Doctor Who, Story 110, S18E06P02, Title: "Meglos". https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Meglos_(TV_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meglos Subtitles: "Chronic Hysteresis", subtitles, originally, by wyxchari. Semper kludgeamus: Repairs incomplete! Subtitles Transcript: : Meglos: Flies trapped in Amber... Not even the Doctor can escape a chronic hysteretic loop! Gaztak General Grugger: A what? Meglos: I've caught him inside a fold of time. Gaztak General Grugger: Ah, ha ha, good. Meglos: His only respite is the short period when he loops back to the start. Gaztak General Grugger: Round and round. For all eternity! Romana: Oh blast! Here we go again! Doctor Who: What's the matter? Romana: Well, now his probe circuit's jammed! Doctor Who: Well, that's easy, just waggle his tail. Romana: All right, we've tried everything else! K9: Thank you, Mistress, repairs complete. Doctor Who: That's the third time. What's happening? Romana: The TARDIS appears to be functioning normally. Doctor Who: Yes, then what? Repeated time cycles? Oh no! - It couldn't be a chronic hysteresis, could it? Romana: Chronic hysteresis! - I hope not. If it is, we'll be stuck here forever. Doctor Who: Yes. Gaztak Lieutenant Brotadac: So this Meglos can bend time? Gaztak General Grugger: Right. In a loop. Gaztak Lieutenant Brotadac: I've never heard of that, have you? Gaztak General Grugger: Doesn't matter how it's done. The point is, the Doctor doesn't get to Tigella. Meglos: Oh, but he does, gentlemen, he does! We mustn't disappoint the Tigellans! Doctor Who: It's no good! Every time we try to... Romana: Oh blast! Here we go again! Doctor Who: What's the matter? Romana: Well, now his probe circuit's jammed. Doctor Who: Well, that's easy, just waggle his tail. Romana: All right, we've tried everything else! K9: Thank you, Mistress, repairs complete. Romana: What can we try now? K9, is there any way out of a chronic hysteresis? K9: Negative, Mistress. No known technological procedure. Doctor Who: We're still looping. Romana: What if we stop the Time Rotor? Doctor Who: Yes. No! - That's a terrible idea! Romana: I'm only trying to help! Doctor Who: There's no known technological procedure! Sorry to whisper, but there's no known technological procedure... There's no known technological procedure. Romana: Oh blast! Here we go again! Romana: Oh blast! Here we go again! Doctor Who: What's the matter? Romana: Well, now his probe circuit's jammed! Doctor Who: Well, that's easy, just waggle his tail. Romana: All right, we've tried everything else! K9: Thank you, Mistress, repairs complete. Romana: We can't get out of it. We've tried everything. Doctor Who: Yes, that's what you said when you were repairing K9? We've tried everything? We've tried everything? We've tried everything? Of course! Romana: What? Doctor Who: Can you remember the rest of what you said? Romana: I should think so, we've been through it enough times. Doctor Who: K9? K9: Master. Doctor Who: Then that's how we'll do it! Throw it out of phase. Romana: You mean, go through the motions deliberately? Doctor Who: Yes, yes, yes... before the cycle comes back again. Romana: Well, you were over there. Doctor Who: What? Romana: Over there. Doctor Who: Yes, yes, of course... Good! Off you go then! Romana: Oh blast, here we go again... Doctor Who: What's the matter? Romana: Now his probe circuit's jammed! [The Doctor forgets his lines...] Doctor Who: Ah, that's easy just waggle his tail! Romana: All right, we've tried everything else. K9: Thank you, Mistress... Repairs complete... Romana: Phase cancellation! We've done it! Doctor Who: Well done, and for one awful moment, I thought you'd forgotten your lines! : [EOF]