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| 1980 | In STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Luke Skywalker learns evil Darth Vader is really his father. | In PYRAMID WARS: THE DYNASTY STRIKES BACK Horus learns evil King Set is really his father. | Set was Horus' uncle, from whom Isis hid Horus' birth so that Horus could avenge his father Osiris. | ||
| 1981 | In Full Circle the Doctor takes on as traveling companion a young mathematical genius named Adric. |
In Full Circle Merlin and Nimue take on as traveling companion a young mathematical genius named Phaeton. |
Phaeton was a half-human son of Apollo. | ||
| In State of Decay the TARDIS travelers assist a lost human colony in destroying the Chief Giant Vampire out of Time Lord legend. |
In State of Decay the CAVE travelers assist the Milesians, the earliest human occupants of Irish space, in banishing to the Otherworld the fairy lord Nuada. |
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| 1982 | In Castrovalva the Doctor regenerates into his fifth body. |
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| In The Wrath of Khan Khan and his people escape exile and seize the Genesis Project from Dr. Carol Marcus, who Kirk learns bore him a son now grown, David, one of the scientists on Carol's project. Spock dies repairing the Enterprise engines when Khan detonates the Genesis device, Carol's terraforming device. |
In The Wrath of Bran Bran and his people escape exile and seize the Holy Grail from Morgan le Fey who is performing secret experiments with it, attempting to learn the secret of the creation of Life. Arthur learns she bore him a son now grown, Mordred, one of Morgan's knights. Lancelot dies repairing the Excalibur engines when Bran detonates Morgan's Grail-powered terraforming device. |
The Round Table Knights all pledged to spend a year on questing for the Holy Grail. Lancelot failed the quest because of his love for Guenevere. | |||
| In Earthshock Adric loses his life attempting to foil a Cyberman plot to destroy Earth. |
In Worldshock Phaeton loses his life attempting to foil a Golem plot to destroy Greece. |
Phaeton was promised the opportunity to pilot the sun for a day and botched it, killing himself. | |||
| In Transformations Kirk and the Doctor learn that Spock's protege Saavik is a half-Time Lord changeling - and half-sister to the Doctor himself. Their father is a Time Lord geneticist, trying to revitalize the species by crossbreeding it in secret. |
In Transformations Arthur and Merlin learn that Lancelot's protege Galahad is a half-Avalonian changeling - and half-brother to Merlin himself. Their father is an Avalonian geneticist, trying to revitalize the species by crossbreeding it in secret. |
Galahad is Lancelot's illegitimite son, the knight prohesied to complete the Grail quest. Merlin is half-human, half-demon. | |||
| 1983 | M*A*S*H's series finale is the most-watched tv show in history. In AfterM*A*S*H Colonel Potter, former commander of the 4077th MASH, forsakes retirement for a veterans' hospital in his hometown where his is joined on the staff by Klinger and Father Mulcahy. | In
T*A*R*D*I*S the Doctor's visits to the MASH are sampled in episodes ranging throughout the unit's history. |
In
C*A*V*E Merlin's visits to the Trojan HORSE are sampled in episodes ranging throughout the unit's history. |
H*O*R*S*E's series finale is the most-watched tv show in history. In PostH*O*R*S*E Odysseus, creator of the Trojan HORSE, is succeeded to the throne of the Greek nation Ithaca by his son Telemachus. Forsaking retirement, he invents the veterans' hospital. | In The Odyssey Odysseus, Greek veteran of the Trojan War and creator of the Trojan Horse, voyages home to Ithaca and with the help of his son Telemechaus seizes Ithaca from its would-be usurpers. |
| In STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI Luke defeats Vader's evil Emperor and redeems Vader in his last moments of life. | In PYRAMID WARS: RETURN OF THE ENNEAD Horus defeats Set's evil mistress Ammut and redeems Set in his last moments of life. Horus becomes king. | Upon defeating Set Horus becomes king of the gods. | |||
| In The Five Doctors the Doctor's first four incarnations are removed from time, to an ancient Time Lord death trap, where the Doctor must track them to keep his entire history from unraveling. |
In The Five Heroes Arthur, Hercules, Achilles and Horus are removed from time, to an ancient Avalonian death trap, where Merlin must track them to keep his entire history from unravelling. |
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| 1984 | In The Search for Spock the Klingon Kruge plots to gain possession of the Genesis Project. At the Genesis planet Kruge blows up David and Saavik's ship the Grissom, and attempts to kill Saavik but kills David instead when David jumps to Saavik's defense. Kruge is destroyed when Kirk lures his men aboard the Enterprise, having stolen his decommissioned ship to reunite Spock's body with his soul which has possessed Dr. McCoy. The reunification is completed on Spock's home planet Vulcan. |
