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Master's TARDIS Control Console

Primary control interface for the Master's TARDIS, featuring polished mahogany paneling, brass-and-copper components, and temporal crisis monitoring capabilities
6 appearances

Purpose

Primary interface for piloting the TARDIS and executing control sequence overrides during temporal crises.

Significance

Central to the Master’s failed bid for omnipotence—its collapse symbolizes the ruin of his grand design and the universe’s deliverance from temporal destruction. The console’s survival despite the void’s pull underscores the resilience of compassion over tyranny.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

6 moments
S9E25 · The Time Monster Part 5
Doctor and Jo crash Atlantis Plaza

The surveillance computer silently processes the Doctor and Jo’s biometrics and Krasis’ branding of them as enemies of the state. Its automated system reclassifies the newcomers as hostile, triggering the immediate enforcement by guards and silent dissemination of their new status across the plaza’s security grid.

Before: Embedded in the plaza’s infrastructure, scanning the area and verifying identities. Its display shows standard ambient activity and no threats.
After: Active with the updated hostile classification for the Doctor and Jo. Its alerts spur the guards into motion and reinforce the punitive action against the outsiders.
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S9E25 · The Time Monster Part 5
Doctor faces Krasis in Plaza showdown

The plaza surveillance computer processes biometric data in real time, instantly reclassifying the Doctor and Jo as hostile after Krasis’s declaration. Its automated chime signals the guards, triggering coordinated detention protocols that strip the visitors of any chance at appeal.

Before: Monitoring the plaza with neutral classification protocols, processing normal foot traffic
After: Reclassified and enforcing detention orders, its turquoise glyphs shifting to hostile red as it locks onto the Doctor and Jo
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S9E25 · The Time Monster Part 5
Krasis brands Doctor and Jo enemies of state

The plaza’s surveillance computer verifies the Doctor and Jo’s identity as hostile via Krasis’s declaration, triggering an immediate security lock and guard response through neural-linked gauntlets.

Before: Monitoring and documenting local activity under standard parameters
After: Reclassified the pair’s biometrics as hostile, triggering automated lockdown and enforcement protocols
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S9E26 · The Time Monster Part 6
Kronos offers deliverance to Doctor and Jo

The console serves as the control interface for the time ram, through which Jo and the Master debate and attempt to manipulate its operation. When the dial passes 90, the console and its surrounding systems fracture under temporal overload, precipitating the TARDISes' collision and transition into the void.

Before: Damaged and unstable due to the Crystal of Kronos' corrupting influence and the Master's frantic manipulations
After: Silent and dark, its systems failing as the TARDIS hangs suspended in the Rainbow-Nothingness Void
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S9E26 · The Time Monster Part 6
Master trapped by his own gambit

The Master’s control console becomes the fulcrum of desperation as Jo wrests free and lunges for the time ram dial. Its controls vibrate under duress, and the Extreme Emergency Control Panel’s red-lined dial approaches destruction.

Before: Fully operational and under the Master’s manipulation
After: Dormant and dimmed, with residual static and flickering dials indicating system failure
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S9E26 · The Time Monster Part 6
Master flees after abandoning Jo to Kronos

The Master’s TARDIS control console becomes the focal point of resistance and betrayal, where Jo is handcuffed and where the final confrontation over the time ram dial erupts—symbolizing temporal domination.

Before: Functioning as the operational heart of the Masters temporal fortress
After: Silenced and dark in the timeless void after the time ram collision
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