Doctor realizes Miss Smith is missing
Plot Beats
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The Doctor requests additional electronic equipment from Sergeant Benton and inquires about Miss Smith's well-being.
Sergeant Benton reports that Miss Smith did not want to rest and left somewhere, telling him to tell the Doctor she went out to play.
The Doctor expresses puzzlement about Miss Smith's behavior.
Who Was There
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A mix of dutiful compliance and quiet discomfort, torn between protocol and palpable wrongness
Sergeant Benton enters promptly at the Doctor’s call, responding with efficient deference. His replies to questions about Sarah are cautious and slightly evasive, hinting at unease without outright contradiction, reflecting strained loyalty between orders and evident anomalies.
- • Provide requested equipment without delay
- • Avoid stating anything that would compromise Sarah or himself
- • Covering for Sarah’s actions may be necessary but risky
- • The Brigadier’s chain of command does not account for temporal disturbances
Mild bafflement layered over quiet concern, projecting outward calm while internal alarms begin to sound
The Doctor strides purposefully out of the TARDIS into the makeshift lab, voice brisk and polite but alert. He immediately begins gathering supplies and turns to Benton with enquiring curiosity about Sarah’s welfare, masking growing unease beneath casual phrasing.
- • Obtain tools to continue timeline investigation
- • Determine Sarah Jane’s whereabouts and safety
- • Sarah Jane is resourceful and unlikely to vanish without cause
- • The current anomalies may have drawn her into danger
Objects Involved
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The scattered makeshift equipment across the lab tables is the immediate target of the Doctor’s request for more supplies. Benton’s agreement to organise additional gear implies utilising or supplementing these existing tools to continue analyzing the temporal disruption.
Location Details
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The cramped makeshift laboratory serves as the scene where the Doctor lands, gathers supplies, and faces the first concrete sign of Sarah’s unexplained departure. Its cluttered tools and flickering lights mirror the unstable timeline he is racing to correct.
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