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S20E8

Snakedance Part 4

19 events
Scene 12

Chela questions the Doctor on Dojjen

Chela challenges the Doctor about Dojjen’s past inaction regarding the Great Crystal, exposing a potential blind spot in his trust of the sage. The Doctor …

Scene 13

Lon stokes the crowd to obey the snake

Lon

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Doctor absorbs venom to master fear

The Doctor deliberately submits to a venomous snakebite, seeking to prove that mastery over personal fear can neutralize supernatural corruption. As venom courses through his …

Scene 15

Lon seizes ritual control as preparations finalize

The tension in the Chamber of the Mara thickens as Lon, now fully ensnared by the Mara’s influence, studies his scroll with calculating precision. The …

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Mara leads ritual procession to cave

The ancient officiant exhorts the crowd to abandon free will and follow the path of the Great Snake as the colossal Mara slithers up the …

Scene 17

Nyssa finds the Doctor alive with pressing news

After a precarious escape, Nyssa stumbles upon the Doctor amid the ruins and exhales in relief to find him not only surviving but unharmed. The …

Scene 17

Chela forces urgency on Doctor and Nyssa

Chela interrupts the Doctor and Nyssa’s fragile moment of relief after their escape to insist that time has run out. Her insistence that they abandon …

Scene 17

Chela spots the bowing and urgent ceremony

Chela and Nyssa intercept the Doctor as he emerges from his encounter with Dojjen, warning that the group’s proximity to the ceremonial site demands immediate …

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Lon defies the Mara at the ceremony

Lon enters the ritual heart of the Mara's ceremony under his mother's hopeful gaze and the officiant's watchful scrutiny. He invokes the Federation as his …

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Nyssa and the Doctor break into the cave

Nyssa and the Doctor force their way through dense, tangled vegetation to reach the cave entrance known as the Snake's Mouth. This physically taxing breach …

Scene 20

Lon resists Mara withered branch

The ritual officiant presents Lon with a withered branch as the second temptation, symbolizing despair and submission to the Mara. Instead of accepting this offer, …

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Guard blocks path to the Chamber

The Doctor and his companions move cautiously through the cave toward the Chamber of the Mara, their progress suddenly halted by an armed guard barring …

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Lon shatters the Mara's corrupted gift

The ceremony reaches its violent climax as Lon, under the Mara’s sway, is presented with a crystal said to embody the entity’s hidden depths of …

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Doctor urgues guard for speed

The Doctor presses the guard to move faster as fear grips him, knowing the ritual’s deadline is seconds away and the Mara’s influence is tightening …

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Lon strips and demands the Great Crystal

Lon discards his ceremonial gauntlet in the Chamber of the Mara, revealing the living Mara serpents coiled around his arm to his horrified mother Tanha. …

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Companions restrain guard to disrupt ceremony

As Lon begins the ritual to unleash the Mara, a guard approaches with hostile intent toward the Doctor. In a fluid motion, Nyssa and Chela …

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Doctor shatters ritual to free Tegan

As Lon completes the ritual by inserting the Great Crystal into its socket, the Mara begins to manifest through Tegan, overwhelming the chamber with its …

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Doctor rallies crowd against Mara as Tegan breaks free

Lon completes the ritual by inserting the Great Crystal, triggering the Mara to manifest through Tegan in its grotesque snake form. The Doctor seizes the …

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Hawker and Lon attack the crystal then retreat

Lon completes the ritual by inserting the protective Great Crystal into the Mara’s containment socket, accelerating the entity’s manifestation through Tegan. The Doctor warns the …

S20E9

Mawdryn Undead Part 1

44 events
Scene 1

Turlough takes the Humber for a reckless joyride

Turlough’s seething disdain for his school life and his surroundings ignites the moment he spots the 1929 Humber. Despite Ibbotson’s reverence for the classic car, …

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Turlough rams hedgerow in headlong escape

Turlough’s mounting defiance ignites into violent motion as he seizes the car against Ibbotson’s protests, shouting down every warning about danger and legality. The road …

