Fabula
Object
Object

Stripped Colour Television Set

The heavy, retro-styled set likely bears a boxy cathode-ray casing in muted metallic beige, its small screen flickering with the low-resolution hues of 1970s broadcast standards. Dust cakes the ventilation grilles along its sides, and the plastic knobs along its front panel have acquired a sickly yellow patina from age. Its original manufacturer’s badge—a raised metal plate reading 'Videomaster'—has been partially pried from the casing’s back as if someone tried to remove it completely.
6 appearances

Purpose

Domestic entertainment receiver

Significance

The unit serves as both contraband and incriminating evidence during the military crackdown: Looted from private homes during the chaos, it becomes Exhibit A in the unjust charing of the detainees as ‘looters’. Its presence in the detention block weaponizes everyday goods against the accused, exposing the regime’s manufactured justification for suppressing dissent.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

6 moments
S11E5 · Invasion of the Dinosaurs Part 1
Stripped of identity by military processing

The stripped color television set is listed among confiscated loot, its presence highlighting the arbitrary nature of the military's charges against civilians caught in the blackout.

Before: Possessed by a detainee accused of looting, seized as evidence.
After: Remains with confiscated goods on the processing desk
View full event
S11E5 · Invasion of the Dinosaurs Part 1
Officer Shears denies the Doctors authority

The television set is listed as contraband among the detainee’s possessions, highlighting the absurdity of enforcing looting charges in a collapsing world. Its presence in the detainee’s attempted haul emphasizes the surreal nature of the authority’s priorities amidst the crisis.

Before: Confiscated as contraband from the detainee in the denim jacket and laid out as evidence
After: Listed among confiscated items, its relevance to the case underscores the petty yet punitive nature of detention laws
View full event
S11E5 · Invasion of the Dinosaurs Part 1
The detainees test their jailers

The stripped color television set, repurposed as evidence of looting, occupies a corner of the processing area, its outdated technology amplifying the irony of its confiscated purpose. The set’s presence highlights the absurdity of enforcing petty crimes amid cataclysmic events.

Before: Confiscated from the looter and placed as evidence in the processing area
After: Remains in the room, overlooked and insignificant compared to the crisis unfolding beyond the detention center
View full event
S11E5 · Invasion of the Dinosaurs Part 1
Shears imprisons Doctor and Sarah unjustly

The stripped colour television set becomes Exhibit B in the flimsy looting case, cited by Duffy as evidence against Sarah. Its presence highlights the absurdity of charging detainees for objects of uncertain origin in a city under dinosaur occupation and military collapse.

Before: Found among Sarah’s items during confiscation. Present on the processing desk as alleged loot.
After: Seized and cataloged as evidence regardless of innocence claims, reinforcing the institutional fiction of guilt.
View full event
S11E5 · Invasion of the Dinosaurs Part 1
Doctor's staged fight unleashes chaos

The stripped colour television set is listed among 'looted' items during processing, symbolizing the absurdity of bureaucratic justice under emergency powers. It remains inert during the escape attempt but serves as a silent testament to institutional overreach and the moral decay that pushes Lodge and the Doctor toward risk.

Before: Seized from Lodge and cataloged as stolen property in the detention center’s evidence inventory
After: Evidence remains cataloged; physical location unchanged
View full event
S11E5 · Invasion of the Dinosaurs Part 1
Cornered fugitives stage desperate diversion

The beige Videomaster television set sits idle during the escape attempt, its flickering screen a relic of normalcy now overshadowed by brutality. It serves as inert backdrop to the escape, its presence highlighting the absurdity of looting charges in a world where law has collapsed.

Before: Displayed as part of incriminating evidence in the detention center processing area; likely turned off.
After: Still off and ignored in the chaos of the cellblock disturbance.
View full event