The escalating tension between Ruth Ingram and the Doctor over the ethical implications of temporal interference

Ruth presses the Doctor for clarity on the TOM-TIT gadget’s true temporal cost beyond Kronos, probing why his team remained unaffected while others suffered ontological collapse. The Doctor compares temporal …

The Doctor’s crude time-controlling device collapses into failure, a momentary distraction from the true threat unfolding elsewhere. As he grapples with his ineffectual invention, the Master remains absorbed in dismantling …