The Hunt for Magnus Greel
The Fourth Doctor and Leela investigate a series of gruesome murders in Victorian London linked to the escaped Time Lord Magnus Greel. The Doctor engages in a battle of wits and technology to expose Greel's temporal crimes, confronting his warped genius and henchmen, including the homunculus Mr. Sin and the Tong. As the mystery deepens, the Doctor must stop Greel from altering history while navigating the fog-shrouded streets of the past.
Involved Characters
Arc Timeline
Season 14
5 eventsThe Doctor materializes the TARDIS beside the Thames in London’s East End, its foghorn drowning out a cryptic warning—a swamp creature’s distant cry that Leela correctly identifies as a ship’s …
A violent encounter erupts when a Tong of the Black Scorpion enforcer ambushes the Doctor in the street with an axe, intent on silencing him before he unravels Li H'sen …
The Doctor enters Litefoot’s dining room under false pretenses with a deliberate distraction, pretending to have misplaced the time key. Upon noticing Weng-Chiang’s presence, he swiftly pivots to psychological warfare, …
Weng-Chiang’s true identity is revealed as Magnus Greel, the infamous Minister of Justice, as he taunts the Doctor over their chess game before dramatically confirming the success of his long-sought …
Greel’s ritual heats up, draining Leela’s life force as the Dragon’s Sin enforcer holds the allies at bay. The Doctor seizes an axe, disabling the extraction device to free Leela …
Season 19
2 eventsTegan and Nyssa share a brief moment of levity amidst the opulence of 1925 England, as Tegan demonstrates the Charleston, a dance she learned for a school play. Their exchange …
The flirtation between Lord Cranleigh and Ann Talbot on the dance floor sparks an unplanned collaboration between Nyssa and Ann. They execute a rapid identity switch in full view of …
Season Bridges
Connections in this arc that cross season boundaries.
In the Greel episode, Greel's identity is dramatically revealed (Weng-Chiang unmasked as Magnus Greel) while Leela hides and observes; in the Cranleigh episode, Nyssa and Ann execute a rapid identity …
The Doctor's desperate axe throw to break Greel's extraction device and free Leela parallels Nyssa and Ann's collaborative, high-risk identity swap—both are acts of decisive, physical intervention that disrupt a …