The Doctor’s psychological strain under the dual pressures of TARDIS degradation and moral responsibility to protect Peri and Jondar in an alien, merciless environment.
The Doctor’s psychological strain under the dual pressures of TARDIS degradation and moral responsibility to protect Peri and Jondar in an alien, merciless environment.
Events in This Arc
The Doctor’s latest attempt to fix the TARDIS stabilizes the chameleon circuit, a brief respite before the ship rattles violently. Peri’s pent-up frustration erupts as she catalogs the Doctor’s recent …
Peri recoils from an apparition, believing it real, while the Doctor deduces it a trick of the planet’s corridor mechanics—the purple light warping perception. He explains to Peri that Varos …
The Doctor staggers under Varos’ brutal heat, his body betraying him as he removes his coat and drops to his knees. The suffocating environment veers into hallucination when Peri appears …