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Persuade the Guardian for Mercy
The Doctor must persuade a guardian to spare their lives, risking sacrifice and appeals for mercy in a tense moral negotiation.
2 events across 1 season
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Season 8
2 events
S8E18 · Colony In Space Part 4
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Guardian Threatens Execution
The Doctor and Jo are forcibly marched into a chamber housing a reactor-like device, which Jo fears is a sacrificial altar. As they approach, a miniature alien—the Guardian—emerges from a …
Doctor Appeals to the Guardian’s Justice
The Doctor and Jo are forcibly brought before the Guardian, a miniature alien ruler seated on a throne in a high-tech chamber. The Guardian, enforcing the city’s law that all …