Scene 3

Turlough bargains with the Black Guardian

Cornered in a liminal void between life and death, Turlough faces the Black Guardian, who exploits his hatred of Earth and craving for escape. Against …

Scene 4

Doctor examines Turlough after crash

Turlough’s reckless driving leaves his headmaster’s motor car in ruins, drawing the attention of the Brigadier and Runciman. The Doctor’s investigator confirms only a minor …

Scene 4

Military assesses car crash devastation

The Headmaster and Brigadier survey the wreckage of a car crash caused by Turlough's escape attempt. Brigadier expresses shock at the destructive force displayed, while …

Scene 5

Turlough seals his pact and vanishes

The Black Guardian pressures Turlough to finalize their deal, dangling freedom from his wretched schoolboy life if he will only agree to murder the Doctor. …

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Turlough binds himself to the Guardian

Turlough stands in a time-washed limbo where the Black Guardian presses for commitment to murder the Doctor in exchange for escape from Earth. The Guardian …

Scene 6

Turlough awakens in confusion and terror

Turlough jolts awake in the field, his limbs flailing as violent spasms tear through his body. The disorientation is physical and psychological—Turlough’s last memory is …

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TARDIS gravity fails and Doctor warns of danger

The Doctor attempts to reassure Tegan about her lingering trauma from the Mara but is abruptly distracted when the TARDIS shakes violently. A malfunction in …

Scene 7

Doctor ends Tegan's nightmares

Under the weight of lingering terror from her possession by the Mara, Tegan turns to the Doctor for absolution. He reassures her with certainty that …

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Tegan seeks return to Earth for comfort

Tegan

Scene 8

Turlough hides and studies the crystal

Turlough lies to the Headmaster and Matron to protect Ibbotson while downplaying his own recklessness. Once alone he retrieves the glowing crystal from under his …

Scene 8

Turlough confronts the Black Guardians reality

Alone after the Headmaster and Matron leave, Turlough retrieves the glowing crystal from beneath his pillow. Its sudden illumination dispels his earlier denial, confirming the …

Scene 9

TARDIS avoids colliding with spaceship

Nyssa warns of a looming collision as the TARDIS faces a direct path with a spaceship. The Doctor’s frantic attempts to avoid disaster test his …

Scene 10

Turlough challenges the Black Guardian again

Turlough’s frustration boils over as he demands an explanation from the Black Guardian for his continued entrapment on Earth despite their pact. The Guardian dismisses …

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Headmaster confronts Turlough’s protector

The Headmaster confronts Ibbotson outside the study about the car crash and threatens legal action against both boys, citing the school’s reputation. The Brigadier intercedes …

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Turlough leaves sickbay by stealth

Turlough seizes control after feigning compliance. He manufactures weakness to placate Ibbotson, but in truth orchestrates his escape, dressing fully beneath the bedclothes while lying …

Scene 13

Companions explore abandoned luxury ship

The Doctor lands the TARDIS aboard an abandoned spaceship drifting in endless orbit. Tegan and Nyssa step onto the bridge, marveling at its opulent preservation—gold …

Scene 14

Turlough’s flight to the obelisk with Ibbotson

Turlough flees across Obelisk Hill with the shimmering crystal clutched in his palm, its glow pulsing like a second heartbeat. The dark pact with the …

Scene 15

The Doctor discovers the ship's ancient abandonment

The Doctor examines the ship's systems and finds evidence of a flight indicator recording three millennia of unmanned orbit. Tegan assumes the absence of crew …

Scene 16

Guardian recruits Turlough to destroy capsule

Turlough arrives at Obelisk Hill seeking escape and finds the Black Guardian’s voice whispering from the void. The sinister entity tasks him with breaking the …

Scene 16

Turlough triggers protective mechanism

Turlough

Scene 17

Transmat terminal reveals delayed transmission

Nyssa notices an active transmat terminal on the bridge monitor, its transmit mode engaging after six dormant years. The Doctor deciphers coordinates pointing to Earth, …

