LORDS OF TIME

(Level 9)

The Solution

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LOOK (You are in your Living Room)
EXAMINE PICTURE (it comes to life and Father Time explains your quest)
TAKE HOURGLASS
NORTH
TAKE CANDLE
TAKE MATCHES
LIGHT CANDLE
EXAMINE CLOCK
WIND CLOCK (the door opens)
IN (You are now in the the 'time machine' the centrepiece of the adventure)
TURN COG 1 (to proceed to Zone 1)
SWING PENDULUM
NORTH (You are now on a Gravel Drive).

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ZONE ONE: THE PRESENT

WEST
WEST
OPEN DOOR
OPEN DOOR
WEST
UP
NORTH
TAKE RUCKSACK
WEAR RUCKSACK (this increases your carrying capacity)
TAKE ROPE
EXAMINE RUBBISH
TAKE TIN OPENER
SOUTH
WEST
TAKE JEWELLERY CASE
EAST
DOWN
TAKE SPEAR
OPEN DOOR
EAST
EAST
EAST
NORTH
NORTH
TAKE PICK
TAKE PLANKS
SOUTH
SOUTH
WEST
WEST
OPEN DOOR
WEST
SOUTH
OPEN CUPBOARD
TAKE CATFOOD
WEST
TAKE LOOKING GLASS
TAKE METRONOME
OPEN DOOR
WEST
NORTH WEST
TAKE VALERIAN
SOUTH EAST
WEST
UP
SOUTH
WAVE VALERIAN (the willow tree explains why it wants to die in fact it MUST be chopped down to retrieve a treasure)
NORTH
NORTH
TIE PLANKS TOGETHER
DROP PLANKS (a bridge is formed across the stream)
WEST
EXAMINE NARCISSUS
GIVE LOOKING GLASS (you now have a 'magnetic' lodestone)
ACROSS
SOUTH
UP
EAST
SOUTH WEST
WAVE LODESTONE
UNLOCK DOOR
IN
TAKE AXE
TAKE SHOVEL
OPEN DOOR
OUT
NORTH EAST
WEST
UP
SOUTH
CHOP WILLOW
TAKE TEARDROP
DROP AXE
NORTH
UP
EAST
SOUTH WEST
EAST
EAST
EXAMINE COMPOST (a silver coin is revealed, but you cannot take it yet)
EXAMINE COMPOST (a mushroom ring is revealed this is used to summon the Tooth Fairy, later)
EAST
EXAMINE PORSCHE
TAKE PETROL
DOWN (you are now back inside the clock)
DROP LODESTONE
DROP JEWELLERY CASE
DROP TEARDROP
DROP HOURGLASS
DROP METRONOME
DROP VALERIAN
SCORE (SHOULD BE 150/1000)
TURN COG 2 (To proceed to Zone 2)
SWING PENDULUM
NORTH (You are standing on splintered ice in a Deep Valley).

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ZONE TWO: THE ICE AGE

NORTH
NORTH
NORTH
POUR PETROL
LIGHT MATCH
LIGHT PETROL (the wood burns fiercely and the Mammoth is frightened out of it's skin!)
TAKE COAT
WEAR COAT
TAKE TUSK
EAST
UP
UP
TAKE BONE
UP (you see a hungry tiger with toothache)
OPEN TIN
GIVE TIN
TAKE TOOTH (the tiger trots happily away)
IN
SOUTH
SHOUT
TAKE ICICLE
NORTH
EAST
EAST (you meet a silver fox)
GIVE BONE
EAST
BREAK WALL
SOUTH
TAKE CANDELABRA
NORTH
WEST
SOUTH
DROP ICICLE (the lake freezes enabling you to cross it)
NORTH WEST
NORTH WEST
BREAK CUBE (the Snow Queen is freed and gives you a sword)
SOUTH
IN
WEST
DOWN
DOWN (you are now back inside the clock)
DROP TUSK
DROP CANDELABRA
DROP SWORD
SCORE (SHOULD NOW BE 225/1000)
TURN COG 1 (to return to Zone 1)
SWING PENDULUM
NORTH (you are on the Gravel Drive).

