Lab Block Rhododendron Cover

A dense rhododendron thicket flanking the Newton Institute laboratory block, its broad waxy leaves forming an emerald canopy that sways violently as Benton, Ruth, and Stuart crash through its branches. The shrub's sturdy stems provide momentary concealment, their interlocking boughs obscuring the trio's escape route from the pursuing soldiers' line of sight. Prickly stems snag clothing and brush against exposed skin, each snapped branch betraying their passage with rhythmic cracking that punctuates the fugitives' desperate flight. The foliage's natural density offers the illusion of refuge while the TARDIS's temporal erasure ensures they vanish from both time and space.