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TARDIS Corridor Door

The primary entrance to Jo Grant's narrow TARDIS corridor, consisting of a lightweight plastex door with brushed-aluminum surface frost-covered from interior condensation. Features a recessed waist-height handle for manual operation. The door is the first point of vulnerability during an intrusion, showing signs of tampering (latch groans under pressure, extinguisher jet impact) and later bearing triangular footprint evidence in the corridor soil. The door mechanism includes the metal door handle as an integral component.
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Purpose

Mechanical interface enabling manual operation of the TARDIS corridor door.

Significance

The handle becomes the first physical evidence of intrusion into Jo’s sanctuary, its silence under her touch underscoring the vulnerability of the Doctor’s refuge. Its unyielding resistance contrasts with the intruder’s earlier aggression, marking the moment Jo’s isolation turns to peril.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S10E15 · Planet of the Daleks Part 1
Unseen entity stalks Jo in TARDIS

The TARDIS compartment door bears the brunt of the entity’s attack, its lightweight plastex slab bending under pressure from repeated rattles and extinguisher jets. The latch groans in protest, and the door’s seams glow with condensation betraying its fragile resistance. Its recessed handle becomes both a target and a symbol of Jo’s trapped vulnerability.

Before: Closed, relatively sturdy but showing signs of age and jungle moisture condensation
After: Shows inwards pressure marks and triangular footprint impressions in softened soil outside, linking damage to the entity’s retreat
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