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While Judd searched for the Esselven royals — although he attempted to transfer the blame for the social situation on Esselven on to them — they retreated to a pleasure planet that had been created several years back, but their attempts to secure their position caused them to become trapped behind an inescapable force field where time passed five hundred times quicker than it did outside, computer errors causing their [[robot]]s to drive them from their homes. This status quo continued until the Sixth Doctor and Peri arrived on the planet shortly before Judd found it, the two quickly forming allies among the scavengers and two artificial intelligences who had developed sentience — Oralissa, a hologram from an interactive story, and [[Green-8]], a gardening robot — to defend the planet. | While Judd searched for the Esselven royals — although he attempted to transfer the blame for the social situation on Esselven on to them — they retreated to a pleasure planet that had been created several years back, but their attempts to secure their position caused them to become trapped behind an inescapable force field where time passed five hundred times quicker than it did outside, computer errors causing their [[robot]]s to drive them from their homes. This status quo continued until the Sixth Doctor and Peri arrived on the planet shortly before Judd found it, the two quickly forming allies among the scavengers and two artificial intelligences who had developed sentience — Oralissa, a hologram from an interactive story, and [[Green-8]], a gardening robot — to defend the planet. | ||
When Judd's fleet arrived after finally tracking the Esselven royals to their final destination, he had his ships launch an all-out assault on the shield, opening a brief hole in the shield that Dynes managed to slip through in his ship, Dynes | When Judd's fleet arrived after finally tracking the Esselven royals to their final destination, he had his ships launch an all-out assault on the shield, opening a brief hole in the shield that Dynes managed to slip through in his ship. Judd was able to follow a few minutes later in his own ship, but the time dilation effect meant that Dynes had spent two days on the planet from his perspective, allowing him to gain some information on the current situation from an encounter with Peri. While Dynes reunited with Judd, Peri met the Doctor and Green-8 at the palace and explained who they were up against. Researching Judd in the databanks, the Doctor vowed to end his reign of terror, and, aided by Green-8 and Oralissa, managed to trick Judd and Dynes into thinking that the scavengers were also holograms before he apparently departed. When Judd attempted to analyse the palace computers to learn how to duplicate the temporal shield they had created, Oralissa transmitted a false self-destruct message, forcing Judd's forces to depart while the Doctor, Peri, Green-8 and the scavengers returned (the Doctor having merely taken a short hop forward in the TARDIS). | ||
As Judd and Dynes left the shield, the Doctor quickly manipulated the shield to bring time back into sync with the rest of the galaxy, apparently resetting Esselven Minor so that time would now flow normally for it from then on, leaving Oralissa and Green-8 to help the scavengers re-educate themselves to return home. | As Judd and Dynes left the shield, the Doctor quickly manipulated the shield to bring time back into sync with the rest of the galaxy, apparently resetting Esselven Minor so that time would now flow normally for it from then on, leaving Oralissa and Green-8 to help the scavengers re-educate themselves to return home. | ||
=== Final fate === | === Final fate === | ||
Judd and Dynes found themselves transferred over five hundred years into the future, where Dynes was shocked to learn that his reporting style was hopelessly out of date and he was only potentially useful for his unique insight into the world gone by. Judd, on the other hand, returned to Esselven only to learn that it was now ruled by the apparent descendants of the Scavengers — Oralissa serving as the nanny to the royal family while Green-8 now serving as the king's advisor — and was informed that his Protectorate had collapsed centuries ago. Although Judd protested that the Protectorate was an efficient, productive system, King Kell 3<sup>rd</sup> noted that it still allowed some authority over others, dismissing it as a cold, heartless system, and that people needed such idiosyncrasies as royal authority in their lives even if Judd had never understood that. As a result, Judd was taken away to a mental asylum to be treated for his "delusions" that he was Glavis Judd, last shown losing his certainty of his own identity when faced with so many other people claiming to be him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Palace of the Red Sun]]'') | Judd and Dynes found themselves transferred over five hundred years into the future, where Dynes was shocked to learn that his reporting style was hopelessly out of date and he was only potentially useful for his unique insight into the world gone by. Judd, on the other hand, returned to Esselven only to learn that it was now ruled by the apparent descendants of the Scavengers — Oralissa serving as the nanny to the royal family while Green-8 now serving as the king's advisor — and was informed that his Protectorate had collapsed centuries ago. Although Judd protested that the Protectorate was an efficient, productive system where all were equal, King Kell 3<sup>rd</sup> noted that it still allowed some authority over others, dismissing it as a cold, heartless system, and that people needed such idiosyncrasies as royal authority in their lives even if Judd had never understood that. As a result, Judd was taken away to a mental asylum to be treated for his "delusions" that he was Glavis Judd, last shown losing his certainty of his own identity when faced with so many other people claiming to be him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Palace of the Red Sun]]'') | ||
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