Richard (Lady Peinforte&#x27;s Retainer)

Peinforte demands Nemesis date from mathematician

Terrified respect masking fragile self-preservation instincts

Richard hovers two steps behind Peinforte as the living conduit between her wrath and the mathematician's labor, translating demands with nervous urgency while managing her volatile requests and preparing poisoned …

Villainous pact sealed with comet ritual

Resigned terror beneath a veneer of obedience, flickering toward defiance before retreating

Richard hovers anxiously at the edges of the ritual space, his voice trembling slightly as he seeks confirmation of the final ingredient. His posture betrays both servitude and a rare …

Ritual forces time leap of Peinforte and Richard

Terrified paralysis alternating with futile resistance as the ritual strips his agency

Richard visibly trembles through the ritual, openly terrified despite his earlier boasts of criminality. His resistance culminates when Peinforte forces the potion, only to panic during the temporal dislocation, screaming …

Peinforte denies modern reality

Confusion laced with creeping dread that the world has irretrievably split from their ritual schedule

Richard hunches slightly inside his outdated doublet, eyes flicking between Peinforte and the alien surroundings while delivering a halting question; he craves spatial bearings yet fears to voice deeper dread.

Peinforte shatters surveillance in rage

Anxious caution masking suppressed terror of retribution

Richard hovers at Lady Peinforte’s side, his body language tense and hesitant as he voices caution about unseen threats. His words are careful yet strained, betraying fear of Peinforte’s wrath …

Peinforte abandons the crash site reconnaissance

Confused and mildly anxious, trying to rationalize away the threat while seeking validation from Peinforte

Richard voices confusion over the policeman’s radio use, initially downplaying the threat to Peinforte’s plans before deferentially accepting her command. His hesitant questioning and eagerness to please reveal his limited …

Peinforte arms Richard with vengeance

Deep anxiety masking a fragile resolve forged by coercion and fear

Richard, disoriented and fearful, accepts the longbow from Peinforte while pleading about the horrors around him. His submission is framed by her revelation, which redirects his panic into purpose. He …

Doctor and Ace steal the Nemesis bow

Terrified reverence colliding with crippling fear

Kneeling in terrified prayer as the battle rages, Richard occasionally glances up to confirm Lady Peinforte's presence and status. He issues fervent supplications and sarcastic asides, torn between devotion to …

Nemesis battle rages at crash site

Anxious devotion punctuated by gallows humor

Richard shadows Peinforte through the crossfire, alternating between frantic prayer and cynical sarcasm. He tries to steer her retreat, yet his warnings are rebuffed while his biting remarks expose his …

De Flores loses the silver bow

Anxious devotion veiled by dark humor and feigned detachment

Richard remains in service to Lady Peinforte, offering ritualistic commentary and prayers even as the battle rages. He reacts to her observations with sarcastic compliance and fiscal pragmatism, referencing borrowed …

Peinforte and Richard clash over Windsor crowds

Tense but dutiful, masking his apprehension with cautious assertiveness to fulfill his perceived role.

Richard hesitates, pointing out the crowd to Peinforte with a mix of fear and deference. His body language betrays nervousness as he tries to guide her away from the public …

De Flores conceals gold dust's true purpose

Strategic detachment masking a deeper urgency to control the artifact's fate

Richard holds open the gold pouch for De Flores as the latter tips powder into his palm, his gaze fixed on Karl with a mixture of wariness and defiance. His …

Thugs challenge Lady Peinforte in Windsor Town

Terrified devotion veiled by defiant posturing

Richard hovers protectively near Peinforte, his voice sharp with nervous mimicry as he parrots the thugs’ demand for money, betraying his anxiety through forced boldness.

Thugs Confront Peinforte and Richard

Fearful devotion bordering on subservience

Richard positions himself protectively between Peinforte and the thugs, his voice trembling as he demands they step aside. His loyalty is evident in his physical stance, though his defiance wavers …

Doctor and Ace intercept Peinforte in time

Desperately hopeful yet deeply fearful, torn between duty and self-preservation

Richard stands beside Lady Peinforte, his voice trembling with fear and urgency as he identifies the strange sounds and creatures around them. He pleads for retreat, citing dangers in their …

Peinforte claims the Nemesis statue

Terrified and trapped, torn between loyalty and self-preservation

Richard falters behind Peinforte, voice trembling as he questions the unnatural beasts and begs to return to their own time, only to be met with cold dismissal and a chilling …

Peinforte confident searches despite Richards doubts

Anxious relief undermined by dawning doubt

Richard stands amid the ruins of the crypt, his voice trembling with reluctant candor as he reports the absence of the Nemesis statue. His posture reflects submission to Peinforte’s authority, …

Peinforte surveys tomb for Nemesis statue

Fear intermingled with reluctant devotion

Richard steps hesitantly into the crypt, his question about the tomb betraying caution and unease. His submissive phrasing contrasts sharply with Peinforte’s urgency, revealing his fear of her displeasure and …

Nemesis uncovered Cybermen clash begins

Anxious resolve masking deep insecurity, propelled by a desperate need to protect his mistress despite his terror

Richard abandons his posture of caution as Peinforte’s desperation becomes apparent. Shifting from submissive guard to active participant, he raises his bow with sudden resolve and fires an arrow at …

Cyberman spots Nemesis artifact dies

Fearful but galvanized into action, channeling panic into decisive violence to protect his mistress and her interests.

