Doctor, Octopus (Filleting “The Power of Kroll”)
Doctor Who’s biggest monster gets his due—or does he? The Randomizer drops us into The Power of Kroll, the soggiest segment of the Key to Time season, where the squid is supersized but the stakes… maybe not so much. Join us as we wade through methane, musical glass-shattering, suspicious swampies, and the curious absence of K9. Is Bob Holmes’ least favorite script really that bad, or are we just blinded by all the green body paint?
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Timeline:
- Intro 00:00:00
- Previously… 00:01:25
- Whomoji Challenge 00:06:17
- POLL to Open 00:12:02
- TL;DW 00:18:49
- Commentary: The Power of Kroll 00:21:27
- Four Questions to Doomsday 00:58:33
- What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:04:25
- Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:07:27
- Final Judgment 01:12:14
- Randomizer! 01:18:25
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Story Essentials
- Season 16, Serial 5
- Story number: 101, per the The Pull To Open Codex
- Writer: Robert Holmes
- Director: Norman Stewart
- Script Editor: Anthony Read
- Producer: Graham Williams, John Nathan-Turner
- Aired 23 December 1978–13 January 1979
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