A Saboteur's Mind started originally with Marion and Kristoph at breakfast and a parcel arriving containing a painting done by Silis in his Tower. In the end I decided that could wait for a third connected story that would round of Silis’ story. This concentrated on who sabotaged Marion’s car.

Kristoph as lord of the manor with many servants under his command is very significant in this story. Kristoph feels strongly about being betrayed by people who he not only employs, but provides homes, health and education for. He is a bountiful lord and cares for his people. And when one of them betrays him it cuts deep.

Of course, this feudal way of life on Gallifrey is a long way from any concept of egalitarianism or equality as we understand it on Earth. Some people might think Kristoph’s benign paternalism towards the workers of the Lœngbærrow demesne is just a nicer kind of slavery. Maybe it is. But he believes he is doing the right thing.

And after all, when the traitor is struck down by the neural bomb he arranges for his medical care and the welfare of his family. He is genuinely kind. And don’t we just love him for it? Certainly the reader response is that they like that side of Kristoph as much as the hard edged, cold and calculating Celestial Intervention Agency man. They like that he can be magnanimous on the one hand and then efficiently deadly on the other.