Max Fendelman and Maximilian Stael's manipulation

Fendelman and Stael initiate a phased power-up sequence to activate a sonic time scan using Eustace’s ancient skull. The skull’s energy awakens as they advance through each stage, its light …

Fendelman abandons caution as the dormant skull’s pulse intensifies, directing his assistant Stael to activate the full-power time scan without delay. The command erupts into action, launching an irreversible sequence …

Colby’s discovery of a corpse outside the Priory forces Fendelman to pivot from academic debate to crisis management. Rather than confront the rising danger posed by their research, he exploits …

Colby stumbles upon Thea locked in a trance while Mitchell grows uneasy in the kitchen. A shrill scream erupts as Colby shuts off the humming machine, rupturing the eerie calm. …

Colby stumbles upon Mitchell’s corpse and finds Thea eerily composed despite Mitchell’s grotesque death. The Doctor arrives and confirms a pattern in the deaths before identifying Thea’s unnatural glow and …

In the remote laboratory, Thea dismantles Colby’s fragile assumptions by revealing she masterminded the events unfolding around them. While Colby clings to institutional betrayal as the source of their predicament, …

Fendelman’s fragile grip on credibility unravels when Colby directly challenges his extravagant claims about the skull’s origin. The calm façade fractures as Colby dismantles the theory point by point, exposing …

Fendelman shifts from dismissing Colby's skepticism into aggressive revelation, leveraging the skull's analysis to advance his evolving theory that humanity's origins lie beyond Earth. He confesses clandestine experimentation with Stael …

Thea interrupts the tense exchange between Colby and Fendelman to excuse herself, claiming exhaustion though her pallor suggests deeper distress. As she retreats, Fendelman shifts focus back to the escalating …

The skull’s ancient energy hums through the lab as Fendelman and Colby unravel its pentagram-shaped neural structure, speculating it’s a beacon to summon intelligent life. Meanwhile outside, Leela’s patience snaps …

Fendelman demonstrates the final stage of his research device to Colby, displaying its countdown timer and explaining the scanner’s purpose. He insists the machine will reveal definitive proof of humanity’s …

Stael abandons all pretense in the chapel, injecting Thea with a drug to bend her mind to his will so she may serve as a vessel for the Fendahl’s primal …

Stael storms into Fendelman's lab with a small revolver already in hand, the scanner's dangerous hum filling the room. He orders Fendelman and Colby to shut down the device immediately, …

Stael reveals his plan to harness the Fendahl through Mrs. Tyler’s visions and ancient race memory, dismissing Colby’s mockery while revealing his twisted intellectual justification. Fendelman’s trust in Stael shatters …

The Doctor and Leela trace the Fendahl’s origins to a long-vanished fifth planet, only to discover no historical record of its existence. Through analysis of the TARDIS scanner’s swirling green …

Stael silences Fendelman’s dying protest with a bullet to the temple, then turns off the chapel lights in preparation for his ritual. With Colby’s final accusation still ringing, Stael declares …

The Doctor arrives at the Priory as Stael completes the ritual’s final steps, the chapel dimming under his control. Blood drips from Fendelman’s temple, his sacrifice just completed, as the …