In The Search for Lancelot Morgan le Fey plots with her lover Sir Accolon to regain possession of the Holy Grail. At the Grail planet Accolon blows up Sir Percivale's ship the Whiteflower, and attempts to kill Mordred but kills Galahad instead when Galahad jumps to Mordred's defense. Accolon is destroyed when Arthur lures his men aboard the Excalibur, having stolen his decommissioned flagship to reunite Lancelot's body with his soul which has possessed Guenevere. The reunification is completed on Lancelot's home planet Benwick in French space. |
At the accomplishment of the Grail quest Galahad is bodily assumed into heaven. Morgan le Fey and her lover Sir Accolon plot to steal the sword Excalibur. Accolon substitutes a copy and nearly kills Arthur with the real Excalibur, but when the switch is exposed Accolon ends up dead. | ||
| In The Caves of Androzani the Doctor sacrifices himself that his girl companion might live. He regenerates into his sixth body. |
In The Caves of Tripoli Merlin sacrifices himself that Nimue might live. Nimue attempts a spell to save him, but loses consciousness and awakens next to his body with unclear memory of the attempt. Nimue assumes possession of Merlin's CAVE. |
Nimue assumes all the besotten Merlin's powers and she seals him in a cave to keep him for herself forever. | |||
| In The Twin Dilemma - stumbling on a cosmic kidnapping while mad with the aftereffects of regeneration - the Doctor takes on a Space Service Lieutenant Hugo Lang as an assistant for the duration of this adventure only. |
In The Twin Dilemma - stumbling on a cosmic kidnapping while mad with grief and/or with the aftereffects of her spell - Nimue takes Sir Pelleas of the Round Table for a traveling companion. (Pelleas is played by the same actor as the popular cameo character "Sir Adventure" in The Search for Lancelot.) |
When Nimue discovers the noble knight Pelleas pining after the unsympathetic Lady Ettarde, she enchants Ettarde to fall in love with Pelleas after she and Pelleas have got married. | |||
| In
Casting Bread the Doctor whiles away the three months he promised Peri Brown she'd travel with him by helping Kirk's staff refit their captured Klingon bird-of-prey, then takes her home. |
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| 1985 | In The Two Doctors the TARDIS crosses paths with itself when the Doctor is obliged to rescue his second self from a Sontaran plot to duplicate the Time Lords' symbiotic bioengineered time-travel techonology. |
In The Two Sorcerors the CAVE crosses paths with itself when Nimue and Pelleas are obliged to rescue Merlin and Boadecia from a Myrmidon plot to duplicate the Avalonians' symbiotic bioengineered time-travel techonology. |
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| 1986 | In The Voyage Home when Kirk saves Earth again, Starfleet exonerates him for stealing the Enterprise and places him in command of the Enterprise-A. |
In The Quest Home when Arthur saves London again, the Kings' Council of his vassals and allies exonerates him for stealing the Excalibur, allows him to name Prince Mordred his heir and Prince Regent, and allows him to go on indefinite progress on the Exaclibur-A. |
Mordred is knighted and acknowledged as Arthur's son and heir. | ||
| In Trial of a Time Lord the Doctor is put on trial by the Time Lords for violation of their non-interference policy. His prosecutor, the Valeyard, is exposed in the end by the Master as the amalgamation of the Doctor's dark side. A corrupt High Council has promised the Valeyard the Doctor's regenerative cycle if he prosecuted the Doctor as part of an elaborate coverup. The Doctor's girl companion is believed dead for a time. |
In Trial of a Sorceress Nimue is put on trial by the Avalonians for violation of their non-interference policy, and for possession of the stolen CAVE, much as Merlin once was. Her prosecutor, Taliesin, is exposed in the end by the Morgan as the amalgamation of Merlin's dark side. A corrupt High Council has promised Taliesin the powers Nimue received from Merlin if he prosecuted Nimue as part of an elaborate coverup. Pelleas is believed dead for a time. |
The bard Taliesin claims in his works that he will be Merlin. | |||
| In Historical Revision when the Klingons whose war against the Federation was put down at Organia launch an attack on that planet, Kirk and the Doctor learn that "Organia" is really Gallifrey, the home planet of the Time Lords, during the time of Rassilon the founder of Time Lord society. The Klingon force is led by Kor, Kirk's adversary at the first encounter at Organia. | In Historical Revision when Gaelic vassal kings whose rebellion against Arthur was put down at Glastonbury launch an attack on that planet, Arthur and Nimue learn that "Glastonbury" is really Avalon, the home planet of the time-traveling sorcerors, during the time of Vivian the founder of sorceror society. The Gaelic force is led by Morgause, widow of Arthur's adversary at the first encounter at Glastonbury, and Morgan's sister. | Among the associations in the legends between the monastery at Glastonbury and the legendary isle of Avalon is the fact that the legends say Arthur went to Avalon after his final wounding and that graves supposedly of Arthur and Guenevere were discovered at Glastonbury in the twelfth century. |