Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen
Intergalactic war? That’s just not cricket … or is it?
The Doctor promised Romana the end of the universe, so she’s less than impressed when what she gets is a cricket match. But then the award ceremony is interrupted by eleven figures in white uniforms and peaked skull helmets, wielding bat-shaped weapons that fire lethal bolts of light into the screaming crowd. The Krikkitmen are back.
Millions of years ago, the people of Krikkit learned they were not alone in the universe, and promptly launched a xenophobic crusade to wipe out all other life-forms. After a long and bloody conflict, the Time Lords imprisoned Krikkit within an envelope of Slow Time, a prison that could only be opened with the Wicket Gate key, a device that resembles – to human eyes, at least – an oversized set of cricket stumps…
From Earth to Gallifrey, from Bethselamin to Devalin, from Krikkit to Mareeve II to the far edge of infinity, The Doctor and Romana are tugged into a pan-galactic conga with fate as they rush to stop the Krikkitmen gaining all five pieces of the key. If they fail, the entire cosmos faces a fiery retribution that will leave nothing but ashes…
It is mentioned that Romana has reassembled the Key to Time, (The Armageddon Factor) thwarted Davros, (Destiny of the Daleks) and outclassed the Nimon. (The Horns of Nimon)
When meeting K9 on Gallifrey, The Doctor remembers there is an earlier version of him on the planet with Romana’s “predecessor”, Leela. (The Invasion of Time)
The Doctor and a href=”/romana2″ title=”Romana 2″>Romana’s visit to the Time Lord prison planet Shada is mentioned. (Shada)
Shada looks like a giant seal of Rassilon. (Shada)
The Doctor possesses luck manipulation abilities. (Christmas on a Rational Planet, Camera Obscura)
Borusa has been regenerating more often since meeting the Fourth Doctor (The Deadly Assassin, The Horns of Nimon) and has died from a falling stack of books, a missing decimal point, and an infected toenail.
When The Doctor is contemplating the reasons why he didn’t notice Romana had been possessed, he remembers how he knew Sarah Jane’s android was an imposter by the fact that it was wearing the scarf that Sarah had lost earlier. (The Android Invasion)
Borusa is acting as Lord President for The Doctor. (The Horns of Nimon)
