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Brigadier's Psychic Testing Watch

Personal timepiece used by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart to test telepathic abilities in UNIT laboratory settings
1 appearances

Purpose

A precision timekeeping device used to test the authenticity and scope of telepathic abilities through intimate knowledge of the owner's past.

Significance

The watch represents the Brigadier's trust in Clegg's powers while also becoming the instrument that forces Clegg to confront his suppressed memories. Its selection as a test object transforms a mundane possession into a tool that exposes psychic vulnerability, bridging the personal and professional breach in the UNIT laboratory.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments
S11E21 · Planet of the Spiders Part 1
Doctor exposes Cleggs telepathy in UNIT lab

The Brigadier's Wristwatch functions as a psychometric test subject, brought into the experiment by Lethbridge-Stewart's reluctant cooperation. Clegg takes hold of the watch, using it as a psychic conduit that unlocks memories of the Brigadier's past—specific location, timing, and the giver's name—demonstrating sudden telepathic accuracy that shocks everyone present and forces the Brigadier to reclaim control immediately.

Before: Worn on the Brigadier's wrist as a functional personal timepiece during routine UNIT operations.
After: Reclaimed by the Brigadier almost instantly after Clegg's accurate revelations; it remains in his possession as a violated but safeguarded personal artifact.
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