Sardon was a calm, confident CIA representative, a nondescript "grey man in a grey robe" of medium height, medium build and grey hair, who carried "an aura of secret power" about his respectful and unassuming exterior. He described himself as "the least of servants" of the Council, though it was far from the truth. He tolerated the aristocratic Time Lords, believing his sort was the only kind that got things done. As a skilled manipulator he was usually the secret hand in control. Milvo accused him of speaking in paradoxes because his solution to the Players' interference was "to act and not [be seen to] act." Sardon was successful in getting a stay on the Second Doctor's execution because he fit Ragnar's description of the necessary agent: "A person of great intelligence, courage and abil