The Time Lord President and High Council's institutional preservation vs. the renegade Time Lord's rogue actions and assassination plot, threatening the stability of Gallifreyan society

The Doctor is consumed by a vision of his own hand pulling the trigger in the Panopticon, shooting the Lord President dressed in white and gold regalia. The imagined weapon’s …

In the vaulted secrecy of the Adytum, the corpse-like figure receives confirmation the Doctor has breached the Capitol. Recognizing the renegade’s tactical brilliance, he acknowledges an unstoppable pull toward the …