The conflict between the Portreeve (Master in disguise) and the institutional enforcers like Ruther and Mergrave, representing Castrovalva’s false order, as they enforce the Master’s recursive lie.
The conflict between the Portreeve (Master in disguise) and the institutional enforcers like Ruther and Mergrave, representing Castrovalva’s false order, as they enforce the Master’s recursive lie.
Events in This Arc
Ruther guides Tegan and Nyssa through Castrovalva’s convoluted streets toward the Portreeve’s residence, but his warning about the unusual request sets an immediate tension. The false Portreeve’s delay tactic becomes …
The Doctor arrives in Castrovalva to find the Master posing as the Portreeve, masquerading as a benevolent leader while secretly constructing a zero structure to destroy the town. As the …
With the Doctor closing in and Adric freed from his trapped state, the Master launches into a violent gambit of control. A resident attempts to strike him but vanishes under …