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Cloven Hoof Main Door

The main door frames the entrance to the Cloven Hoof pub bar. Benton flings it open to charge outside and halt the villagers dragging the Doctor toward the Maypole. A morris man shoves him back inside, igniting a scuffle at the threshold. Hawthorne cracks her handbag across the attacker's head, clearing Benton's path amid shouts and shoves from the mob.
2 appearances

Purpose

Primary exit from the Cloven Hoof pub bar

Significance

Threshold ignites the clash between pub sanctuary and village cult violence, exposing Benton's drive to protect the Doctor and Hawthorne's resolve to aid him against possessed attackers

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments
S8E24 · The Daemons Part 4
Benton’s failed rescue exposes cult’s violence

The main door of the Cloven Hoof serves as the threshold between safety and danger. Benton flings it open to intervene, only to be met with violent resistance from the morris man. The door frames the confrontation, symbolizing the boundary between UNIT’s relative security and the chaotic, supernatural threat outside. Its role is pivotal in escalating the conflict and underscoring the immediacy of the Doctor’s peril.

Before: Closed, providing a barrier between the Cloven Hoof’s interior and the village green. It is a point of transition, separating the relative calm of the pub from the chaos outside.
After: Open, with Benton having attempted to pass through it. The door now represents a failed attempt to intervene, as the violence spills into the pub’s threshold.
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S8E24 · The Daemons Part 4
Hawthorne and Benton clash over intervention

The Cloven Hoof’s main door serves as a threshold between safety and danger in this event. Benton flings it open to rush to the Doctor’s aid, only to be immediately attacked by the morris man. The door frames the violence spilling into the pub, symbolizing the fragility of the team’s refuge and the immediacy of the threat they face. Hawthorne’s intervention at the doorway halts the morris man’s advance, temporarily securing the Cloven Hoof as a neutral ground for their debate.

Before: Closed, providing a barrier between the relative safety of the Cloven Hoof and the chaos outside.
After: Open, with the morris man incapacitated on the threshold, marking the brief cessation of the violence.
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