Fifth Doctor's Mawdryn Ethical Crisis
The Fifth Doctor faces an escalating moral and ethical crisis as he balances his duty to help the mutated Mawdryn and protect his companions against his own self-preservation and the need to maintain temporal order.
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Season 20
3 eventsMawdryn and his disciples present their centuries of futile suffering to the Doctor, explaining that their mutation is irreversible and that only he can end their torment by sacrificing his …
The Doctor confronts Mawdryn and the mutated scientists, learning that Tegan and Nyssa have been infected with a terminal mutation that accelerates aging. With no antidote available, he must decide …
Mawdryn’s body succumbs to injuries sustained over decades of agony as the Doctor and Tegan witness the final quiet moment of his long torment. The scientist’s death resolves the fate …