Plot Snakedance

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the arrival of tardis on manussa, formerly homeworld of both manussan empire , sumaran empire, triggers nightmares in tegan, dreams of snake-shaped cave mouth. evident fifth doctor mara reasserting on mind following possession entity while on kinda planet of deva loka (kinda). attempts calm taking , nyssa in search of cave tegan scared enter when find it, , runs away. alone , confused tegan lapses under control of mara once more, revelling in horror , destruction. emblem of snake returns arm.


manussa in grip of festival of celebration of banishment of mara civilisation 5 hundred years earlier. in absence of federator, rules on three-planet federation, indolent son lon have major role in celebration, supported mother lady tanha , archaeologist ambril, expert in sumaran period. lon intrigued notion mara might 1 day return prophesied, ambril unconvinced , believes such talk product of cranks. when doctor tries ambril take threat dismissed maverick, though young deputy curator chela more sympathetic doctor , gives him small blue crystal called little mind s eye, used snakedancers, mystical cult, in ceremonies repel mara. doctor realises small crystal , large counterpart, great mind s eye, can used focal points mental energy , can turn thought matter. this, determines, how mara transfer tegan s mind corporeal existence. realises manussans must once have been advanced people use molecular engineering in zero-gravity environment. created great mind s eye without realising full potential, , crystal drew fear, hatred, , evil minds, amplified , fed them. mara born manussa , reign of sumaran empire began.


meanwhile, tegan makes contact lon , passes snake mark of mara him too. visit cave tegan s dream, contains wall pattern, accommodate great crystal. lon sent palace while causes more havoc , takes control of showman, dugdale, used pleasure. lon meanwhile covers arm , goes trying persuade ambril use real great crystal in ceremony, placing in position in wall carving evidently enable mara return doctor predicted. persuade him comply, ambril shown secret cave of sumaran archaeological treasures , warned destroyed if not him. ambril agrees change in format.


the doctor , nyssa have meanwhile been aided chela, shares them journal of dojjen, snakedancer ambril s predecessor. 3 venture palace persuade authorities situation, see lon in grip of mara , orchestrating dangerous situation. 3 escape , doctor uses little mind s eye contact dojjen, lives in sandy dunes beyond city. venture there , doctor communes dojjen opening mind after being bitten poisonous snake. told wise old snakedancer mara may defeated finding still point in mind. 3 head city prevent ceremony of defeating mara using real great crystal. festivities @ peak, procession taking place culminates in ceremony @ cave. lon plays role of ancestor federator in rejecting mara. after series of verbal challenges seizes real great crystal , places in appropriate place on wall. tegan , dugdale arrive , displays mara mark on arm, becoming flesh having fed on fear in dugdale s mind. crystal in place, mara able create in cave, becoming vast , deadly snake. however, doctor arrives in time , refuses @ snake or recognise evil, relying instead on still place finds through mental commune dojjen via little mind s eye. resistance interrupts manifestation of mara , 3 slaves freed while snake dies , rots. doctor comforts distraught tegan, sure mara has @ last been destroyed.


continuity

every story during season 20 had doctor face enemy past. story, enemy mara, featured in previous season s story kinda (1982).







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