Spandrell's intellectual and ethical shift from rigid institutional obedience to grudging admiration of the Doctor, facing accusations of involvement in the assassination plot

In the chaos following the President’s collapse, the Doctor is violently apprehended by Time Lord guards despite his protests. He is accused of regicide and hustled toward detention, his cries …

Engin reveals that only the Doctor's operating key was used to withdraw classified Time Lord records, proving someone with High Council access deliberately erased other logs to frame the Doctor. …

The Doctor, facing imminent execution for a crime he insists he did not commit, dismisses Spandrell’s suggestion to check the Time Lord archives for his own data extract as a …