Emily Shaw stated that she met Sir Charles at one of her committee meetings, and that he claimed that the Silurian virus was a portent of things to come. (AUDIO: The Last Post) He was made the Minister with Special Powers when dinosaurs appeared in London. He was secretly the head of Operation Golden Age. He sabotaged the Third Doctor's and UNIT's efforts to resolve the crisis. When he was exposed, he activated Professor Whitaker's time machine, but the machine sent Whitaker and him to an unknown moment in the past because the Doctor had reprogrammed the device. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)