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ZONE ONE: THE PRESENT (Second visit)

WEST
WEST
OPEN DOOR
WEST
WEST
OPEN DOOR
WEST
SOUTH WEST
EAST
EAST
EAT MUSHROOM
LOOK (The Tooth Fairy appears)
GIVE TOOTH (the Tooth Fairy offers the silver coin in return)
NO (the Tooth Fairy increases her offer to include a firefly)
YES
EAST
DOWN (you are now back inside the clock)
DROP SPEAR
DROP SILVER COIN (that was the only time you have to return to a particular time zone the remaining zones are tackled in chronological order)
TURN COG 3 (to proceed to Zone 3)
SWING PENDULUM
NORTH (you are below a Small Hill).

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ZONE THREE: THE STONE AGE

WEST
WEST (you meet an Allosaurus)
EAST (the Allosaurus follows you)
EAST
EAST
EAST (the Allosaurus fights with the Tyranosaurus Rex and leaves you alone)
WEST
WEST
WEST
WEST
WEST
TAKE LEAVES
TAKE MIRROR
WAVE LEAVES (the Brontosaurus will grasp the leaves and lift you out)
EAST (the Brontosaurus blocks the way!)
WAVE MIRROR (it is a magic mirror and the Brontosaurus is sucked into it!)
EAST
UP
IN
DROP MIRROR (it smashes and the Brontosaurus emerges from the broken glass to chase off the cavemen)
NORTH
TAKE EGG
NORTH
TAKE STONE POT
NORTH
TAKE PEBBLE
EAST
SOUTH EAST
TAKE STONE CLUB
EAST
THROW PEBBLE
EAST
TAKE FIGURINE
WEST
SOUTH EAST (you see a Caveman dragging a Cavewoman by her hair)
THROW CLUB (it knocks the Caveman off the bridge and the woman gives you a gold nugget)
SOUTH
SAY EUREKA
IN (you see a sign spelling 'JWAAMTETS' unscramble the letters to spell 'JAMES WATT')
SAY JAMES WATT
IN
TAKE WHEEL
DOWN (back inside the clock)
DROP FIGURINE
DROP NUGGET
DROP EGG
DROP STONE POT
DROP TIN OPENER
SCORE (SHOULD NOW BE 350/1000)
TURN COG 4 (to proceed to Zone 4)
SWING PENDULUM
NORTH (you are now on a Beach).

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ZONE FOUR: THE VIKING ERA

NORTH (you see a shivering Viking Guard)
GIVE FUR COAT (the Guard gives you a Lur)
SOUTH
SOUTH EAST
EAST
EAST
DIG (you are in a hole)
DIG (you uncover a piece of parchment)
TAKE PARCHMENT
WEST
READ PARCHMENT (it is a verse giving advice on your next moves)
SOUTH WEST
PUSH STONE
WEST
WEST
WEST
WEST
UP
UP
DROP LUR (to prevent Pirate Pete from stealing it)
EAST
OPEN CHEST (Pirate Pete leaps out and steals one of your possessions)
WEST
TAKE LUR (Pirate Pete leaps out again and steals something else but rarely the Lur!)
PLAY LUR (the Vikings arrive and drag Pete off they give you an olive branch as a reward)
IN CHEST
TAKE (OBJECT) (whatever has been stolen from you)
PULL HANDLE (the floor slides away and you are back inside the clock)
DROP LUR
DROP OLIVE BRANCH
DROP PARCHMENT
SCORE (SHOULD NOW BE 400/1000)
TAKE NUGGET
TAKE SWORD
TURN COG 5 (to proceed to Zone 5)
SWING PENDULUM
NORTH (you are now at the End of a Road).

