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Dried Fungus Slides from Jones' Experiment

A standard glass petri dish holds three fragile glass slides, each bearing translucent fragments of dried blue-green fungus. The mycelium clings to the slide surfaces like ghostly cobwebs, its pale threads and segmented spores still visible under strong magnification. Residual contamination rings the dish edges in darker hues—faint traces of Jo Grant’s accidental spill during her retrieval of a live maggot sample. The desiccated fragments retain just enough moisture to glisten under Jones’ microscope, revealing the breakthrough that links the maggots’ lethal infestation to the cultivated protein fungus.
4 appearances

Purpose

Containing biohazardous fungal samples for microscopic analysis and evidence preservation.

Significance

The dish’s contaminated slides provide the crucial link between the maggots’ deadly infestation and Jones’ experimental fungus, transforming scientific peril into medical salvation by revealing the pathogen’s dual nature as both lethal contaminant and potential cure.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

4 moments
S10E23 · The Green Death Part 3
Jones reveals fungus research limits

Jones’s cultivated protein fungus hybrid becomes a centerpiece of hopeful discussion, its translucent blue-green mycelium displayed under lamplight while he praises its potential—until the Doctor’s grim news eclipses all optimism, rendering the specimen irrelevant in the face of viral annihilation.

Before: Delicate petri dishes containing fragile hybrids placed on a side table, freshly tended by Jones.
After: Left untouched and overshadowed by crisis, its promise unfulfilled in the presence of a deadly contagion.
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S10E24 · The Green Death Part 4
Jones discovers fungus cure possibility

The fragile dried fungus slides, previously contaminated by Jo’s accidental spill, are examined under Jones’s microscope and reveal the biological mechanism for a cure. Their desiccated state belies vital structural integrity that allows Jones to identify the cure—while also confirming the deadly nature of the contaminant.

Before: Fragile glass slides with dried fungus fragments, located in Jo’s contaminated residue, resting on Jones’s workbench after her spill.
After: Momentarily preserved under microscope examination but revealed as critically important evidence enabling a cure, with contamination confirming the lethal hazard.
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S10E24 · The Green Death Part 4
Doctor prepares for Global Chemicals infiltration

The dried fungus slides remain under Jones’ microscope in the laboratory yet catalyze the entire infiltration sequence off-screen. Their prior contamination by Jo’s handling becomes crucial scientific proof, spurring Jones’ excited breakthrough and indirectly accelerating the Doctor’s clandestine preparations.

Before: Three slides show desiccated blue-green mycelium fragments, edges marked by Jo’s accidental spill of residual contamination.
After: Still under Jones’ examination, now validated as the cure’s core agent; the contamination evidence irrevocably links fungus to maggot mutations.
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S10E26 · The Green Death Part 6
Discovery of the deadly fungus cure

A standard glass petri dish holding a single live maggot, its body still partly coated in the emerald-green powder. The sample serves as definitive proof linking the fungal pathogen to the infestation crisis. It becomes the focal point of both diagnostic scrutiny and sudden curative revelation.

Before: Contained within sediment near Jones' workspace, previously unexamined for its curative properties, contaminated with the green fungal dust.
After: Held under the laboratory light, fully revealed as the critical link between lethal infestation and therapeutic potential.
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