The Renaissance Man ( audio story ) The Renaissance Man was the second story in the first series of " Fourth Doctor Adventures " . Publisher ' s summary . To continue Leela ' s education , the Doctor promises to take her to the famous Morovanian Museum . But the TARDIS lands instead in a quiet English village , where they meet the enigmatic collector Harcourt and his family . When people start to die , reality doesn ' t appear quite what it was . There ' s something sinister going on within the walls of Harcourt ' s manor , and the stakes are higher than they can imagine . The Doctor is about to discover that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing . Plot . Part 1 . A medieval history scholar shows a fellow scholar around a castle . He is struck down suddenly by a severe headache . The Doctor talks to Leela about the TARDIS ’ s gravitic drift compensator when they arrive at the Morovanian Museum on Morovania Minor , for the opening of the Renaissance exhibit - but they land in the wrong place , at a medieval - styled village near the museum . They meet a dog , and the woman chasing it off - Professor Hilda Lutterthwaite , a renowned lepidopterist . After mystifying Leela with her intellectual area of interest , she departs abruptly to the nearby museum . The Doctor and Leela proceed to the museum , where they meet Reginald Harcourt , his daughter Lizzie Harcourt , her fiancé Christopher Manners , the maid , Beryl , and the butler , Jephson . Reginald invites them to join in for tea , then to view the collection - “ a collection of . . . everything ” , as Reginald puts it . Viewing the collection , Leela thinks something is wrong ; she and the Doctor note spaces where things seem to have been removed . Leela goes to see the armoury , while Reginald takes the Doctor to view paintings . From the paintings , they proceed to the library . Christopher and Lizzie take note of Leela ’ s proficiency and knowledge of weapons . They are interrupted by Lutterthwaite , who is talking about her life ’ s work being gone . Leela goes to find the Doctor , and Christopher and Lizzie go to find Jephson . The Doctor is in the library , where he is left alone ; he notes that none of the books are older than fifty years . Leela finds him and takes him to help Lutterthwaite ; along the way , he is struck with a severe toothache . He pushes the pain away , but they hear a gunshot from the armoury ; they find that Lutterthwaite has shot herself . Christopher and Lizzie arrive , and the Doctor suggests checking the cameras , but Christopher and Lizzie cannot see the camera on the wall . Paintings which were missing are now present . Also , in the library , other items have appeared , including text in books which previously was not there . The Doctor notes that some of the information is incorrect , based on statements he himself made which were misunderstood . At that time , the police arrive to view the body . The officer that arrives is " Inspector " Reginald Harcourt , accompanied by Sergeant Jephson . The Doctor and Leela are stunned ; why are these people now appearing in a different identity than that which they ’ ve already displayed , and acting as though they don ’ t recognise the Doctor and Leela ? The officers state that this is the third such incident this week . However , Leela notices a door that was not there before , and she and the Doctor take it . Inside is a brand new room , filled with butterfly samples , including the one that Lutterthwaite was following . Harcourt comes in , and claims ownership of the room ; when the Doctor asks him about being a policeman , he calls it a hobby . After some tense discussion , he calls for Jephson to arrest them ; Leela knocks him down , and they escape . Jephson chases them through the grounds and into the wood , accompanied by Christopher , who is now a constable . The Doctor and Leela elude the officers , who comment that they are heading toward “ the castle ” , but Leela slips away from the Doctor . Leela finds a man in distress , who begs her for help . ( His voice identifies him as the afflicted man from the opening teaser . ) He says that if the others catch her , they will “ take everything ” . He claims to be the doctor - but not the same Doctor - and is disoriented . Meanwhile , he Doctor finds the castle , and meets Beryl there . He doubles back and finds Leela and the other doctor , whom he recognises as medieval scholar Dr . Henry Carnforth . As they compare notes , the Doctor realises that Harcourt and his associates are stealing the knowledge from the minds of those around them , including Lutterthwaite and Carnforth . Suddenly , Leela realises she is losing her memory of how to track their location - she too is being affected . The Doctor realises that calling this section a “ Renaissance ” section is a misnomer ; “ Renaissance ” represents a new era of knowledge , and the museum ’ s systems are creating just that , by taking the knowledge from those on site . However , where it should be making copies , it is taking the original data from the minds of those affected . . . and any number of scholars , great minds who can change the course of history , will soon be here . The man who could control this system would become supremely knowledgeable - a true “ Renaissance Man ” . However , he would also be extremely dangerous . The Doctor assures Carnforth that his own mind is protected , and he leads them to the TARDIS . At the TARDIS , he plans to tap into the museum systems and reverse the effects . However , they are ambushed by Harcourt and Jephson . Jephson