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Bates

adaptable fearful of failure emotionally volatile disciplined commanding opportunistic blunt suppressed unease ruthlessly pragmatic authoritarian
Captain Bates serves as a naval intelligence officer in a British wartime unit commanding a secret Arctic base. He enforces military discipline with rigid professionalism but moves toward decisive action when supernatural forces overwhelm the chain of command. His actions reveal a man caught between rigid institutional allegiance and growing desperation as Fenric’s influence poisons every corner of the base, forcing him to question loyalties and adapt to shifting priorities under extreme pressure.
42 appearances
Cybermen captivity operations on Telos
Also known as: Bates, Captain Bates, Bate, BATES

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Season 22 · planet

Telos laborer strategizing an escape from Cybermen occupation alongside Stratton