THE KING'S DEMONS

Written by Terence Dudley.

Directed by Tony Virgo.

Transmitted originally: 15 March 1983 to 16 March 1983.

"Do our demons come to visit us?" - The King.

THE STORY

The TARDIS materialises in 13th Century England during a joust held in the presence of King John. The King welcomes the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough as his 'demons', but his actions toward the family of his host Ranulf fitz William are decidedly hostile. The Doctor discovers that what appears to be the King is in fact an a shape-changing android called Kamelion whom the Master found on Xeriphas. The Master has disguised himself as the King's Champion, Sir Giles Estram, and is using Kamelion in a plot to discredit the King and prevent the signing of the Magna carta, thereby changing the course of history. The Doctor manages to wrest control of Kamelion away from the Master, exposing his arch-enemy's scheme. The android joins the TARDIS crew.

CAST:

The Doctor (Peter Davison), Tegan (Janet Fielding), Turlough (Mark Strickson), The Master (Anthony Ainley), Ranulf (Frank Windsor), The King/ Voice of Kamelion (Gerald Flood), Isabella (Isla Blair), Hugh (Christopher Villiers), Sir Geoffrey (Michael J. Jackson), Jester (Peter Burroughs).

FACTS:

This story marks the debut appearance of short-lived new companion Kamelion - in reality a computer controlled, sound activated, animated robot created by software designer Mike Power and computer hardware expert Chris Padmore of a firm called CP Cybernetics.

Part One of this story was promoted by the BBC as the six hundredth Doctor Who episode.

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