The Doctor's confrontation with Valeyard's prosecution at the Matrix trial, where institutional justice becomes a weapon against the Doctor's survival choices

The Doctor endures the Valeyard's relentless prosecution, which catalogues the grim toll of his interventions. After the trial's tension spikes with the Valeyard demanding a guilty verdict, the Doctor steps …

With irrefutable evidence before them the Inquisitor asks the Doctor if any Vervoids survived his intervention. His confirmation that not even a single leaf escaped serves as the factual predicate …