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ZONE FIVE: THE TUDOR ERA

NORTH
EXAMINE MILESTONE (it reads "HOPE VILLAGE" ) this is the 'Hope' that you will be asked to abandon in Zone 9!)
TAKE MILESTONE
EAST
OPEN DOOR
IN
TAKE ALE (the Bartender tells you that you have to pay for it)
GIVE NUGGET
TAKE ALE
OPEN DOOR
OUT
EAST
EAST
EAST (you meet the King's Messenger who is very thirsty)
GIVE ALE (he gives you some food)
EXAMINE FOOD (hot stuff!!)
WEST
WEST
NORTH
EAST
EAST
GIVE FOOD (the Dragon eats it and asks if you want a ride on it's back)
YES (you and the Dragon fly over the moat, landing on the South Bank just!!)
TAKE WING
TAKE FROG
KISS FROG (the frog turns into a handsome Prince who will now follow you)
SOUTH
IN
TAKE GAUNTLET
SOUTH EAST
WEST
TAKE ARMOUR
WEAR ARMOUR
SOUTH (you see the Black Knight)
WEST (the Black Knight draws his sword)
WEST (the Black Knight attacks you but the Prince springs to your defence and kills him, then removes his body)
WEST
DOWN
DOWN
DIG (you enter a hole)
DIG (you unearth a jewelled coffer)
TAKE COFFER
DIG (back to the clock)
DROP COFFER
DROP ARMOUR
DROP GAUNTLET
DROP WING
DROP MILESTONE
SCORE (SHOULD NOW BE 475/1000)
TURN COG 6 (to proceed to Zone 6)
SWING PENDULUM
NORTH (you are in an Entrance Hall).

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ZONE SIX: THE MEDIAEVAL ERA

NORTH
WEST
SOUTH
TAKE DRINKING HORN
TAKE SWEETMEATS
NORTH
EAST
EAST
SOUTH
TAKE PLAYING CARDS
SHUFFLE CARDS (you find the Joker)
TAKE JOKER
TAKE BELL
RING BELL (the Jester appears)
GIVE JOKER (he places the Jester's cap upon your head!)
NORTH
WEST
UP
UP (you notice that the panels here are hollow, but you cannot do anything about it yet!!)
NORTH
WEST
SOUTH
TAKE RUG
SOUTH (the guard dogs bark and are likely to awaken the owners)
GIVE SWEETMEATS (the dogs eat them and sleep it off)
OPEN OTTOMAN
EXAMINE OTTOMAN
TAKE JEWELLED CROWN
NORTH
NORTH
EAST
EAST
SOUTH
SOUTH
TAKE LUTE
PLAY LUTE (you hear ghostly footsteps plod to the short stairs and fade away)
NORTH
NORTH
WEST
SOUTH
PLAY LUTE (a panel moves revealing a secret door)
EAST (you have now entered the hedge maze!)
WEST
WEST
SOUTH WEST
EAST
NORTH
SOUTH EAST
IN
DRINK WATER (this makes you strong enough to remove the grate in the Roman Baths, later)
NORTH (back to the clock)
DROP DRINKING HORN
DROP BELL
DROP CARDS
DROP CAP
DROP RUG
DROP JEWELLED CROWN
DROP LUTE
SCORE (SHOULD NOW BE 625/1000)
TAKE GAUNTLET
TAKE SILVER COIN
TURN COG 7 (to proceed to Zone 7)
SWING PENDULUM
NORTH (you are now on a Flat Rocky Plain).

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ZONE SEVEN: THE FUTURE

WEST
WEST
GIVE SILVER COIN (the Android gives you a Galactic Groat which will buy you a 'Day Pass' at the sports Arena)
EAST
NORTH
UP
UP
WEAR GAUNTLET (because the Star is white hot!)
TAKE STAR
DOWN
DOWN
SOUTH
EAST
EAST
NORTH
NORTH
OPEN DOOR
NORTH
WEST (you enter the Swimming Pool and instantly cool the white hot star before it burns through your gauntlet!)
TAKE EMERALD
EAST
NORTH
TAKE MATTRESS
TAKE ROCKET
SOUTH
OPEN DOOR
SOUTH
SOUTH
SOUTH
EAST
DOWN (the mattress cushions your fall)
SOUTH
EAST
TAKE LIGHTSABRE
WEST
SOUTH
OPEN DOOR
WEST
TAKE PHIAL (NOTE: DO NOT DROP THIS ITEM UNTIL IT IS NEEDED AS IT WILL SHATTER!!)
FIRE ROCKET (the rocket shoots up and you climb its rope)
NORTH (you are stopped by the Guard)
GIVE GROAT (you now have access for ONE DAY)
NORTH
FIGHT CYBERMAN
EAST
EXAMINE WORKBENCH
TAKE SCREWDRIVER
WEST (you see some broken robots but don't touch them yet)
SOUTH
IN
DOWN (the mattress breaks your fall)
TAKE RUBY
UP
OUT
NORTH
OPEN ROBOT
EXAMINE ROBOT
TAKE SILICON CHIP
SOUTH
IN
DOWN (the mattress breaks your fall again)
DOWN (back to the clock)
DROP RUBY
DROP SCREWDRIVER
DROP CHIP
DROP ROCKET
DROP LIGHTSABRE
DROP MATTRESS
DROP STAR
DROP EMERALD
DROP GAUNLET
SCORE (SHOULD NOW BE 775/1000)
TAKE DRINKING HORN
TURN COG 8 (to proceed to Zone 8)
SWING PENDULUM
NORTH (you are on a Road Leading North).

