The Consuls and the Fosters then point their weapons at the Doctor and Adric and close in on them. Evil, infinite evil!' The Keeper then vanishes, and Melkur moves out of sight. The Doctor asks the Keeper to identify them, but he cries out, 'Evil! The sanctum is invaded!. The Consuls ask about the identity of the Doctor and Adric, and Melkur stands at the doors of the room seen only by the Keeper, its eyes glowing red. Melkur is later seen striding from the Grove towards the courtroom. Neman and the other Fosters are sent to check the presence of the Doctor's craft in the grove, but before they arrive, red light is seen shooting from the Melkur's eyes towards the TARDIS, causing it to disappear. The consuls vote to summon the Keeper, just as the Doctor and Adric are brought before them. As the Doctor and Adric exit the Grove, they are surrounded by armed Fosters. The TARDIS emerges in the Grove, opposite to the Melkur statue. Believing the man to have been murdered, Kassia says that the great danger necessitates that the Fosters be armed, but the Consuls cannot agree among themselves and summon Proctor Neman. He says that it means some force is taking control of Traken. Tremas scans the area, but the readings are off the scale of his instrument. A short time later, Fosters find a body outside the Grove and the Consuls are summoned to a meeting by Kassia. A voice is heard emanating from Melkur echoing her word 'soon'. She pours out her heart to the inanimate statue about her concerns, that once Tremas becomes Keeper, he will be taken from her. In the grove, Kassia tends to Melkur for what is supposed to be the last time. Tremas and Kassia enter the Keeper's chamber to receive his blessing. On present-day Traken, Consul Tremas is marrying Kassia. A young Trakenite woman called Kassia is seen pitying the Melkur, leaving a bunch of flowers at its feet and saying she will come and visit it again soon. The creature's baleful influence cannot go beyond the groves, and it becomes calcified. On the scanner, the Keeper reveals images of Traken and of the arrival of an evil creature known as a Melkur years ago. He asks the Doctor to come to Traken but warns him of great danger. The Keeper reveals that he will soon die and have to pass on his powers to a successor. The Doctor identifies him as the Keeper of Traken. Suddenly they find themselves in orbit of Traken, and the figure of an elderly man on a throne appears within the console room. In the TARDIS, the Fourth Doctor and Adric have arrived back in N-Space near the star Mettula Orionsis, home to the Traken Union, famous for its universal harmony and where evil is non-existant. The TARDIS receives a visitor - the Keeper.

The Keeper of Traken is nearing the end of his reign and seeks the Doctor's help in preventing the evil from taking control of the bioelectronic Source that is the keystone of the Traken Union's civilisation. Also, as protector of the Time Stones, he can call them out any time.The Fourth Doctor and Adric learn from the wizened Keeper of Traken that a great evil has come to his planet in the form of a Melkur - a calcified statue. He can float in the air, create illusions of various items related to time, and disappear and reappear at will. The Keeper of the Time Stones possesses several mystical powers. The Keeper of the Time Stones is a serious person who does not express many emotions, and only performs his duty. After Sally answered correctly, the Keeper of the Time Stones disappeared and summoned the Time Stones, which he then gave to the heroes and instructed them to synchronize their thinking in order to use them properly. There, the Keeper of the Time Stones presented them with a riddle (which answer was 'Time') which they had to solve in order to obtain the Time Stones. The Keeper of the Time Stones appeared before Sonic and Sally after the duo made it into his inner sanctum on the Floating Island. For attire, he wears a purple cloak with the collar upside-down and a yellow fastener with a red jewel embedded in it. He has a very large head with numerous wrinkles surrounding his eyes, dark green eyes, and a small beak.

The Keeper of the Time Stones is an elderly anthropomorphic owl.

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