Fendelman Dr Fendelman — sometimes spelled Fendleman ( PROSE : " The Taking of Planet 5 " , " Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl " ) or Fendahlman ( PROSE : " The Taking of Planet 5 " ) — was a wealthy businessman who discovered " Eustace " , a humanoid skull that pre - dated human ity by eight million years . With his team of Maximillian Stael , Thea Ransome and Adam Colby , Fendelman studied it at Fetch Priory . According to Thea , Fendelman was one of the " authentic geniuses " in the field of electronics until he developed his interest in the origins of man . Colby took a different view , suggesting Fendelman ' s genius was ended when he " flipped his lid . " Data from his work led the doctor to an excavation site in Kenya , where he found Eustace . He assembled his team of Stael , Colby and Ransome , with the offer of unlimited funds . Fendelman conducted secret experiments with a time scanner , with only Stael assisting him in this . The Relative Continuum Displacement Zone created by the operation of this drew the Doctor ' s TARDIS and , knowing this zone could be destabilised and result in a " direct continuum implosion " , the Fourth Doctor and Leela came to Fetchborough in search of the source . In July 1977 , Colby told his colleagues , while they were gathered in the priory ' s kitchen , that he had found the body of a hiker in the woods nearby . Fendelman argued that , given the belief that these woods were haunted , this would lead to unwanted attention as a result of publicity . He convinced Colby that it was best to move the body , reminding him that he wouldn ' t want his Nobel Prize to be jeopardised . Thea was unmoved , and said that it was illegal . Fendelman replied that it was a " small deception only " , and Colby agreed that it wouldn ' t make much difference . Speaking to Stael alone , he told him to " get on to London " and tell Hartman he wanted a security team at the priory in two hours . He also asked Stael to perform a post - mortem on the hiker ' s body . This done , Stael went to Fendelman in his lab . The doctor was working , and told him " if we can get a visual representation of this area here , then we shall see the living owner of that skull " . Stael informed him of the results of the post - mortem - the body was decomposing already , and appeared to have had all the energy drained from it . Fendelman told him to dispose of the body and warned that nobody was to know of this . Annoyed by the limitations on access , requiring the permission of Fendelman to come and go from the priory , Colby went to see Fendelman in his lab . The doctor asked if his machines impressed Colby , who replied that " I always say if you ' ve seen one jukebox , you ' ve seen them all . " Fendelman explained how it was his work with this equipment that led to the discovery of Eustace . He then explained his current work , leading Colby to tell Thea when they were alone that he was " crazy as a bed bug " , adding that " he actually believes that he can see into the past with that electronic fruit machine he ' s got down there . " The Fourth Doctor came to the priory and attempted to explain to Colby the cause of the happenings there , a second man , David Mitchell , head of the security team , having died , and Thea having collapsed with Fendahleen appearing on her prostate form . Fendelman entered the kichen , where they were , and the Doctor spoke to him , saying " Doctor Fendelman , I presume . Is that really your name , Fendelman ? " and asked him to dismantle the scanner and perform some tests on Thea , beginning with an x - ray of her skull . Instead , Fendelman ordered that the Doctor be locked up , saying he suspected him of murder . Colby said he would now call the police , but , as he left , Fendelman asked how he would explain having not contacted them before . After finding that the telephone had been disconnected , Colby again confronted Fendelman and this time accused him of being mad - cutting their communications off and surrounding them with guards . Fendelman then explained his theory about Eustace : that he believed the skull to be of extra - terrestrial origin . In the kitchen , with Thea present , he added to this , saying that man did not evolve on Earth , but from this alien species . He told Colby that , with his scanner , he had traced the moment of death of this " alien traveller " and , at that moment , the scanner showed an enormous surge of power , which was what had first attracted his attention . Where this power was stored , he explained , he had not discovered until he x - rayed the skull . Fendelman admitted to his secret experiments with Stael and explained that he believed their importance made this necessary , adding " and now we have these murders and this mysterious intruder . " Saying she felt tired , Thea left them , and Fendelman told her he would ask Stael to look in on her later . With her gone , he said to Colby that he believed the Doctor had been spying on them . Fendelman showed Colby the x - rays , which showed a pentagram on the cap of the skull . The doctor said this was part of the bone structure , and that he believed it to be a kind of neural relay , where the energy was stored . Fendelman told Colby this energy could only be released by advanced technology , and Adam realised his theory - that this would act as a signal to their alien predecessors . Thus , as Fendelman put it , humanity would meet " its destiny " . Colby noted that Fendelman had been running the scanner for over ninety - eight hours , and the doctor replied that it had been " a joy " . Colby queried why evidence of alien origin hadn ' t been found before , and Fendelman told him it was because they hadn ' t been looking and that , without the scanner , this wouldn ' t have been discovered . Colby told him it was illogical conclusion . Fendelman told him he would see , and added " I have already reprogrammed the computer . This time it will give a visual interpretation of what the scanner picks up . On this screen , Colby , you shall see the true genesis of homo sapiens . " As the machine was working , Stael entered and , threatening them with a gun , demanded that it be turned off ( TV : " Image of the Fendahl " ) — this incident was witnessed by the Eighth Doctor as he fell through the time fissure enhancing Fendelman ' s time scanner . ( PROSE : " The Taking of Planet 5 " ) Fendelman asked Max if he had lost his mind and refused to comply . Colby did , and turned the scanner off . Stael took Fendelman and Colby to the cellars and tied them to separate pillars . The doctor asked how long he had been planning this , and Max replied that it was ever since Martha Tyler ' s visions had begun to come true . Fendelman berated him , saying " visions ? Oh , come now , Max . You have a first class brain . Use it . " Colby disagreed , labelling Stael an occult freak . After listening to Adam ' s further insults , Stael told him he would enjoy his terror and left . Colby asked if the security guards could help , but Fendelman told him they were to take orders from Stael in his absence . As Stael began to prepare for his ritual , connecting a power source to Eustace , Fendelman told Colby that he believed he knew what Max planned . With his coven gathered , Stael declared that the waiting was over . Fendelman shouted at him , telling him not to do it . Colby told the doctor to " shut up " and let Stael electrocute himself . But Fendelman continued , yelling " he will kill us all . Listen to me , all of you . He is a madman ! " He warned that Stael would plunge everything into " chaos and death . " Again , Colby told him to be quiet . Fendelman replied that he did not understand , and he himself knew now what would happen . He spoke to Stael , saying " the Doctor asked if my name was real . Fendelman . Man of the Fendahl . Don ' t you see ? Only for this have the generations of my fathers lived . I have been used ! You are being used ! Mankind has been used ! " Stael walked over and shot him in the head . After his death , one of the theories the Doctor considered for the origins of man was that " the Fendahl fed into the RNA of certain individuals the instincts and compulsions necessary to recreate . These were fed through the generations till they reached Fendelman and people like him . " ( TV : " Image of the Fendahl " )