Richard stands ready with his handgun drawn, responding to the Cyberman’s detection with lethal efficiency. His shot is swift and decisive, executing the Cyberman before it can complete its withdrawal …

Peinforte commands statue retrieval

Reluctant compliance masking inner conflict and fear of consequence

Richard responds to Peinforte’s call with implied obedience and faint unease. His presence is reactive, his stance caught between devotion and dread. He does not speak but is summoned bodily …

Cyber Leader exposes De Flores false claim

Anxious compliance masking growing unease about his role

Richard is absent from this event but remains under Lady Peinforte's control within the crypt. His anxious compliance and questionable loyalty continue to serve her purposes.

Nemesis statue revealed in crypt sarcophagus

Fearful and uneasy, seeking clarity in a moment of escalating danger.

Richard, ever the reluctant servant, breaks protocol to question Lady Peinforte about her skeletal remains, his concern for ritual propriety clashing with her ruthless indifference. His tone is cautious, almost …

Richard risks everything for Peinforte

Confronted by the horror of awakening power, he shifts from fear to righteous defiance, driven by loyalty that borders on self-annihilation.

Richard stands over the opened sarcophagus, his voice trembling but resolute as he demands Peinforte confront her own mortality. His defensive sarcasm dissolves into desperate reverence, revealing the depth of …

Peinforte clings to Nemesis against all odds

Desperate contrition grappling with overpowering devotion to Peinforte’s survival

Richard sweeps past Peinforte’s orders, abandoning her cause by hurling their sacred arrow into the sarcophagus to deny it to enemies. He physically drags her to the hidden passage, prioritizing …

Richard shatters Peinforte's immortality scheme

Conflict between devotion and revulsion, culminating in grim resolve to end the bloodshed

Richard’s façade of obedience crumbles under the weight of Peinforte’s fanaticism. With the Cybermen closing in and no hope left, he seizes the final arrow from her grip and launches …

De Flores celebrates hollow victory in crypt

Conflict between reverence for Peinforte and dread of her darker designs

Richard, unseen by the others, escapes through the hidden door with Peinforte but pauses to gesture at the empty case with the silver arrow. His loyalty to Peinforte is absolute, …

Cyber Leader exposes De Flores’ lie

Guilt-ridden but resolved as he obeys Peinforte's escape commands

Richard remains absent from the primary confrontation as he has already secured Lady Peinforte's escape, but his earlier actions directly precipitate this moment. His sacrifice of the silver arrow into …

Karl betrays De Flores to Cybermen

Torn between devotion and dawning betrayal of conscience

Richard’s fraught ascent up the steps is a study in loyal conflict, his breath shallow as he gazes at Peinforte’s unreadable face. He breaks the brittle silence to voice discomfort …

Peinforte declares her claim on Nemesis

Tender concern warring with resignation to her destructive ambition, revealing the depth of his servitude and grief

Richard leads Lady Peinforte with cautious loyalty, his questions tentative as he probes her emotional state. His concern fails to alter her resolve, and he quietly acknowledges their lack of …

Richard's futile roadside plea

Desperate urgency masking unresolved grief, his devotion straining under the weight of imminent failure.

Richard abandons stasis to rush to the roadside, thumb extended in urgent hitchhiking gestures, his posture betraying mounting panic. He speaks hastily to Lady Peinforte, offering to commandeer a vehicle …

Peinforte commands the limousine arrival

Defeated but compelled to persist despite manifest failure, trapped between loyalty and despair

Richard remains stranded at the roadside, still attempting—unsuccessfully—to hitch a ride long after Peinforte’s arrival. His posture reflects exhaustion and futility, visibly diminished by the stark contrast between her effortless …

Doctor surrenders bow to avert destruction

Righteously vengeful and grief-stricken

Stands by Lady Peinforte even as her madness becomes clear. He intercedes violently when she is threatened, killing the Cyber Leader in vengeance and carrying out her will even in …

Doctor surrenders bow to outmaneuver Cybermen

Grieving and vengeful, motivated by loss and devotion to his mistress

Richard arrives with Lady Peinforte, defending her honor and verbally confronting Ace when she speaks out of turn. He later avenges her death by killing the Cyberleader with Lady Peinforte's …

Doctor's rocket sled strike stops Cybermen

Grief and rage propel him to a final act of defiance before surrendering to irreversible loss.

Richard, loyal to the point of servitude, avenges Lady Peinforte’s absorption into the Nemesis by killing the Cyberleader with a gold-tipped arrow. His grief and devotion force him to act …

Peinforte seizes Nemesis in violent confrontation

Grieving loyalty hardening into vengeful focus as he realizes his lady’s temporal scheme has been subsumed, rendering her unobtainable—yet justice remains.

He defends Lady Peinforte’s honor against verbal affront by Ace, then reacts with vengeful precision when she is absorbed by the Nemesis. Retrieving his gold-tipped arrow from the TARDIS door, …

Doctor outwits Cyberleader with Nemesis strike

Grief-stricken yet galvanized by vengeance, then resigned and adrift in alien modernity

Richard, bound by devotion, defends Lady Peinforte’s honor and life. After her absorption, he picks up her gold-tipped arrow still lodged in the TARDIS door and returns to kill the …

Doctor offers escape to Richard

Profound loneliness and uncertainty about an alien future

Alone and visibly bereaved after his mentor Lady Peinforte merges with the Nemesis statue, Richard clutches her gold-tipped arrow still lodged in the TARDIS door. His request for home speaks …

Ace presses the Doctor for answers

Diplomatic and slightly anxious to please

Richard approaches the Doctor and Ace, interrupting their confrontation with an attempt to lighten the mood. He plays a flute while the lute player accompanies him, creating a brief sonic …