The Doctor and Romana’s moral and strategic clash over the proper ethical use of the Key to Time and the extent of the Doctor’s responsibility as a Time Lord
The Doctor and Romana’s moral and strategic clash over the proper ethical use of the Key to Time and the extent of the Doctor’s responsibility as a Time Lord
Events in This Arc
Romana accuses the Doctor of complicity in the Key to Time’s atrocities, listing Astra as one victim and now Merak. The Doctor deflects by ordering course change to Zeos, invoking …
The Doctor’s desperate attempt to disable the Key to Time system fails when Drax misidentifies the critical wire, causing the countdown to reach zero without disrupting the machine. Their delay …
The Doctor reveals he has already scattered the Key to Time across the universe and installed a randomiser on the TARDIS guidance system, declaring he bought them precious time by …