Allies part ways in fractured timeline
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
The Second Doctor departs with Jamie in his TARDIS. The Sixth Doctor and Peri are left behind.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Exasperated and combative, masking disappointment beneath sarcastic bravado
Limps into the cellar wounded but still energetically mocking, his body language aggressive despite his injury. He makes a swift grab for the Stattenheim remote, his competitive spirit flaring as he challenges the Second Doctor, displaying frustration at being preempted.
- • Secure control of time-travel resources (the remote)
- • Prove his agency and prevent his past self from evading responsibility
- • That all Doctors should act in unison rather than pursue independent agendas
- • That leadership and ingenuity entitle him to share in time-travel tools
Tense and emotionally torn between loyalty to Peri and duty to the Second Doctor
Exits from beneath the stairs at the moment of crisis, moving with cautious readiness. He throws a knife to disarm Chessene, then signals for safety, hesitating before reluctantly joining the Second Doctor’s escape despite his attachment to Peri.
- • Protect Peri and the Second Doctor from immediate danger
- • Follow the Second Doctor’s lead despite personal reservations
- • That the Second Doctor’s guidance is ultimately trustworthy
- • That personal bonds must sometimes yield to greater dangers
Pleased with his cunning but masking a competitive edge beneath cautious diplomacy
Holds the Stattenheim remote aloft like a trump card, his posture shifting from defensive to commanding as he interrupts his future self’s triumph. He whistles crisply, and his TARDIS materializes with mechanical precision, its arrival emphasizing his intention to control the outcome.
- • Secure escape from the cellar and avoid further conflict
- • Assert his right to act independently without interference from his future self
- • That personal initiative in time travel is justified even when it contradicts others
- • That his methods and choices are superior to those of other incarnations
Shocked by sudden violence but maintaining outward calm while preserving human connection
Stands near the module with the Second Doctor and Dastari, attempting to flee the cellar’s escalating chaos. She watches Chessene’s death with shock, exchanges a quiet farewell with Jamie that carries quiet affection and foreboding about their fractured alliance.
- • Escape the immediate threat of the exploding module
- • Preserve her bond with Jamie despite the looming separation
- • That relationships forged in crisis hold enduring value
- • That safety is transient and unpredictability is the norm
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The Second Doctor’s TARDIS abruptly materializes in the cellar’s confined space due to the remote’s activation, creating a sudden refuge and a divisive moment. Its unstable materialization reflects the temporal instability of the situation and serves as a physical manifestation of the Second Doctor’s escape plan.
The Kartz-Reimer Module explodes violently in front of the cellar’s occupants, fulfilling Chessene’s failed escape attempt and physically reverting her Androgum form. Its destruction releases lethal smoke and debris, forcing immediate choices about escape and severing the alliance’s final gambit.
The Second Doctor brandishes the Stattenheim remote as a means to assert authority and secure escape, triggering the TARDIS’s materialization amidst the cellar’s chaos. Its sudden appearance disrupts the Sixth Doctor’s attempt to claim it, symbolizing the divergence of agendas between the two incarnations.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
The reinforced cellar laboratory transforms from a site of scientific and culinary horror into a temporary battleground of conflicting time travelers. The jury-rigged lighting flickers amid smoke and the acrid smells of burnt circuitry and blood, heightening the emotional intensity as the Sixth Doctor stumbles in and the Second Doctor vanishes.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"The Second Doctor and Peri's attempt to flee after Dastari is shot leads directly to Chessene confronting them, demanding to know why they are still alive."
Doctor and Peri flee Dastari's order"Chessene's confrontation with the Second Doctor and Peri leads her to shoot Dastari and attempt to flee in the sabotaged Time Space module."
Chessene's murder spree ends in self-destruction"Chessene's confrontation with the Second Doctor and Peri leads her to shoot Dastari and attempt to flee in the sabotaged Time Space module."
Sixth Doctor triumphantly captures Shockeye"Chessene's confrontation with the Second Doctor and Peri leads her to shoot Dastari and attempt to flee in the sabotaged Time Space module."
Jamie disarms Chessene as her plot collapses"Chessene's confrontation with the Second Doctor and Peri leads her to shoot Dastari and attempt to flee in the sabotaged Time Space module."
Chessene's murder spree ends in self-destruction"Chessene's confrontation with the Second Doctor and Peri leads her to shoot Dastari and attempt to flee in the sabotaged Time Space module."
Sixth Doctor triumphantly captures Shockeye"Chessene's confrontation with the Second Doctor and Peri leads her to shoot Dastari and attempt to flee in the sabotaged Time Space module."
Jamie disarms Chessene as her plot collapsesKey Dialogue
"DOCTOR 2ND: That will not be necessary."
"DOCTOR: A Stattenheim remote control? Where did you get that? I've always wanted one of those."
"DOCTOR 2ND: Some of us have earned these little privileges."