Dexel Dynes Dexel Dynes was an amoral journalist from the 31st century unconcerned about the deaths or suffering of innocent people so long as he got a decent story out of it . Dynes first met the Fifth Doctor and Peri when they became involved in the search for the legendary treasure of Rovan Cartovall , which had been missing for five thousand years . Dynes followed the Marquis de Rosscarrino and his niece Arnella , accompanied by Professor Thorrin and his assistant Willis Brockwell , to the planet Gelsandor , where it was believed the treasure was hidden . Dynes was allowed to record the others as they went on a quest to prove their worthiness to receive the treasure , the Gelsandoran s wishing to observe them to better understand humanity . At one point during the quest , when Peri was taken as a hostage to ensure the Doctor ' s cooperation , Dynes actually suggested that there were places where footage of Peri ' s torture could sell well , although Peri was able to escape that by arguing that they needed the Doctor ' s cooperation . At the quest ' s end , Dynes was left alone on the planet as the others either died or left on their own , lacking any reason for his time away as the films from his cameras had been removed ; the Gelsandorans had allowed him to observe the hunt , but not to broadcast it for entertainment , and had ever erased his own memory and the ship ' s records of the planet ' s coordinates to prevent him trying to undertake the quest again . ( PROSE : " The Ultimate Treasure " ) Some time after this , Dynes tried to rebuild his reputation . He recorded the exploits of Glavis Judd , a tyrannical dictator who subtly took over his home planet before going on to conquer others . Judd claimed he was " freeing " the people of these planets from oppressive leaders . In reality , Judd often created the situations he set out to " solve " , but Dynes didn ' t care so long as he got a violent story as a result . Judd ' s expansion was forcibly put on hold when he attempted to " liberate " the planet of Esselven and the rulers fled before he could capture them , leaving him facing the problem of a safe containing all of the information necessary to run the planet . The safe was biologically locked . It would only open to a member of the royal family and so securely designed that any attempt to force it would destroy all the contents . Judd tracked the Esselven royals to a pleasure planet , only to learn that the Esselvan s ' attempts to increase their shield strength had caused time behind the shield go five hundred times faster than outside . Generations had passed for the people inside . Despite Judd ' s best efforts , the Sixth Doctor and Peri dealt with Dynes and him by tricking him into thinking the planet was uninhabited and the palace was about to explode , driving them off while he took a short hop in the TARDIS a few minutes into the future . As Judd and Dynes left the shield , the Doctor manipulated the shield to bring time back into sync with the rest of the galaxy . After that , he left to help the Esselvans ' descendents re - learn their heritage with the aid of machinery in the palace . Judd and Dynes found themselves five hundred years into the future . Judd ' s " Protectorate " had collapsed . Judd was seen as a madman who thought he was Glavis Judd . Dynes had to accept he was a forgotten has - been , his sensationalistic , tabloid reporting style a thing of the past . He now could only make documentaries about the old days with his insight into the world gone by . ( PROSE : " Palace of the Red Sun " )