Josiah Samuel Smith and his household vs. the Doctor and Ace — a multi-layered battle across multiple settings (cellar, attic, observatory)
Josiah Samuel Smith and his household vs. the Doctor and Ace — a multi-layered battle across multiple settings (cellar, attic, observatory)
Events in This Arc
The Doctor seizes upon the sudden activation of the mansion’s stained glass wards, which begin pulsing ominously at the top of the stairs. With the alarm shrieking through the halls, …
The Doctor’s decisive counter to Josiah’s experiment—redirecting a steam vent’s scalding rush into his face—grants Ace the opening to seize his revolver. But the mansion’s forces now turn against Josiah: …
The fresh-faced Josiah emerges fully as master of the attic’s horrors, reclaiming dominance by commanding Gwendoline and Mrs. Pritchard to restrain Ace. He declares his intent to reclaim the stolen …