UNIT's Internal Power Struggles

The Brigadier returns to Llanfairfach Colliery with UNIT engineers and explosives, determined to seal the mine to contain the maggot infestation. Committed to a military solution, he orders demolition charges …

Stevens abruptly shifts tactics in his office, abandoning any pretense of professional courtesy to deploy state authority against the Doctor. Behind his polished facade, he reveals a ruthless determination to …

Stevens confronts the Doctor with cold finality after the mine detonation, dismissing him with a veiled threat of future violence. Recognizing Yates as a liability, Stevens orders him confined under …

In Jones’ cluttered lab, the Doctor and Jo examine grotesque larval samples under flickering fluorescents. Jones deduces that oil waste from Global Chemicals has triggered an atavistic mutation in the …

Captain Yates sits in his office with smug satisfaction after coercing cooperation from Global Chemicals and UNIT personnel under his direction. His quiet boast about the perceived smooth operation contrasts …

Stevens and the guard intrude just as Yates reveals the location of the critical formula and documents on the top floor of Global Chemicals. The Doctor’s careful questioning has uncovered …

The Doctor intercepts Captain Yates unexpectedly and quickly subdues him, noticing immediately that Yates is acting under BOSS's influence. Instead of attacking, the Doctor discerns Yates followed him via Global …

The Doctor and Yates trigger a phase-four security alert after being spotted by a Global Chemicals surveillance camera while moving through a compromised corridor. The automated system immediately orders armed …

As the crisis escalates atop the Slag Heap, the Doctor seizes control of the unfolding rescue mission, orchestrating Benton’s radio contact with Jo Grant through quick, precise instructions. Recognizing the …

The Doctor’s attempt to break BOSS’s hold on Yates culminates in a tense confrontation. Yates appears armed and unrepentant, declaring his orders require the Doctor’s death. When the Brigadier’s arrival …

The Doctor awakens Yates in Professor Jones' laboratory after his interrogation by BOSS, having resisted the machine’s brainwashing to infiltrate Global Chemicals. Aware the stakes have escalated from a localized …

The Brigadier delivers a piece of slag contaminated with alien maggot residue to the Doctor’s lab, supplying the first tangible evidence linking the green sickness infestation to Professor Jones’s research. …

Under a pale moon near the jagged silhouette of the slag heap, Brigadier General Chris Church confronts the detained rogue scientist, his voice low but insistent. The heavy shadow of …

In Jones’ cluttered laboratory the Doctor and Jo examine a petri dish holding a lethal maggot still infected by the spreading green powder. The Doctor confirms the powder is the …

The Brigadier struggles to maintain control as London collapses into violent disorder. Through exhausted phone calls, he updates superiors on mounting dinosaur sightings and calls for reinforcements, though forces remain …

The Brigadier juggles conflicting demands while Yates reports increasingly organised looter gangs in Hyde Park, forcing the Brigadier to expand detention facilities across London. A fraught phone call with General …

The Doctor and Sarah take refuge in a workshop as soldiers pursue them, only for the Brigadier to arrive unexpectedly. This tense encounter forces the Doctor to abandon his attempts …

Under pressure from the Brigadier, the Doctor and Sarah enter a UNIT command center mapping an unprecedented threat—prehistoric creatures materializing across central London. The Brigadier reports eight million evacuations, unexplained …

General Finch's aggressive skepticism derails the investigation into the missing Stegosaurus and challenges the Doctor's credibility. When the Brigadier admits he cannot explain the creature's disappearance, Finch dismisses the event …

The Doctor seizes on the stun gun’s completion to push theory into accusation, declaring prehistoric creatures are a deliberate weapon to depopulate London for an unseen project. Grover presses for …

Yates confronts Butler and Whitaker after their failed attempt to kill the Doctor by bringing a T-Rex into the present. From their exchange, Yates learns he has been unwittingly complicit …

Yates confronts Butler and Whitaker in the control room, realizing the full extent of their plan after the T-Rex attack. The rogue scientists admit to weaponizing temporal energy to pull …

Sarah refuses to accept the Brigadier's dismissal of her near-fatal sabotaging and the Doctor's vague reassurances, instead zeroing in on the power source itself. Though Brigadier Yates insists no unaccounted …

Finch storms into the makeshift lab with Yates, blistering the Brigadier over a cascade of disasters—a lost dinosaur, a wrecked hangar, and Sarah Smith’s near-death. The Doctor counters by accusing …

General Finch and Captain Yates enter the makeshift laboratory during the Doctor's investigation. The Doctor accuses Finch directly of active sabotage against his equipment and experiments, revealing chains had been …

The Brigadier makes his move in a tense hangar office, ordering the Doctor's arrest under apparent UNIT authority. This sudden confrontation marks the first violent rupture in the Doctor's relationship …

The Doctor, arrested by UNIT under Finch’s orders, turns the tables by revealing Captain Yates as a traitor secretly working for Grover. The Heavyweight revelation forces Benton to confront his …

The Doctor and Brigadier uncover Grover’s central role in the time-reset conspiracy through Sarah’s intercepted intelligence, realizing General Finch is also complicit. Tensions escalate when Captain Yates betrays UNIT to …

Captain Yates betrays UNIT by seizing control of the temporary HQ with his pistol, holding the Brigadier, Benton, and the Doctor at gunpoint. Under duress, he reveals the conspirators’ plan …

Adam intercepts communications to Grover, his urgency betraying his newfound understanding of the conspiracy. This brief contact becomes a critical disruption in the plan’s final moments, as Adam realizes the …

Sergeant Benton initiates contact via the secret Trap Two channel, signaling the first serious counterplay against Finch and Grover’s time-reset gambit. This clandestine communication breaks the momentary lull after the …

The Doctor storms into the control room as Whitaker and Grover prepare to activate the time-resetting machine. Adam pleads with the passengers of the fake spaceship to stop the plan, …

The Doctor reverses Grover and Whitaker's time-reset attempt, forcing them to retreat to their desired 'golden age' as punishment for their genocidal plan to erase modern civilization. Sarah watches as …

Inside the claustrophobic tunnels beneath Peladon the rift among the miners widens as Ettis presses Gebek to abandon diplomacy for armed rebellion. Ettis frames the Queen and Chancellor Ortron as …

The escalating tension between the miners and the Federation erupts into violence when Ettis and Preba lead a group of rebels to seize weapons from the Federation armoury. Their bold …