UNIT Lab Portable Water Dispenser (Antimatter Universe Artifact)

A stainless steel water cooler serving as evidence of antimatter universe's replication of Earth artifacts, used for dispensing drinking water in laboratory settings.

2 appearances

Purpose

To dispense chilled drinking water for laboratory staff during research sessions

Significance

Serves as a critical piece of evidence that Earth-based artifacts have been replicated in the antimatter universe, forcing the Doctor and Jo to confront the nature of their transportation

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S10E1 · The Three Doctors Part 1

Brigadier orders fire triggering vanishing flash

The stainless steel water dispenser serves as an unintentional witness to annihilation. Its sudden disappearance in a flash during the gunfire exposes the antimatter entity's erasure of matter, transforming an ordinary object into a harbinger of cosmic threat. The dispenser's vanishing marks the entity’s first overt act of destruction.

Before: Standing harmlessly in the corridor, filled with water, its blue plastic cup askew on the spout. It hummed faintly as its pump cycled uselessly after the Brigadier’s order.

After: Completely dissolved into antimatter, leaving only a faint metallic scent from the exposed drain and a hollow space where matter once existed

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S10E2 · The Three Doctors Part 2

Doctor and Jo trace antimatter intruders

The UNIT lab water dispenser materializes intact amid the alien landscape, its stainless steel body glistening with condensation and mechanical hiss betraying its artificial origin. Recognized by both travelers, it functions as a physical clue confirming the intrusion of antimatter forces into their world.

Before: Functioning water cooler in UNIT lab on Earth

After: Mismatched and out of place in the antimatter-altered terrain, still operational

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