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From: The Last Doctor <mike@xenocyte.com>
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Subject: Re: The Legend of Ruby Sunday - first thoughts
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 02:54:08 -0000 (UTC)
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The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
> The Last Doctor  <mike@xenocyte.com> wrote:
>> The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>>> The Last Doctor  <mike@xenocyte.com> wrote:
>>>> The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Do you know the connections between Pyramids of Mars
>>>>> and Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death?
>>>> 
>>>> Of course I do Dave. But I want to see where it’s going - it’s a big
>>>> promotion for Sutekh from imprisoned Osiran to a genuine god.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> REcall the 4th Doctor exiled Sutekh to far reaches of time.
>>> 
>>> I expect a very angry Osiran!
>> 
>> You don’t remember the end of Pyramids of Mars very well then, Dave. There
>> was no exile.
>> 
>> Freed of the captivity imposed on him by Horus, Osiris headed for Earth
>> down his time-space tunnel to destroy but unfortunately for him, his travel
>> time was limited to light speed which gave the Doctor a two minute window
>> to move the end of the corridor. By moving it tens of thousands of years
>> into the future, he made Sutekh live out his full 7,000 years lifespan in
>> transit. Sutekh DIES at the end of the episode.
>> 
>> The Osirans were a powerful alien race. The ancient Egyptians regarded them
>> as gods - but they were not gods. Then.
>> 
>> Therefore, I’m waiting to see what RTD does with the concept.
>> 
> 
> How long does an Osirian live?

I already told you. As did the Doctor.

/quote

(The Doctor fastens two wires to the mummy case and puts his device on the
floor in front of it. The tunnel activates.)
DOCTOR: We've got about twenty seconds.
SARAH: Here he comes.
(Sutekh travels along the tunnel, but does not come out of the end.)
SUTEKH: Who dares to interfere?
DOCTOR: You're caught in a temporal trap, Sutekh.
SUTEKH: Time Lord! I shall destroy you. I shall destroy you!
DOCTOR: How long do Osirans live, Sutekh?
SUTEKH: Release me!
DOCTOR: Never. You're caught in the corridor of eternity.
SUTEKH: Release me, insect, or I shall destroy the cosmos!
DOCTOR: You're a thousand years beyond the 20th century now, Sutekh. Go on
for another ten thousand.
SUTEKH: I'll spare the planet Earth. I'll give it to you as a plaything.
Release me!
(Sutekh starts to disappear along the passage.)
DOCTOR: No, Sutekh. The time of the Osirans is long past.
SUTEKH: No!
DOCTOR: Go. 
(Sutekh is gone).
DOCTOR: He lived about seven thousand years.
SARAH: He's dead. Sutekh is dead.
DOCTOR: At last.

/end quote

-- 
“Most of the Universe is knackered, babes.”  - The Doctor