Doctor and Jo crash Atlantis Plaza
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
The Doctor and Jo arrive in Atlantis, materializing in the plaza. Hippias reacts to another materialization while the Doctor and Jo emerge from the TARDIS.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Professional bluster concealing genuine alarm about the escalating crisis
Exits the TARDIS alongside Jo, offering a sarcastic greeting to Hippias while attempting to assert their peaceful intent. Their deflected tone masks urgent concern for the Atlanteans' safety, but the interruption by Krasis cuts short their warning.
- • Warn the Atlanteans about the Master’s deception and the threat posed by the Kronos crystal
- • Prevent unnecessary violence against themselves and the Atlantean people
- • Believes the Master’s influence has corrupted Atlantean institutions
- • Distrusts the immediate hostile reaction of Krasis and the guards
Frustrated by the punitive response from Krasis but hesitant to fully defy the established order
Attempts to intervene and prevent the guards from taking the Doctor and Jo, questioning their status as strangers and expressing a desire to grant them a hearing. His conflicted loyalty reveals internal tensions within the Atlantean power structure.
- • Challenge unjust arrest of outsiders
- • Assert influence over the immediate disposition of the Doctor and Jo
- • Believes strangers deserve a chance to speak
- • Fears blind allegiance to the Master’s faction will harm Atlantis
Zealous commitment to the Master’s cause masking inner insecurity and fear of dissent
Immediately orders the arrest of the Doctor and Jo, branding them enemies of both the Master and Atlantis. His authoritative tone and readiness to criminalize newcomers demonstrate his alignment with the Master’s tyranny and disregard for procedural justice.
- • Eliminate perceived threats to the Master’s control
- • Enforce immediate obedience to the new regime in Atlantis
- • Believes the Master’s enemies must be eradicated to stabilize the regime
- • Views anyone outside the Master’s faction as inherently treacherous
Calm exterior masking growing tension and strategic focus
Steps out of the TARDIS with Jo, greeting Hippias with casual disparagement. Their composed demeanor belies the peril as they strive to engage diplomatically but are swiftly silenced by Krasis, underscoring the immediate threat posed by the Master’s faction.
- • Establish peaceful dialogue with Atlantean authorities
- • Neutralize the immediate threat of arrest to buy time for their warning
- • Believes misinformation is driving the hostile reception
- • Hopes reasoned argument can avert conflict
Neutral compliance driven by institutional protocol rather than personal conviction
Complies with Krasis’s orders without hesitation, detaining the Doctor and Jo and forcibly leading them toward the palace. Their actions reflect disciplined adherence to the corrupt chain of command imposed by the Master’s influence.
- • Execute the arrest order with precision and expediency
- • Maintain the facade of lawful procedure despite the injustice
- • Believes loyalty to superior officers justifies all actions
- • Views dissent as a violation of sworn duty
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The surveillance computer silently processes the Doctor and Jo’s biometrics and Krasis’ branding of them as enemies of the state. Its automated system reclassifies the newcomers as hostile, triggering the immediate enforcement by guards and silent dissemination of their new status across the plaza’s security grid.
The TARDIS materializes as a police box in the heart of Atlantis Plaza, serving as both the Doctor and Jo’s arrival point and a conspicuous symbol of alien intrusion. Its dramatic arrival immediately disrupts Atlantean decorum and draws attention to the outsiders’ presence.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
Atlantis Plaza serves as the stage for the confrontation between Atlantean authorities and the Doctor’s party, where public discourse collides with coercive power. The plaza’s open expanse and central dais amplify the theatricality of the arrest, underscoring the regime’s intolerance of dissent.
Organizations Involved
Institutional presence and influence
The Master’s organization manifests through Krasis’s immediate branding of the Doctor and Jo as enemies of the state, operationalizing the Master’s will under the guise of divine mandate. This act subverts Atlantean sovereignty by imposing an external agenda onto local authority structures.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"The Doctor and Jo's apprehension by Atlantean guards on Krasis's orders (Beat e1fc...) triggers their subsequent discussion about the TARDIS's course and reliability (Beat 1d7...). Their capture forces them to reassess their situation in dialogue."
Doctor reassures Jo on time jump risksThemes This Exemplifies
Thematic resonance and meaning
Key Dialogue
"DOCTOR: Well, well, well. Isn't it a small world."
"KRASIS: You are still alive?"
"DOCTOR: Yes, so it would seem."