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Scaroth's Temporal Heist

Count Scaroth, a fragmented alien, obsessively pursues the Mona Lisa and other art treasures across time to complete a temporal heist. Bill Duggan's criminal art thefts lead to evidence of alien technology and scrambled time streams. The Doctor and Romana thwart Scaroth's plans as he manipulates allies like Kerensky and the Countess.

31 events across 1 season

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Season 17

31 events
S17E5 · City of Death Part 1
Scarlioni funds research through stolen Bible

Count Scarlioni secures immediate funding for his secret time-manipulation project by liquidating priceless historical artifacts, demonstrating his ruthless prioritization of ambition over preservation. He placates Kerensky’s financial demands with a …

Start
Count tightens screws on time heist

Kerensky presents a concerning update on the temporal heist’s progress, citing unexpected side effects. Scarlioni responds by demanding a far greater time span, dismissing scientific caution with blunt pragmatism. When …

Climax
Romana discovers the micromeson scanner

Romana notices they are being followed by Duggan after their investigation at the Louvre. The Doctor casually reveals he was equipped with a micromeson scanner from an encounter with a …

Start
Scarlioni confronts Countess over breach

Scarlioni presses the Countess about her mishandling of surveillance on Duggan and her strange encounter in front of the painting. When she casually reports the loss of the bracelet, his …

Start
Scarlioni turns on his own and hunts new prey

Scarlioni receives the long-awaited artifact but immediately dismisses the operatives who risked everything to retrieve it. In a single ruthless turn he sentences them to death, then pivots his sights …

Resolution
Countess arranges meeting with enemies

Scarlioni reinforces his absolute control by ordering the execution of two bumbling operatives who failed to secure the compromised bracelet. He then pivots to a calculated threat, instructing the Countess …

Resolution
Black hats reveal escalating threat

Duggan and the Doctor continue their investigation into Count Scarlioni’s art fraud while Romana probes the scientific anomalies behind the forged masterpieces. The Doctor seizes on information about the Countess’s …

Climax
Countess confronts locked laboratory door

The Countess arrives at the laboratory to find its door securely locked. She calls out to Scarlioni, her voice shifting from casual inquiry to growing unease as the barrier confirms …

Climax
S17E8 · City of Death Part 4
Doctor exposes Count Scarlioni’s disguise

The Doctor enters the drawing room with disarming charm, disarming a henchman with casual insults and unlikely Shakespearean anecdotes. He shifts focus to the Countess, probing her blind loyalty while …

Start
Duggan shatters the cellar door open

Duggan

Climax
Scaroth vanishes into the temporal void

Scaroth

Start
Team faces time displacement revelation

Scaroth’s escape into the time machine forces the Doctor, Romana, and Duggan to confront the full scale of their mission’s peril. The astronomical scale of the temporal jump—400 million years …

Resolution
Doctor and Romana flee Paris pursuit

As Scarlioni’s armed agents close in across Paris, the Doctor, Romana, and Duggan abandon stealth for desperate speed. Racing from the Champs Elysees through the Boulevard Saint Germain, they weave …

Climax
Debate art value amid temporal crisis

The Doctor and companions burst into the Paris gallery, fleeing the unraveling timeline as Scarlioni’s crimes unfold. Romana and Duggan maintain outward composure while the Doctor slips into the TARDIS, …

Start
Companions depart amid aesthetic debate

As the TARDIS dematerializes within the Denise René Gallery, the Doctor and his companions vanish without ceremony, leaving Duggan isolated among the wreckage of Scarlioni’s failed temporal ambitions. The abrupt …

Resolution
Duggan confronts art value crisis

Duggan discovers a forgery of the Mona Lisa deliberately marked as such and threatens to expose it, but the Doctor and Romana challenge his obsession with authenticity. Their debate about …

Climax
Doctor Romana depart as Duggan lingers

With the immediate threat of Scarlioni neutralized by Hermann’s intervention, the Doctor and Romana prepare to depart the Eiffel Tower. Their brief exchange with Duggan about authenticity and artistry masks …

Resolution