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Classic Who S16 • Serial 3 · (4 episodes)

The Stones of Blood

3.69/ 5 255 votes

First aired Saturday, October 28, 1978
Production Code 5C
Written by David Fisher
Directed by Darrol Blake
Runtime 100 minutes
Time Travel Present
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Stone Circle LGBTQA+
Story Arc: (Potential Spoilers!) The Key to Time
Locations Cornwall
Synopsis

Searching for the third segment to the Key to Time brings the Doctor and Romana I to present-day Earth, where the travellers have to contend with stone circles, Druidic rituals and a not-so-mythical goddess known as the Cailleach.

4 Episodes:

First aired Saturday, October 28, 1978
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by David Fisher
Directed by Darrol Blake
UK Viewers 8.6 million

Synopsis

England, the late 1970s. The Doctor and Romana arrive in search of the third segment. But the Tracer readings are erratic and something ominous is happening with an ancient stone circle...

First aired Saturday, November 4, 1978
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by David Fisher
Directed by Darrol Blake
UK Viewers 6.6 million

Synopsis

The quest for the Third Segment has landed the Doctor and Romana in the midst of a druidic cult centred on a stone circle. But the stones are not what they seem, and somewhere out there is a blood-thirsty Celtic goddess.

First aired Saturday, November 11, 1978
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by David Fisher
Directed by Darrol Blake
UK Viewers 9.3 million

Synopsis

Chased by blood-thirsty stones, the Doctor must find a way to rescue Romana. What awaits him in the theoretical absurdity of hyperspace?

First aired Saturday, November 18, 1978
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by David Fisher
Directed by Darrol Blake
UK Viewers 7.6 million
Appreciation Index 67

Synopsis

Facing a sentence of death from merciless justice machines, the Doctor must play for time while Romana tries to discover just who Vivian Fey really is.

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