I have been in Vegas now for eight days. I could try to convince myself that the scale here is wrong, but... it isn't. So that's depressing. But I am still hitting the treadmill every day, and today was a particularly difficult day to squeeze that in. I am exhausted and ready to fall into bed but I know that you, my dear Imaginary Readers, would be sorely disappointed if I didn't tell you all about the end of The Time Monster.

So let's talk about that.

The Time Monster - Episodes 5 & 6

(TARDIS Data Core recap)

The most interesting thing I can say about the last part of The Time Monster is that Darth Vader shows up for one scene. I mean, not really, but actor David Prowse shows up as the Minotaur and is then promptly killed. So that was cool.

Beyond that... It turns out that the Doctor and Jo didn't die after all at the end of episode four. They were both saved by Sexy, who didn't want to lose her thief. After that there is a bunch of running around in Atlantis where the Master seduces the queen and finally unleashes Kronos to destroy the legendary civilization (for the third time in ten years of Doctor Who). Unfortunately for the Master, it turns out that Kronos wasn't fond of being a prisoner and pulls out a literal Deus Ex Machina to wrap up the story.

Oh, and at some point Sergeant Benton had been aged backwards into a baby, and then at the very end he is aged forward again but is naked. And then everybody laughs, like the end of every bad sitcom you have ever suffered through.

And with that the ninth season comes to an end with a flatulent whimper and we all thank God it's over.

Tomorrow: The Three Doctors!! Yay!!!!

STATS:

Doctor(s): Third
Companion(s): Jo Grant
Episode(s): The Time Monster - Episodes 5 & 6
Steps Walked: 7,345 today, 1,128,498 total
Distance Walked: 3.86 miles today, 555.56 miles total
Weight: 263.40 lbs (five day moving average), net change -43.90 lbs