Master takes Tremas possession through clock
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Tremas investigates a new clock in the vault, and his hand sticks to it. He calls for Nyssa in distress as the Master's possession begins.
The Master emerges from the clock, takes over Tremas' body, and transforms his appearance. The Master then dematerializes into the clock.
Nyssa searches for her father, setting up concern for his whereabouts and the Master's escape.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Triumphant and exultant, reveling in the fulfillment of a long-desired objective.
The Master calmly emerges from the clock’s open face as Tremas clings to it, immediately asserting greedy triumph over finally gaining a corporeal form. He swiftly infiltrates Tremas’ body, reshaping the Consul’s appearance into his own before retreating into the clock and vanishing with his new vessel.
- • Obtain a new Time Lord body through deception and the clock’s time rift.
- • Expand his temporal authority by possessing a Traken Consul.
- • The ends of power justify means, including possession of another’s form.
- • Control of time and bodies secures dominance over all he surveys.
Initial curiosity and scholarly interest quickly escalates to shock and desperate alarm as he realizes his predicament.
Tremas approaches the clock by the vault door and touches its face, adhering to it in shock. In moments, the Master emerges from the clock and possesses him, altering Tremas' appearance and identity. He withdraws into the clock’s time rift, leaving no immediate trace of his presence.
- • Investigate the unusual clock’s mechanism out of professional curiosity.
- • Resist the Master’s intrusion and call for aid.
- • Technical anomalies merit personal examination as part of civic duty.
- • Institutional sanctity should protect individuals within the Sanctum.
Confused and increasingly concerned as she calls for her father without response.
Nyssa searches for her father after noticing his absence following the inauguration ceremony. She enters and calls out for him, unaware of his sudden transformation and retreat through the clock.
- • Locate her father to ensure his safety.
- • Understand why he failed to join them despite prior plans.
- • Her father would not abandon his duties without cause.
- • The Sanctum’s sanctity should ensure personal safety.
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The Temporal Concealment Clock functions as a disguised portal that lures Tremas through physical adhesion and temporal displacement. Its front case opens to emit the Master, who uses it as a conduit to enter and exit the material plane, ensnaring Tremas and vanishing with him.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
The Sanctum of Traken serves as the primary setting where institutional authority radiates through ritual space. The vault’s proximity and the clock’s placement by its door symbolize temporal and civic power. The sanctum’s silence and opulent architecture frame the theft of its integrity by the Master’s deception.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Tremas' confrontation with Melkur about legitimacy in the Keeper's chair (beat_e08464ba9697beb1) escalates into his eventual possession by the Master via the clock in the Vault (beat_334159cf9ada0156), showing the tragic arc of his defiance leading to downfall."
Consuls question Melkur's legitimacy as Keeper"Tremas' confrontation with Melkur about legitimacy in the Keeper's chair (beat_e08464ba9697beb1) escalates into his eventual possession by the Master via the clock in the Vault (beat_334159cf9ada0156), showing the tragic arc of his defiance leading to downfall."
Melkur fabricates Keeper succession myth"Tremas' confrontation with Melkur about legitimacy in the Keeper's chair (beat_e08464ba9697beb1) escalates into his eventual possession by the Master via the clock in the Vault (beat_334159cf9ada0156), showing the tragic arc of his defiance leading to downfall."
Doctor confronts Kassia's coercion"The Doctor's declaration that the Keeper is defeated (beat_3ca66c0f5f86735f) provides the context for the Master's desperate escape into the clock, leading to his possession of Tremas (beat_41fdbb48f039af1c), establishing the direct consequence of victory."
Doctor escapes TARDIS rupture forces"The Doctor's declaration that the Keeper is defeated (beat_3ca66c0f5f86735f) provides the context for the Master's desperate escape into the clock, leading to his possession of Tremas (beat_41fdbb48f039af1c), establishing the direct consequence of victory."
Doctor and Adric stabilize the Source"The Doctor's declaration that the Keeper is defeated (beat_3ca66c0f5f86735f) provides the context for the Master's desperate escape into the clock, leading to his possession of Tremas (beat_41fdbb48f039af1c), establishing the direct consequence of victory."
Luvic becomes new Keeper of Traken"The Doctor's declaration that the Keeper is defeated (beat_3ca66c0f5f86735f) provides the context for the Master's desperate escape into the clock, leading to his possession of Tremas (beat_41fdbb48f039af1c), establishing the direct consequence of victory."
The Master seizes Tremas in the sanctum