Scene 18

Turlough reveals hidden transmat capsule

Turlough’s compulsion to defy the Doctor and assert control over his fate drives him to expose a hidden transmat capsule on Obelisk Hill. The device’s …

Scene 19

Tegan voices doubts about safety

The revelation that the alien ship has lingered in Earth orbit for six years hangs over the bridge like an unspoken threat. Tegan’s immediate fear …

Scene 19

Doctor exposes Earth orbit duration

The Doctor reveals the spaceship’s orbit has kept it within Earth’s gravitational field for six straight years. This revelation shatters the crew’s sense of time …

Scene 20

Turlough seizes the transmat and flees

In a desperate bid for escape from the suffocating constraints of school and fate, Turlough abandons his reluctant companion and forcibly infiltrates the abandoned transmat …

Scene 21

Turlough submitted to the Black Guardian's will

Turlough steps onto the spaceship bridge through the transmat capsule, clutching the glowing crystal that binds him to his pact with the Black Guardian. His …

Scene 22

Doctor flees into TARDIS with companions chasing

The Doctor abruptly opens the TARDIS door and urges his companions inside. Tegan and Nyssa follow in haste, their urgency mirroring the fracturing alliances around …

Scene 23

Ibbotson alerts Brigadier of Turlough’s quicksilver disappearance

Ibbotson bursts onto the terrace, breathless and alarmed, reporting to the Brigadier that Turlough vanished after stepping into a massive silver sphere on the hillside. …

Scene 24

Console malfunction escalates crew crisis

The Doctor confronts a critical failure in the TARDIS console, attempting repair through brute force when systems refuse to respond. His diagnostic expertise proves inadequate …

Scene 25

Brigadier challenges Turlough's impossible claim

The Brigadier dismisses Ibbotson’s frantic claims about a solid object dematerializing by calling Turlough forward, challenging the boy’s credibility directly. His interrogation exposes the absurdity …

Scene 25

Brigadier exposes Ibbotson’s credibility flaw

The Brigadier’s cutting remarks to Ibbotson cut to the heart of the younger boy’s fragile credibility, undercutting his claim about Turlough’s impossible story. By framing …

Scene 26

Doctor discovers Turlough beneath console

The Doctor investigates the TARDIS console’s erratic behavior when Turlough materializes outside. Noticing something amiss, the Doctor moves beneath the console and immediately recognizes the …

Scene 27

Tegan spots Turlough aboard the TARDIS

Tegan notices Turlough entering the TARDIS while the Doctor is absent, suspecting no good. The moment exposes his betrayal before he can fully orchestrate the …

Scene 28

Doctor halts transmat before Earth discovery

The Doctor identifies the transmat beam as the source of the TARDIS’s signal interference, deducing its origin on Earth in 1983—a year the capsule left …

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Tegan voices intruder alarm on spaceship

Tegan examines the transmat capsule returned to the derelict spaceship and registers its unnatural return six years late. As she processes the Doctor’s explanation that …

Scene 29

Doctor confronts Turlough at the console

Turlough’s deception reaches a breaking point as the Doctor bursts into the TARDIS control room to find him manipulating the controls. The Doctor’s sharp inquiry …

Scene 30

Headmaster realises allies have vanished

The Headmaster arrives at the sickbay to find Turlough and Ibbotson missing, having vanished without explanation during the night. Matron reports no trace of either …

Scene 31

Turlough bargains for TARDIS passage

The Doctor briefs his companions on the transmat capsule’s sudden appearance while Turlough, a stranger pulled from the device, watches and waits. When the Doctor …

Scene 32

Doctor calls for allies at the obelisk

The Doctor emerges from the TARDIS onto an alien landscape marked by an ancient obelisk. His urgency cuts through the stillness as he demands followers …

Scene 33

Doctor uncovers transmat maintenance failure

The Doctor arrives at the obelisk with companions searching for a transmat capsule’s flaw, suspecting earlier mismanagement could destabilize the system. His examination underlines the …

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Tegan and Nyssa debate Turlough’s sudden arrival

