The Doctor's internal conflict between tactical urgency and maintaining diplomatic credibility while investigating the hidden threats in Peladon's court, obscured by his characteristic masking of deeper concerns

The Doctor spots a monument teetering above the crowded procession outside the throne room and acts in an instant. With a commanding shout he lunges past startled delegates, shoving several …

The conference room erupts as delegates demand answers about the attack on Arcturus, who can only respond that his memory circuits are failing. Alpha presses for details while Hepesh ties …