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Spiridon Bacterial Weapon Payload

A bioweapon containment vessel housing toxic bacterial payload, distinct from the alarm system in the same control room.
3 appearances

Purpose

Biological weapon engineered for planetary sterilization, designed to annihilate all non-Dalek organic life through aggressive bacterial propagation and enzymatic corrosion.

Significance

This weapon represents the Dalek Supreme's ultimate enforcement tool, used to eliminate internal failures and external threats alike. Its failed detonation in the Spiridon control room triggers the Supreme's brutal purge of subordinate officers, reinforcing the Dalek hierarchy's demands for absolute competence and zero tolerance for error.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments
S10E19 · Planet of the Daleks Part 5
Daleks verify antidote proof

The Spiridon bacterial agent and antidote interact within the laboratory space under red emergency lighting. The antidote mist neutralizes pathogens on contact, proving immunity, while the bacteria itself lies dormant in the tank, awaiting the final release trigger. The demonstration creates a paradox—life-preserving for Daleks, life-ending for all others—highlighting the weapon's dual nature.

Before: Separate components: antidote mist in dispenser, weaponized bacteria contained in the tank.
After: Antidote proven effective; bacteria still contained but now authorized for imminent atmospheric release.
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S10E19 · Planet of the Daleks Part 5
Dalek Leader orders antidote deployment

The Spiridon Bacterial Antidote and Weapon Payload is central to the event, with the antidote variant's protective efficacy confirmed through demonstration. The green gunk's dual role—protecting the Daleks while the weaponized strain awaits release—is emphasized as the final phase of the mission is authorized.

Before: Stored separately within the pressurized antidote tank and the Perspex bacteria tank, each variant prepared for its specific purpose.
After: The antidote's effectiveness is confirmed for deployment, while the bacteria mix remains contained and ready for atmospheric release.
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S10E20 · Planet of the Daleks Part 6
Dalek Supreme executes failure viewpoint officers

The bacteria bomb represents the Daleks' failed planetary sterilization weapon, which Dalek 2 was tasked to deploy against the intruders. The Supreme identifies the bomb's inoperability as the root cause of the unit's failure, linking its inability to activate the bomb directly to Dalek 2's extermination. The bomb's dysfunction thus becomes a catalyst for intra-Dalek violence.

Before: Under Dalek 2's operational control in a pressurized containment vessel, marked with a yellow countdown timer indicating imminent deployment readiness.
After: Decommissioned due to sabotage by the Doctor. Remains inoperative within its containment, its threat neutralized but its failure memorialized in the Supreme's purge.
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