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Cyberman Testing Room Projection Screen

A large, wall-mounted screen in the Cyberman testing room capable of projecting multiple dynamic visual patterns, including test sequences, hypnotic patterns, and the robotic Cyberman decoy. It is a permanent fixture and the medium through which specific projections (such as the figure-of-eight pattern) are displayed.
1 appearances

Purpose

Displays visual test sequences and hypnotic patterns for evaluating Cyberman revival technology

Significance

Serves as pivotal clue in Doctor's deduction: Haydon's distraction by the screen enabled the human-perpetrated murder hoax, dismantling Cyberman fears and implicating expedition members like Klieg

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments
S5E2 · The Tomb of the Cybermen Part 2
Cyberman Hoax Exposes Human Deception

The Testing Room’s wall screen projects dynamic patterns or test sequences, drawing Haydon’s gaze moments before his back-shot murder. The Doctor observes this fixation during his forensic reconstruction, noting that Haydon was looking at the screen when he was killed. The screen’s role in the hoax is subtle but critical: it served as a distraction, luring Haydon into position for the shot. Its activation during the Doctor’s recreation of the sequence reinforces the room’s designed deception, as the figure-of-eight pattern traces the decoy’s path, exposing the staged nature of the attack.

Before: Projecting patterns or test sequences, part of the Testing Room’s operational display.
After: Activated during the Doctor’s recreation, projecting the figure-of-eight pattern and confirming the room’s function as a weapon-testing facility.
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