStonesOfBlood

Accidentally releasing two justice robots, the Doctor is sentenced to death. He takes a lawyer wig out of his pocket and instead begins a magnificent bit of BotheringByTheBook. He manages to knock Fay unconscious by poking her necklace, which legally allows the sparkly justice robots (called Megara) to read her mind, seeing as she can't speak for herself anymore. The Megara quickly notice that Fay is in fact Cessair of Diplos, the criminal they've actually been sent to try. She stole a few Ogri from a nearby planet and employed them on earth as her bodyguards while avoiding the interstellar police for four thousand years. They transform her into the final stone in the circle, but not before the Doctor has snagged her necklace -- the segment of the Key that he has been looking for.

* AgonyOfTheFeet: Romana's addiction to style results in a terrible choice of footwear at the start of this story- ''stiletto heels'' in a place ''loaded'' with stones. The Doctor calls her out on this several times, and they start giving her much discomfort. Naturally, Romana rids herself of them and goes barefooted by the end of the first episode when the shoes prove too much for her. They become ChekhovsGun when the Doctor discovers them discarded in a field. At the Doctor's insistence, she switches to more comfy and practical boots. But changes her whole outfit to match them.

* AncientAstronauts: Cessair was an alien who also took on the identity of Vivien Fay, Morgana Le Fay, The Goddess and The Cailleach. Also her Ogri hid as some of the stones in Stonehenge and possibly the inspiration for ogres, Gog and Magog.

* ArtShift: Fourth and final Creator//TomBaker episode shot entirely on video. The show would ditch film for good at the start of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E1TheMysteriousPlanet Trial of a Timelord]]".

* SealedEvilInACan: A slight variation happened, where the Doctor releases a pair of biomechanical judges called the Megara from a ship stranded in hyperspace, and the judges promptly sentence him to death for letting them free without the proper legal authorization.

* NiceHat:

* AncientAstronauts

* ArtShift: Fourth and final Tom Baker episode shot entirely on video. The show would ditch film for good at the start of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E1TheMysteriousPlanet Trial of a Timelord]]".

* LiteralCliffhanger

* MilestoneCelebration: Averted. This is the 100th [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]] serial '''and''' its original broadcast was close to the series' 15th anniversary. There would have been a scene in which the Doctor would have gotten a cake and a new scarf for ''his'' birthday, but the idea was scrapped because it was considered to be too self-indulgent. (Although the cake had already been ordered, so cast and crew still got to tuck in).

* AgonyOfTheFeet: Romana's addiction to style results in a terrible choice of footwear at the start of this story- ''stiletto heels'' in a place ''loaded'' with stones. The Doctor calls her out on this several times, and they start giving her much discomfort. Naturally, Romana rids herself of them and goes barefooted by the end of the first episode when the shoes prove too much for her. They become ChekovsGun when the Doctor discovers them discarded in a field. At the Doctor's insistence, she switches to more comfy and practical boots. But changes her whole outfit to match them.

* RubberForeheadAliens: In her true Diplosian form Cessair looks just like she did at Vivien Fay, except with silver skin.

* CelticMythology

->'''Professor Rumford:''' ''Are you from outer space?''
->'''The Doctor:''' ''No, I'm more from what you'd call "inner time".''

* SealedEvilInACan: A slight variation happened, where the Doctor releases a pair of biomechanical judges called the Megara from a ship stranded in hyperspace, [[spoiler:and the judges promptly sentence him to death for letting them free without the proper legal authorization.]]

* There's an implication of a romantic past between professors Fay and Rumford.

* MilestoneCelebration: Averted. This is the 100th [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]] serial '''and''' its original broadcast was close to the series' 15th anniversary. There would have been a scene in which the Doctor would have gotten a cake and a new scarf for ''his'' birthday, but the idea was scrapped because it was considered to be too self-indulgent.

* CallBack: The spaceship has a dead Wirrn in it.

* ExpositionOfImmortality: There are three portraits missing from the wall at Boscombe Hall. The Doctor and Profesor Rumford come across them later, revealing them to all be portraits of Vivien Fay painted at various points during her long existence on Earth.

* CutenessProximity: The Doctor's insistence on treating K-9 like an actual dog is quickly taken up by Amelia as well.

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