8.5 The Daemons

Okayyyyyyyyyyyyy...............................

Let's just go back into time and pretend that this one doesn't exist. To summarize this plot:  The Master, posing as a vicar, summons a daemon from the underworld in the church's basement. 

 

The Master usually finds a way to create minions, but all he could muster was one small stone gargoyle, with its tongue sticking out.

This is all happening in a Neanderthal village, where people are superstitious up to their collars, and not much takes place there, beyond a small gargoyle running loose.  The Master seems to have been there for some time as the 'new' vicar, as he is generally accepted by the locals.  His plans are so elaborate.  What kind of sermons was he giving, and all that?  And then I took over the universe in great fire and brimstone...."Oh sorry, folks.  That was my diary."

 

Nice helicopter!  Too bad it exploded.  That's a lot of money down the drain. The Brigadier was most unhappy.

This was more about the little side characters, such as Benton and Yates who are on their own for a while. 

A barrier has been created all around the village.  The actors took great pride in throwing things at the barrier and watching them burst into smoke.

It turns out that the daemon is not the devil as everyone presumes. It is actually an alien from the planet Daemos who had come to Earth thousands of years before.  The Daemons had infiltrated Earth for years, and had even made their way into the myths.  What's strange is that the Daemon doesn't want to rule the world.  He really doesn't want the Master to, either.  For once, an alien has good sense, and realizes that the Master is a deeply disturbed maniac. 

In the end, the Master convinces the Daemon that he's a terrific guy and will do just fine running the world, so Azal gives him the power. Azal then decides to kill the Doctor, just for good measure.  However, Jo wants to sacrifice her life for the Doctor's and this confuses Azal to such a degree that he blows up and dies.....Well that makes no sense at all.

In the end, the Master is captured by U.N.I.T. and taken away.  He's really such a pain in the butt nowadays.  I hope they don't bring him back for a very long time.

And then we all get to dance 'round the maypole.

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