Personal Troubles of Nyssa
This group collects records involving Nyssa's personal struggles, whether physical, emotional, or existential, often intertwined with her role as a companion and her connections to other characters like the Doctor and Eirak. These arcs are self-contained and lack a single overarching antagonist or external conflict.
Involved Characters
Arc Timeline
Season 20
14 eventsTegan refuses to accept Mawdryn’s claim to be the Doctor, dismantling his deception through sharp observation. She notes key differences between the Transmat-induced regeneration and prior changes the Doctor has …
Mawdryn collapses into raw vulnerability, his plea for death shattering the companions' resolve. He extends his shaking hands not for aid but for annihilation, his ravaged existence pushing beyond endurance. …
With passionate resolve the Brigadier urges immediate mercy despite the risks, while Nyssa shocks Tegan by consciously choosing to trust an unknown alien rather than the erratic Doctor. Their decision …
Tegan’s confrontation erupts as the Doctor abandons caution to save Nyssa, sending her through an unstable TARDIS portal. The Doctor’s admission of uncertainty masks the brutal necessity of his choice—the …
The Doctor and Nyssa reunite in the suffocating corridors of the doomed space liner, their fragile reunion shattered by the liner’s true nature. He warns of the liner’s horrors while …
Nyssa arrives at the isolated Terminus station’s Receiving Area already weakened but still conscious, dragged toward the beds of other Lazar victims. Sigurd evaluates her condition with clinical detachment while …
Nyssa turns a routine inspection into misdirection, using her improvised assault to break free toward the corridor only to be blocked by the returning Sigurd and his phials. The struggle …
Bor's erratic leadership leads the Doctor and Kari into the Forbidden Zone's engine room where scattered debris and flickering controls underscore the station's decay. As radiation seethes from a massive …
As the Doctor and Kari work with Bor to stabilize the unstable engine before a catastrophic chain reaction, Valgard attacks in a last attempt to capture them. The Doctor overpowers …
Eirak and Sigurd confront Bor’s dire condition after his collapse in Vanir’s room, where his revelations about Terminus’ self-destruct mechanism have thrown the station into moral chaos. Bor’s delirious state …
Trapped in the suffocating dark beneath the space liner's floor plates, Tegan and Turlough struggle to re-materialize the TARDIS doorway as the liner's failing systems emit a low hum. A …
Olvir's frantic attempt to force entry into Nyssa's quarters coincides with her discovering her own inner strength. Having just survived the Lazar disease cure and its horrific truth as radiation …
Tegan reunites with the Doctor after her risky efforts to reach him, only to face immediate contention as he objects to her having followed him in defiance of his instructions. …
Nyssa resolves to remain on Terminus as the station's departure sequence is disabled and the Garm freed from servitude. She reveals her decision to stay behind, dedicating herself to healing …