Tom’s plan went off without a hitch. He approached Dippet Thursday morning, so that the Prophet had plenty of time to get wind of the story and write a nice feature in time for the Saturday morning paper, the biggest edition of the week. Dippet called the Board of Governors who, after a long deliberation and a flat refusal to enter the Chamber at all while the basilisk was still in there, called the Ministry, who sent a team of aurors, unspeakables, and magical creature experts, who – after entering the Chamber, led by Tom – called in a magizoologist named Newt Scamander to capture and relocate the basilisk.