Stand
Taken out
Both terms in one sentence
- Big Bad Ensemble: Both the Emperor and High Necro-Lord need to be taken out if humanity is to stand a chance of living anything resembling a normal life.
Source: Literature / Dirge - In that case one of two things happen: either his men leave him and he stays in his castle until he is taken out and executed, or his men stand with him and he remains in power until and unless he is deposed (usually by an outside force with its own Ubar).
Source: Emergency Authority -
However, in the final episode, "Hell Bent", The Doctor convinces the Time Lords she has knowledge about the legendary Hybrid who will stand on Gallifrey's ruins and she is taken out of time at the moment of her death.
Source: Death Is Cheap
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