assures him that nothing has gone wrong with the systems , however , and Harcourt says they will be arrested for the murder of Carnforth . Carnforth is still alive . . . but Harcourt shoots him immediately , and arrests them . Part 2 . Leela draws a knife , but the Doctor makes her give it up to Jephson . Harcourt takes them back to his office at a local police station , where Lizzie is typing a report , and Beryl is serving as well . Harcourt says that here , they collect people ; he displays a book full of life stories of thousands of people . Leela notes that the book seems to go on no matter how many pages you turn . Jephson insists that the book includes everyone from this period , but the Doctor gives him another name , which is not in the book , causing consternation ; the Doctor feeds them a long and colourful story about the unknown man . Elsewhere , Christopher and Lizzie now seem to have morphed into a surgeon and nurse ; Manning comments that the Doctor is uncooperative , and orders preparation for surgery . The Doctor gets a phone call from the dog they encountered upon arrival . It makes no sense , but the Doctor concludes that this artificial reality is unravelling . He argues that they should not take the knowledge from the arriving scholars , when they can have a copy instead . Harcourt insists it does not work as well as anticipated . He states that they intend to continue accumulating knowledge , for the sake of what he can accomplish with it . Manning arrives and takes the Doctor for surgery , as his knowledge cannot be removed the normal way . Leela attacks Manning and frees the Doctor , and they run . In a new room , they encounter a room full of bottled drinks ; outside are a number of Spitfire planes . Christopher and Lizzie arrive , now having morphed into a pilot and a plane deliverywoman . The Doctor discovers that despite appearances , they do remember their other identities , but they are not supposed to show it . Harcourt arrives outside as the squadron ’ s wing commander , and the Doctor and Leela exit , leaving Christopher and Lizzie to fret over what is happening to them , but their memories are beginning to clear . Outside , the Doctor and Leela run from a group of Messerschmidts ; it seems Harcourt would rather kill the Doctor than let him escape . They escape into another building , where Leela finds herself alone . Beryl - now appearing as a secretary - meets her and identifies the place as Harcourt International . She refers her to the twelfth floor for a meeting with the Doctor . On the twelfth floor , Beryl appears again , and this time indicates that the Doctor in question is Harcourt . Leela grapples with her , and pushes her through a window ; she tries to pull Beryl back up , but the woman falls , apparently to her death . However , Leela goes down and finds that she is alive , though badly damaged . The Doctor has found himself in a Western saloon . He is confronted by Christopher and Lizzie , now in Western guise ; they claim not to know him , but they call him the Doctor . He calls them out on it and insists they are not real , but are based on archetypes through history . With his sonic screwdriver , he demonstrates that they are just empty shells . Harcourt arrives in the guise of a marshal , and orders Christopher to arrest him ; but he does not now that he knows the truth . Harcourt summons Jephson instead , but Leela arrives in his place ; she has incapacitated Jephson and taken his gun , as well as her knife . The Doctor says they are heading for the TARDIS , and leaves with Leela . Outside , he changes course , and they head for the manor house instead . Harcourt and Jephson go there themselves , with Lizzie , Manning , and the damaged Beryl . When the Doctor and Leela arrive , Harcourt tells the Doctor he is already taking the Doctor ’ s knowledge , bit by bit , but the Doctor assures him he has bitten off more than he can chew . The Doctor assures Harcourt that the human brain cannot absorb the scale of information in question ; a separate storage system is needed - a library . To prove his point , he quizzes Harcourt on random facts . Harcourt gets the questions right , but the Doctor uses this to reveal that Harcourt is not the real “ Renaissance Man ” . . . he is the library . The Doctor makes the point that love , emotion , experience - these are just as important as knowledge . He is contradicted , however , by Jephson , who is the Renaissance Man . The Doctor reveals that he had planted the information for one of his questions , which was not real at all ; when Harcourt was able to produce an answer , it was a clue to the truth about him . Other statements he has made have also been false . These errors in the data have had a ‘ butterfly effect ’ in the database , and now the projections around them , the library and the rest of the building , and the entire world of the museum are coming apart . Harcourt rejects Jephson ’ s plea for help as the manor begins to collapse . Leela has recovered her tracking skills ; and amid the destruction , she flees with the Doctor back to the TARDIS just in time , as the academics will be arriving soon . In the TARDIS , the Doctor and Leela discuss the value of knowledge , and how it is not worth more than even one life . He assures her that the museum ’ s systems will have fully reset , returning everyone to their original condition - but as the academics arrive , the Renaissance section is empty . The scholars are not put off ; they decide it is a metaphor for learning , which no one can fully grasp , and laugh it off .