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Jo and Bert's Mine Escape Map and Directional Note

Comprehensive escape guide created by Jo Grant and Bert Haynes during the mine collapse, containing both a sketched tunnel network and Jo's handwritten instruction to prioritize untested unstable routes
2 appearances

Purpose

Immediate tactical guide for escape planning during a structural collapse, providing critical route knowledge to navigate condemned subterranean passages.

Significance

Carries the weight of Jo and Bert’s survival plan under extreme duress—their written gamble to defy a collapsing environment and the Doctor’s sudden choice to abandon triage for risky rescue. The note’s existence forces an irreversible decision that rewrites the immediate fate of the trapped.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments
S10E22 · The Green Death Part 2
Doctor pushes forward into infected mine

Jo’s map and note are discovered by Dave among the telephone wreckage, becoming the crucial artifact that redirects the rescue effort. The Doctor seizes it, interpreting the west seam route as a viable though dangerous path. The paper’s fragile state underscores the urgency and fragility of the survivors’ plan.

Before: The note and map were tucked away by Jo and Bert as a last-ditch navigational aid.
After: The document is taken by the Doctor, now serving as the guide for imminent high-risk rescue.
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S10E22 · The Green Death Part 2
Doctor deciphers Jo’s escape plan

Jo and Bert's escape route map and note function as the narrative linchpin, transforming crisis triage into pursuit. The Doctor reads the note aloud, his frustration turning to realization: their survival depends on chasing a condemned path they themselves have barely mapped.

Before: Hidden near the severed telephone in the dark corner of the collapsed lift, the fragile paper bearing Jo’s hasty script and a crude map of dangerous routes.
After: Clutched by the Doctor as he hurries toward the west seam, its instructions now the operational guide for the next phase of survival.
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