The Tyranny of Chloris
Lady Adrasta enforces a ruthless regime on Chloris, isolating the planet, suppressing dissent, and monopolizing metal resources through violence. Meanwhile, Katryca leads a violent campaign to seize advanced technologies from Drathro, escalating brutality and betrayals to retain control amid rebellion. The Doctor and Romana navigate these deadly power struggles.
Arc Timeline
Season 17
5 eventsThe Doctor disarms two guards with a serpentine trick, gaining temporary access to Lady Adrasta. She strips him of his makeshift weapon and manipulates his confidence, turning his imprisonment into …
Adrasta condemns Engineer Doran for challenging her authority by declaring the alien object not a living shell but a lifeless piece of ancient architecture. She sentences him to death in …
Romana spots the Doctor clinging for life in the deadly pit below and immediately pleads with Lady Adrasta for a chance to save him. Adrasta rejects the idea outright, dismissing …
With the Doctor lost to the Pit’s depths, Lady Adrasta seizes the opportunity to exploit the TARDIS’s capabilities and eliminate the creature below. She orders Romana, K9, and Karela into …
Romana and K9 are untied from their restraints by Adrasta’s command and marched toward a heavy door that leads down to the Pit while two of its guards and the …
Season 23
5 eventsKatryca asserts her authority over Peri, offering temporary refuge among the Free under coercive terms. When Peri resists the implied forced marriage to multiple men, Katryca’s veneer of hospitality hardens …
The fragile coalition of Glitz, Peri and Dibber unravels when they map a desperate gas attack on Katryca’s village, only for Broken Tooth to stride in and demand their obedience. …
Peri drags Glitz deeper into Ravalox’s tangled wilderness, her instincts driving them both as the distant collapse of the light converter signals pursuit. The crash of the structure draws Broken …
Under Katryca’s suspicious gaze, the Doctor must account for himself and his companions’ intrusion into her domain. Forced to conceal the full extent of their mission—a plan to shut down …
The Doctor interrupts his own paralysis to act as the situation spirals out of control in the Ravalox stronghold. Katryca’s villagers have slaughtered the crew of the robot, mistaking its …
Season Bridges
Connections in this arc that cross season boundaries.
Both Romana and Peri confront female tyrants who dismiss their autonomy—Romana pleads to save the Doctor from Adrasta’s pit, while Peri resists Katryca’s forced marriage offer.
Adrasta exploits Romana as a tool to kill the pit creature, while Katryca attempts to coerce Peri into marriage; both rulers treat the Doctor’s companion as a disposable asset.