Fixing The Lord of the Rings

The Shire, Middle Earth. Gandalf's got a plan to destroy the One Ring. Tan thinks it's rubbish. Arriving as "Thokk the Unthinkable" — a friendly orc, which is already a contradiction — Tan's here to fix Tolkien's plot holes. The Fellowship spent three books and eleven hours of cinema walking the Ring to Mount Doom. Tan reckons he could sort it in about twenty minutes. It involves the Eagles. PastMaster goes off-piste, dragging the AI Game Master out of history and into Middle Earth. Tan's pitch to Gandalf: skip the walking, fly the Ring to Mount Doom on the Eagles, drop it in the volcano, job done. Gandalf's response is furious and absolute. Tan's counter-argument is that the wizard literally calls an Eagle to rescue himself later in the story. What follows is a battle of wills between a 21st-century management consultant and a fictional wizard, and the Game Master is stuck in the middle trying to keep Tolkien's plot intact. Tolkien's world is built on ancient grudges, impossible quests, and one very questionable ring-disposal strategy. Tan's turning up at Bag End with operational efficiency complaints and zero patience for quest logistics. Whether Middle Earth can handle this level of corporate scrutiny is the question. Whether Gandalf can handle Tan is another one entirely. If you were sent back in time, could you survive and thrive — or would you be burnt at the stake for being a witch? PastMaster is the show that turns history into an interactive adventure game. Each episode, a comedian is dropped into the past with nothing but modern knowledge and terrible ideas. The AI Game Master is strict. The chaos is inevitable. The past will be mastered. Era: Fiction | Middle Earth Contains: One Ring, zero patience, and a very offended wizard. EPISODE LINKS Follow Tan's adventure on the PastMaster Interactive Map 👉 https://map.pastmasterpod.com GET IN TOUCH Sign up to our newsletter 👉 www.pastmasterpod.com Instagram 👉 @pastmasterpod TikTok 👉 @pastmasterpod X 👉 @pastmasterAI Email us 👉 [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices