User:DoctorQuoi/sandboxBFMR127CastleofFear

Summary of Castle of Fear:

Part 1:
The Doctor and Nyssa observe a play in Stockbridge in 1899 during Christmas. The Doctor is shocked when the characters in the play directly address him, seemingly knowing his identity.

Hubert, Earl of Mummerset and Yavuz cannot decipher the route to Stockbridge Castle in the year 1199 and note the descending fog. Eventually they are approached by Maud the Withered. The Earl claims he has returned from Palestine to claim his father's castle, but she reveals the devils and goblins came and took his father away. Maud the Withered warns them about the new ruler being Lucifer.

Meanwhile Nyssa and the Doctor continue to observe the play. The play claims the Doctor can bring the dead back to life, which puzzles and frustrates the Doctor as he claims to Nyssa he can do no such thing. She suggests that it may be an event that happens in the future that hasn't happened to them yet. They decide to investigate this Turkish knight mentioned in the play.

The Doctor and Nyssa go into town where the Doctor is recognized. Although he wants to inquire about the play, the arrival of someone announcing that they need a new person to play Santa, for which the Doctor is recommended.

Yavuz attempts to scale the castle to try and get inside with Hubert following in tow. He slips and falls down the stairs. Finally managing to get inside, he attempts to find a way to let Hubert in, but suddenly he is attacked. Hubert, fearing for his life, makes a run for it.

The Doctor is forced to take part in the play again. The Doctor reluctantly partakes in it. Suddenly one of the players begins acting strangely and attacks the Doctor.

Hubert address the village, explaining he is the king's son and has returned to rule. The villagers don't believe him and ridicule him. He claims his sword is the same his father gave him, but the words are in rune and cannot be deciphered. Trying to gain their trust, he offers gold to whomever rids the castle of the demons he heard earlier attack Yavuz. However, Maud the Withered joins the crowd and reminds him of what she said. Hubert stands by his word, hoping to have someone rid the castle of Demons.

The actor, seemingly possessed, collapses on stage and the Doctor and Nyssa try to help him. The Doctor talks to him and finds that their presence has caused his ancestor's memories of the Doctor and Nyssa to flood his memory, hence the strange behaviour, as he now believes he is his ancestor Osbert, peasant of Mummerset, from the year 1199. The Doctor, wanting to get down to the bottom of the matter, decides that is where they need to go.

The Doctor and Nyssa take the TARDIS back to 1199 where they find a still intact castle of Stockbridge. There they meet Hubert and Maud the Withered. Hubert happily informs him that he knows the Doctor has arrived to help exercise the "demons" inhabiting the castle. Suddenly, Osbert, they see, runs from the castle in fear and falls into the moat. Initially set to death, the Doctor persuades them to be kinder, to which Hubert decides that Osbert should be sent back into the river to drown for his cowardice. Before the Doctor can protest, Hubert gives him a sword and tells him that it is now his turn to enter the castle and attempt to vanquish the demons that supposedly inhabit it...