Tegan and Nyssa maneuver stools into the TARDIS console room while voicing suspicions about Turlough’s mysterious appearance. Tegan’s instinctive distrust clashes with Nyssa’s cautious curiosity, …

Scene 35

Doctor reclaims transmat control unit

The Doctor retrieves the transmat control unit from the ornate urn, a small but physically significant action that disrupts the tense standoff. Turlough’s immediate retreat …

S20E10

Mawdryn Undead Part 2

37 events
Scene 1

Transmat explosion hurls Doctor and Turlough into chaos

The Doctor hastily opens the transmat control unit aboard the malfunctioning TARDIS, believing he can stabilize the failing system. His confidence proves misplaced as the …

Scene 2

Time rotor signals TARDIS revival begins

The TARDIS stirs from its critical failure as the time rotor clunks back to life. Inside the console room Tegan witnesses the signs of resurrection …

Scene 3

Doctor encounters startling temporal displacement

The Doctor and Turlough watch in disbelief as the TARDIS briefly materializes on a path before vanishing without explanation. Their initial relief at making landfall …

Scene 4

Tegan confronts Nyssa over the Doctor’s absence

Tegan’s suspicion grows as she questions Nyssa about the Doctor’s unexplained disappearance. The TARDIS interior appears stable but tensions rise when Nyssa offers placating but …

Scene 5

Turlough challenges the Doctor's resolve

Turlough's frustration boils over as the TARDIS's malfunction leaves him stranded and uncertain. In a tense exchange, he demands the Doctor provide direction, sensing the …

Scene 5

Brigadier’s sudden interruption disrupts Turlough

The Brigadier’s unexpected shout halts Turlough’s frantic search for guidance as he clutches his crystal, leaving the Doctor’s question about his misstep hanging unanswered. The …

Scene 6

Nyssa and Tegan call out for the lost Doctor

Nyssa and Tegan remain trapped inside the malfunctioning TARDIS following the Doctor's sudden disappearance. Their desperate calls for him echo through the empty console room, …

Scene 7

Doctor unmasked to amnesiac Brigadier

The Doctor and Turlough materialize near Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in 1977 after a TARDIS malfunction. Turlough refers to the Doctor by name but the Brigadier fails …

Scene 8

Uncertainty greets transmat arrival

Tegan and Nyssa scan the valley from their vantage point, their hope of rescue fading into doubt. Tegan questions whether the arriving transmat capsule could …

Scene 9

Mawdryn discovered in transmat capsule

The transmat capsule delivers a severely burnt figure to the TARDIS, startling Tegan and Nyssa. They expect the Doctor but find Mawdryn, a time-lost scientist …

Scene 10

Doctor rebuffed by amnesiac Brigadier

The Doctor crash-lands in 1977 and seeks out his old friend Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, hoping their reunion will spark long-buried memories of their shared adventures. Instead, …

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Tegan tends the burnt stranger in the TARDIS

Tegan and Nyssa pull an unconscious and severely burnt man into the TARDIS after a temporal mishap. Tegan immediately takes charge, recognizing the urgency of …

Scene 12

Doctor struggles to reach amnesiac Brigadier

The Doctor arrives unexpectedly in the Headmaster's study, striking a fragile balance between familiarity and alienation. His attempt to reconnect with his old ally is …

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Alarms while allies are split apart

Nyssa tends to the severely burnt Mawdryn, who lies on the TARDIS floor wrapped in a blanket and the Doctor’s coat. Tegan arrives to report …

Scene 14

First meeting with amnesiac Brigadier

The Doctor lands the TARDIS in a walled garden in 1983, stepping into a role he never expected for his oldest friend. The Brigadier, now …

Scene 15

Mawdryn warns of transmat failure and crisis

Mawdryn’s mangled form strains against the TARDIS surface as his repeated declaration of failed transmat stability destabilizes the ship further. Nyssa struggles to maintain calm, …

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Doctor meets amnesiac Brigadier at blocked door

The Doctor arrives to find his old friend now teaching in 1977, an amnesiac man who fails to recognize their shared past. Their reunion begins …

