Tanha’s tragic denial and desperate, ultimately futile fight to save her son from the Mara’s possession, forcing her to confront the unbearable truth about Lon’s corruption.
Tanha’s tragic denial and desperate, ultimately futile fight to save her son from the Mara’s possession, forcing her to confront the unbearable truth about Lon’s corruption.
Events in This Arc
Tanha intervenes as Lon rejects their warnings, her staunch defense of him exposing her blindness to the Mara’s influence. The Doctor counters by invoking Tegan’s peril to redirect Lon’s defiance, …
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. No longer content with performing …
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 crowd against feeding the Mara’s …