Wigner orders global defense lockdown

In the high-stakes command center of International Space Command, Secretary Wigner—stripped down to his shirt sleeves in a moment of crisis—receives confirmation from General Cutler that the Cyberman invasion is underway. Wigner, already aware of the escalating energy drain crisis, immediately pivots to a global response, barking orders in French to his aide to open communication lines worldwide. His urgency underscores the severity of the threat, as he acknowledges both the Cyberman assault and the accelerating energy drain as compounding disasters. The scene functions as a critical escalation point, where Wigner’s decisive action (the global lockdown) shifts the narrative from localized defense to a coordinated planetary response. His directive to Cutler—'you must hold on as best you can'—reveals the fragility of Earth’s defenses and foreshadows the Doctor’s race against time to prevent Mondas’s destruction before Cutler’s reckless plan (the Zee-bomb) becomes irreversible. The tension here lies in Wigner’s dual role: he is both a stabilizing authority figure and a man under immense pressure, whose orders may inadvertently enable Cutler’s later defiance.