Control
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Jon Pertwee liked to play the Doctor as being always in control and one step ahead, and as time wore on in the era the Brigadier devolved from a powerful and pragmatic figure the Doctor struggled to influence to a comedy incompetent the Doctor could easily overrule.
Source: Invincible Hero - The Magocracy: The Monarch is the official ruler of the Kingdom of Man, but the College of Man is a law unto themselves, who control access to almost all resources through their magic and can overrule the Monarch at will.
Source: Literature / The Broken Crescent -
In The Broken Crescent the Monarch is the official ruler of the Kingdom of Man, but the College of Man is a law unto themselves, who control access to almost all resources through their magic and can overrule the Monarch at will.
Source: The Magocracy
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Overrule and Control. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/control/overrule
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Overrule or Control. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/control/overrule.
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