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ZONE EIGHT: THE ROMAN ERA

NORTH
WEST
IN
KNEEL
PRAY (The God Mercury appears and gives you a pair of winged sandals)
OUT
EAST
NORTH
NORTH
NORTH
TAKE BUCKLE (A Gladiator steals the buckle and runs south to the Arena)
SOUTH
SOUTH
SOUTH
NORTH EAST
EAST
IN
TAKE NET
TAKE TRIDENT
OUT
WEST
SOUTH WEST
SOUTH
SOUTH
IN
THROW NET (it entangles the lion)
THROW TRIDENT (it pins the net in place holding the lion securely)
WEAR SANDALS
TAKE BUCKLE
OPEN DOOR
OUT
EAST
NORTH
NORTH EAST
NORTH EAST
NORTH EAST
FILL HORN
SOUTH
PULL GRATE
SOUTH
SOUTH (you are getting too hot!)
DRINK WATER
WEST
WEST
SOUTH (back to the clock)
DROP SANDALS
DROP HORN
DROP BUCKLE
DROP MATCHBOX
DROP WHEEL
SCORE (SHOULD NOW BE 825/1000).
(You should now collect the eight ingredients gathered so far for the final zone!)
TAKE TEARDROP
TAKE TUSK
TAKE EGG
TAKE OLIVE BRANCH
TAKE WING
TAKE CAP
TAKE CHIP
TAKE BUCKLE
TAKE MILESTONE
TURN COG 9 (to proceed to Zone 9)
SWING PENDULUM
NORTH (you are in a field of flowers, which could be paradise but definitely isn't!!).

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ZONE NINE: THE FAR FUTURE

SOUTH (you see a notice which reads "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here")
DROP MILESTONE (Father Time appears and says "Do not be afraid. What you are about to see is the future if the Timelords win. There is still time to defeat them". The door opens)
SOUTH
SOUTH
SOUTH
DOWN
WEST
SOUTH
DIG (you loosen the bottle)
TAKE BOTTLE (poison!)
NORTH
EAST
SOUTH
UNLOCK CAGES (the animals bound away)
SOUTH
UNLOCK BARS (the people are free and hurry away, handing you a reward. It is the box with the evil eye and is the final ingredient needed to complete your quest)
EAST
EAST
IN
DOWN
DOWN (the plant is digesting you!!)
DROP BOTTLE (it smashes and releases liquid paraquat which kills the plant)
EAST
EAST
UP
UP
UP
TAKE CLOAK
WEAR CLOAK (it renders you invisible)
OPEN TRAPDOOR
UP (you are now under the table of the nine Timelords!)
UP (you are behind the Timelords, but they cannot see you!).
(YOU HAVE ONLY TWO MOVES IN THE MISTS OF TIME SO THROW JUST TWO INGREDIENTS, SEPARATELY, INTO THE CAST IRON CAULDRON!!)
EAST
THROW TEARDROP
THROW TUSK
WEST
EAST
THROW EGG
THROW OLIVE BRANCH
WEST
EAST
THROW WING
THROW CAP
WEST
EAST
THROW CHIP
THROW BUCKLE
WEST
EAST
THROW BOX.

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FINAL MESSAGE

"The recipe is complete! Your surroundings fade away as the structure of time is repaired. You have won!.......... You score 1000 out of 1000".
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