Episode 11: Sanctuary
On
her way to New Byzantium in the 42nd century, Penelope catches a
distress call coming from a 22nd century starship… not from space but from
within the vortex itself! After rescuing
the crew from certain death, the Time Lady and Alecta soon discover that the
family of four is obviously hiding something. A tale of shattered pasts, guilty
consciences and hard choices…
Episode 12: Race
Against Time
Following
her arrival on New Byzantium with Alecta and the Andersons, Penelope once again
meets the enigmatic Velkis, who are waiting for her with some very important
information to impart. Ancient secrets are revealed, patterns emerge, seemingly
unconnected events come into perspective… and Something Terrible is about to
happen somewhere in Time and Space.
Episode
11 was full of emotion and great interactions with NPCs – and unless I’m
mistaken, it’s probably our first episode ever which took place entirely (well,
almost) inside the TARDIS. It also acted as the perfect “scene-setter” for
episode 12, which was one of those tricky pre-finale episodes where apparently
unconnected events from the soon-to-be-finished season lock themselves together
to reveal the Big Picture. In this case, Penelope learned two very essential
facts:
1)
The Weeping Angels are actually Kronos himself, whose essence had been scattered
during the Time War by the Guardians of the Universe (unbeknownst to everyone
else, of course); they couldn’t destroy him so they reshaped him as the weird,
quantum-locked species we’ve all come to love. Incidentally, I confess I was
quite proud of this bit of alternate retcon – which really does make some sense
(in terms of powers as well as in terms of appearance).
2)
Kronos is planning to Become One once again and the Weeping Angels
were after Penelope – or her TARDIS? She
didn’t really have the time to reflect upon this, since the episode ended with
our Time Lady thrown back in time by a Weeping Angel...
When
and where will she end up? We’ll find
out in episode 13 (i.e. next Saturday). See you soon!
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