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Kamelion and the Master's Manipulations

The conflict involving Kamelion, often manipulated by the Master, which impacts the Fifth Doctor and Peripugilliam Brown. This storyline covers Kamelion's encounters with the Master and its consequences on those around it.

11 events across 1 season

Arc Timeline

Season 21

11 events
S21E15 · Planet of Fire Part 1
Doctor confronts his grief over Kamelion

The Doctor’s suppressed emotions erupt when Kamelion’s unmistakable distress signal shatters the TARDIS air. Turlough seizes the moment to challenge the Doctor’s spiral of obsession and depression, naming his missing …

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Kamelion’s systems fail as Doctor attempts to stabilize

Kamelion

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Kamelion confesses to fabrication in TARDIS

Kamelion breaks down while aboard the TARDIS, admitting his earlier outburst stemmed not from genuine confusion over his identity but from a calculated deception. The confession introduces tension as the …

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Turlough sabotages TARDIS distress signal

Turlough deliberately disables the TARDIS distress signal by ripping wires from the console panel, interrupting a Trion ship's transmission and halting Kamelion's erratic spasming. The Doctor arrives mid-act and soon …

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Turlough discovers Peri's hidden alien device

Peri collapses into Turlough's care, her illness taking hold as he tends to her in the borrowed room. While covering her, he notices an alien device hidden in her belongings …

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Kamelion weaponizes Peri’s trauma as Howard

As Peri sleeps on the TARDIS, her repressed guilt over her stepfather Howard surfaces in a sleep-talking confession, pleading for forgiveness and fearing abandonment. Kamelion seizes the opportunity to exploit …

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Kamelion reveals his deception as Foster

As turmoil engulfs the TARDIS following its sudden disorientation, Kamelion seizes control by impersonating Professor Foster, injecting the crisis with a new source of manipulation. His confident demeanor masks his …

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