John Benton's heroic struggle to expose and thwart the Master's impersonation and temporal crimes despite institutional gaslighting and personal danger

Sergeant Benton receives a telephone call from Dr. Percival claiming to be acting on the Brigadier’s orders to recall him from the lab. The unexpected demand immediately raises Benton’s suspicions …

With Benton temporarily lured away and out of earshot, the Master pivots to his next pawn within the Newton Institute. Dr. Percival, already under subtle influence, voices his astonishment as …