Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora

Novelization of the Tom Baker episode of Doctor Who which originally aired in 1976. Forced off-course by the Mandragora Helix, the TARDIS lands in 15th century Italy, where the court astrologer has been taken over by the alien energy. Their plan is to rule the Earth. It's up to the Doctor to take charge of things. Forced off course by the Mandragora Helix, the Tardis lands in the province of San Martino in fifteenth-century Italy. Here, the court astrologer, Hieronymous, has been taken over by the Mandragora energy-form — Hieronymous and the other members of his star-worshipping black magic cult will be used as a bridgehead, enabling the Mandragora Helix to conquer the Earth and rule it through their chosen servants. The Doctor has to defeat not only the Mandragora energy, but the evil schemes of the murderous Count Frederico who plans to usurp the place of his nephew, the rightful ruler of the province. Fiction; General; Science Fiction; Space and Time