Electrical Control Device

A jury-rigged mechanical assembly of wires, electrodes, and live circuits mounted on an insulated stand. Solon manipulates its knobs and levers to send controlled electrical currents through wired contacts clamped to the Mutt's severed head, forcing unnatural muscle spasms that mimic life. Its tangle of cables snakes across the lab bench, glowing intermittently under the strain of intermittent power when Solon’s grid flickers.

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Purpose

To artificially stimulate and display motor reflexes in the severed Mutt specimen by delivering controlled electrical currents.

Significance

This device embodies Solon's grotesque power over life and death, reducing even a living being to a controllable showpiece. Its sudden failure during the blackout exposes Solon’s overconfidence and provides the Doctor and Sarah Jane a rare advantage.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S13E17 · The Brain of Morbius Part 1

Darkness falls over Solon’s lab

The electrical control device that powered the Mutt’s head dormancy suddenly fails under the lightning surge, cutting the vital currents and plunging the head into stillness while disabling Solon’s primary method of observation and control.

Before: Active and buzzing with live electrical currents monitoring the Mutt’s motor reflexes and feeding real-time data to Solon.

After: Silent and powered down, its components dormant and its cables lifeless on the cluttered lab bench.

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