C982 Lower Deck Detention Space

Designated prisoner confinement area in the ship's lower decks, used specifically to hold captured companions against their will

1 appearances

Purpose

Confinement space for prisoners during transit or while under suspicion, designed to hold individuals temporarily until formal processing can occur.

Significance

Serves as the catalyst for conflict—Gardiner and Kemp use it to enforce their accusations, while the Doctor and Jo must escape to clear their names. The hold's inaccessible design forces immediate action and underscores the power imbalance between Earth authorities and temporal travelers.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S10E10 · Frontier in Space Part 2

Doctor and Jo wrongly imprisoned

The C982 Cargo Hold Confinement Space switches from being a storage area to a prison as Kemp seals the Doctor and Jo inside, cutting off their protests and restricting their movement. Escape becomes physically impossible without external assistance, turning the hold into both a punitive measure and a pressure cooker forcing them to flee.

Before: Functional cargo hold with no restrictions, containing supplies and machinery

After: Sealed detention space where the Doctor and Jo are confined against their will

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