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$\"\"$ <\/a>The Invasion of Time<\/a> is a true classic of the Tom Baker era. It is one of many episodes in which the Doctor seems to be behaving erratically, and we the viewer are made to wonder\u00a0how he can be doing some of the things that we see him doing. At the beginning, we see the Doctor entering into an obviously nefarious arrangement with sinister shadowy figures in exchange for control of the time lords.\u00a0The episode also shows\u00a0the Doctor using a weapon \u2013 something that he wasn\u2019t quite as consistently opposed to as some fans who began watching more recently have assumed.<\/p>\n

It also gives us a glimpse of the TARDIS swimming pool, which gets mentioned or seen again in later<\/a> episodes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

$\"drwho_invasionoftime_dmatgun\"$ There are some fascinating moments, such as when Leela and Rodan discuss the evidence that the\u00a0Doctor is a traitor. Rodan says \u201cReason dictates\u201d and Leela responds \u201cThen reason is a liar.\u201d Leela also connects their rationality with cowardice. There is also some great banter between the Doctor and K-9.<\/p>\n

The Doctor, of course, is working to uncover a plot. But the fact that he claims the presidency of his planet in this episode becomes\u00a0the basis for very different interactions with Gallifrey in the future \u2013 even though the result is still the same, the Doctor on the run from his own people.<\/p>\n

$\"drwho_invasionoftime_castellan\"$ The designs on the lead-lined walls in his room are reminiscent of the\u00a0opening credits imagery used in the Peter Capaldi era.<\/p>\n

The moment when Baroussa tells the Doctor to remember his training in detatchment, and the Doctor says he prefers to care, is also a powerful one (and worthy of comparison with Jedi ideas about detachment in the Star Wars films).<\/p>\n

The elements of Gallifreyan ritual and ceremony have religious resonances, even if the powerful artifacts are assumed to have scientific rather than (or as well as?) spiritual power.<\/p>\n

The episode witnesses the departure of Leela, who remains behind on Gallifrey \u2013 suggesting, as we saw throughout her time with the Doctor, that not only did she have something to learn from time lords, but time lords also had something to learn from her.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"