Jo rushes into collapsing study under fire

With UNIT troops fighting a losing battle against Dalek forces sweeping through Auderly House, Jo bursts into the study bearing the peace conference documents. The room disintegrates around her as mortars strike outside and Daleks breach the terrace, turning the ornate space into a warzone of falling plaster and gunfire. Her arrival forces Sir Reginald Styles to abandon his protest and trust the Brigadier’s evacuation order, making her entrance the hinge moment where personal courage bridges the collapse of order. As delegates flee down the front drive, Jo’s presence transforms a retreat into a last stand to preserve the documents that may alter humanity’s future. key_dialogue: [ BRIGADIER: Now be quiet, sir! ]