Master secures Percival's unwitting consent
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
The Master proceeds with his plan, explaining to Percival that he needs someone to help harness Kronos's power.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Controlled triumph masking underlying impatience for the scheme’s next stage
The Master, still holding the telephone receiver, exudes cold confidence as he verifies Percival’s hypnotic conditioning. His measured tone and clipped commands reveal a puppeteer testing the durability of his strings.
- • Consolidate Percival's hypnotic obedience into active complicity
- • Verify the absence of interference before proceeding
- • Absolute power ensures flawless execution of his plans
- • Institutional personnel are easily manipulated under pressure
A mix of awe and eager validation of the Master’s power
Dr. Percival, concealed from Benton, emerges as a willing mouthpiece for the Master’s design. His astonishment reveals the hypnotic hold, and his compliance channels that control into action.
- • Prove the hypnosis was effective by confirming Benton’s departure
- • Carry out the Master’s orders to ensure the escape route is clear
- • The Master’s authority is beyond reproach
- • Scientific detachment must yield to the Master’s vision
Neutral obedience, unaware of the deception
Sergeant Benton, prompted by the fake Brigadier, exits via the laboratory window under orders. His mechanically obedient exit leaves the way clear for the Master’s next move.
- • Execute the orders received from superior authority
- • Complete the task and affirm the Brigadier’s instructions
- • Chain of command must be respected without question
- • Military protocol ensures correctness in action
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The sash window in the Director’s Office provides Benton’s egress route from the lab. It stands open a few inches as he exits, marking the transition from controlled space to vulnerability.
The naval telephone in the Director’s Office serves as the conduit for the Master’s deception. Through it, he mimics the Brigadier’s voice to issue false orders to Benton, undermining institutional trust in communication channels.
UNIT’s staff car Bessie remains stationed outside the institute. Though not physically present in the scene, its proximity underscores the military framework being infiltrated, contrasting with the Master’s psychic manipulation.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
The laboratory’s main testing area lies abandoned as Benton exits. Its sterile machinery and monitor-laden desks stand silent, now exposed to the Master’s unseen influence as Percival acts on hypnotic orders.
The Director’s Office functions as the Master’s temporary command center. Within its polished, bureaucratic shell, he orchestrates manipulation and confirms control, turning institutional space into a theater of deception.
Organizations Involved
Institutional presence and influence
UNIT’s institutional authority is eroded as the Master exploits its command hierarchy through forged orders. The organization is represented through Benton’s enforced obedience and the misappropriation of its communication protocols.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Benton’s receipt of the fake call to leave his post sets up his clever re-entry via the window, demonstrating his resourcefulness in outsmarting the Master."
Benton questions suspicious order to leave"The Master’s use of a distraction ('Doctor!') to disarm Benton directly causes his incapacitation, allowing the Master to proceed unopposed with his plan."
Benton confronts Masters chronal theft"The Master’s use of a distraction ('Doctor!') to disarm Benton directly causes his incapacitation, allowing the Master to proceed unopposed with his plan."
Master disarms Benton and seizes control"The Master’s use of a distraction ('Doctor!') to disarm Benton directly causes his incapacitation, allowing the Master to proceed unopposed with his plan."
Master uses Benton's capture to power TOM-TIT"Krasis’s arrival via lightning flash foreshadows the impending temporal catastrophe the Master is orchestrating, linking the ancient ritual to the lab’s escalating threat."
Krasis summons Kronos with forbidden ritual"Benton’s hidden re-entry leads directly to his confrontation with a drawn pistol, forcing the Master to escalate his tactics to regain control."
Benton confronts Masters chronal theft"Benton’s hidden re-entry leads directly to his confrontation with a drawn pistol, forcing the Master to escalate his tactics to regain control."
Master disarms Benton and seizes control"Benton’s hidden re-entry leads directly to his confrontation with a drawn pistol, forcing the Master to escalate his tactics to regain control."
Master uses Benton's capture to power TOM-TITPart of Larger Arcs
Key Dialogue
"PERCIVAL: It worked! It really worked!"
"MASTER: Of course it worked. Now see if the corridor's clear."