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Tegan resolves to flee TARDIS for help

With the TARDIS crippled and her companions uncertain how to proceed, Tegan takes direct action. Refusing to linger helplessly inside the failing ship, she decides …

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Doctor probes Brigadier's amnesiac mind

The Doctor crash-lands in 1977 and reunites with his old ally Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, now teaching mathematics and gripped by a deep amnesia suppressing decades of …

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Tegan seeks help for the Doctor from schoolboys

Desperate and alone in 1977 after the TARDIS malfunction leaves her stranded, Tegan stumbles upon a group of schoolboys celebrating the Silver Jubilee. Their youthful …

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Doctor realizes Tegan’s mention triggers Brigadier’s memory

The Doctor attempts to subtly probe Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart’s memories by referencing Tegan, knowing she travels with him. The Brigadier’s brief flash of recognition awakens the …

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Tegan urgently seeks a doctor for her injured friend

Tegan

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Brigadier questions Tegan's unfamiliar name

The Brigadier offers shelter to the disoriented Tegan after she crash-lands in 1977 with a malfunctioning TARDIS. His abrupt inquiry about her name—twice repeating only …

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Doctor seeks Brigadier's memory of past

The Doctor, stranded in 1983, attempts to piece together a temporal collapse that has scattered his companions and TARDIS across time. Faced with an amnesiac …

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Turlough yields to the Black Guardian

Turlough lies helpless in the sickbay as the Headmaster steadily dismantles his resistance, appealing to his guilt and unmet obligations. The conversation escalates from moral …

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Tegan tries to awaken the Brigadier’s memory

Tegan presses the amnesiac Brigadier for information about her missing friend, only to be met with bureaucratic confusion and mundane assumptions about a plane crash. …

Scene 26

Turlough constructs rope ladder in breakout attempt

Waking from a nightmare that betrays his inner turmoil, Turlough acts on desperate instinct. He sabotages the Guardian’s crystal by concealing it in bedclothes and …

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Doctor probes Brigadier's fractured past

The Doctor works to re-establish the temporal anchor between himself and the Brigadeir while dodging the minefield of time-travel deception. His questions are designed to …

Scene 28

Tegan discovers the Silver Jubilee clue

Tegan overhears the Brigadier mention the Queen's Silver Jubilee as part of the school celebrations, a milestone that did not occur in her original timeline. …

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Brigadier assigns Powell covert mission

Under the pretense of arranging a mundane pre-coronation celebration at Brendon Public School in 1977, the Brigadier tasks Powell with a coded mission to rendezvous …

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Doctor alerts Brigadier about Turlough’s disappearance

The Doctor monitors the TARDIS’s unstable landing in 1977 via a telephone call to the Brigadier’s quarters in 1983, confirming the precise date while the …

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Doctor reveals Turlough’s escape plot

The Doctor uncovers Turlough’s intention to flee via the transmat capsule and points out the technical feasibility of his plan. This revelation exposes Turlough’s calculated …

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Tegan exposes the impostor to the Brigadier

Tegan’s triumph in restoring the TARDIS beacon curdles into suspicion when she turns it against the only authority figure present. Her sudden realisation that the …

Scene 31

Tegan activates the TARDIS homing beacon under threat

Tegan risks everything to restore the TARDIS homing beacon, sensing something is terribly wrong with the wounded figure masquerading as the Doctor. Her quick diagnosis …

Scene 32

Doctor dodges identity question in sickbay confrontation

The Doctor faces Tegan and the Brigadier in 1983 sickbay after crash-landing the TARDIS, confronting their suspicions about his identity. Despite clear evidence he is …

Scene 33

Mawdryn demands urgent departure

Mawdryn reveals his cursed state of perpetual regeneration, a life of endless torment and change without purpose. His urgency to leave the TARDIS exposes his …

Scene 34

Companions question the Doctor's identity

Tegan and Nyssa confront the changed form of the Doctor after his transmat-induced regeneration. Nyssa insists on immediate departure due to the severity of the …