Third Doctor's Improvised Escape Motor

A palm-sized electric motor scavenged from a lunar penal colony's ventilation system and repurposed as a transmitter component by the Third Doctor during solitary confinement.

1 appearances

Purpose

Converted into a low-power transmitter to broadcast inverted Dalek guidance frequencies, disrupting their coordinated operations.

Significance

This single motor represents the Doctor and Codal's only chance to escape their imprisonment. Its successful repurposing transforms a mundane motor into the key to their survival, demonstrating the Doctor's ability to extract hope from near-certain doom.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S10E16 · Planet of the Daleks Part 2

Doctor and Codal plan their escape

The small motor is identified by the Doctor as the only viable component for conversion into a transmitter. He physically examines it, planning to dismantle its circuitry and reverse polarity to create positive feedback for signal jamming, turning this discarded device into a weapon of electronic subversion.

Before: Defunct motor from cell ventilation, attached to ceiling by corroded bolts and showing signs of long disuse

After: Dismantled and rewired, repurposed into the guts of a low-power transmitter by the Doctor’s hands

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