Doctor and Adric face spreading power failure on freighter bridge
The main cable linking Hold Number Four’s systems to the bridge becomes the focal point of diagnosis and controversy as Berger confirms its centrality to the failure. The Doctor identifies it as the conduit for the unseen attacker’s energy extraction and the only target whose isolation could halt the spread, while Briggs and Berger object on the grounds that cutting it would cripple half the ship’s vital functions.
Before:
Integral to power grid, functioning as a standard high-capacity main cable carrying energy from Hold Number Four to critical systems
After:
Remains undamaged physically but becomes the central strategic dilemma—functional only if left active, catastrophic if isolated, harassed by the escalating power drain