I'm not sure how I feel about a UNIT series. I love the Brig, I love Kate—but I don't love UNIT per se, especially not in its new incarnation. The Doctor frequently opposes what UNIT does, and when he wasn't there, Kate went too far. I'm glad people at UNIT told her that! But I don't want to see that episode after episode, or worse, not see anyone say, "We're violating human rights and/or the rule of law here."

I've occasionally seen MAGA people rewrite stuff almost in real time. I've also seen a colleague repeatedly misrepresent things that happened in a way that messed with my head. I'm not sure I can call it "gaslighting," because I think gaslighting is intentional. I think the colleague believed what they said at the moment they said it, but I found myself after meetings digging up emails and minutes because they were so earnest that I felt I was losing my memory or my grip on reality!

That's where I think Conrad is: as you say, "marinating in that mindset for so long, he can't remember his own objective reality."