Object
Ashbridge Cottage Hospital Garden Balustrade
This classic balustrade graces the gardens of Ashbridge Cottage Hospital. Munro sets an ammunition box containing a lightweight plastic meteorite fragment on it for Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's close inspection. The Brigadier, Munro, Hawkins, the Doctor, and Liz Shaw cluster around it during tense questioning about the Doctor's allegiances and alien abductors. Its ornate stonework frames the examination of synthetic debris that defies earthly origins, anchoring the outdoor inquiry amid blooming greenery.
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Purpose
Provides a stable surface for displaying and inspecting the meteorite fragment housed in an ammunition box.
Significance
Hosts the pivotal reveal of the meteorite's alien properties and abductors' unnatural faces from Munro's photograph, fueling Brigadier's distrust of the Doctor and escalating UNIT's alien threat response.
Appearances in the Narrative
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