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Astronauts' Ultimate Emergency Code
Carrington names this classified code, issued to every astronaut for the ultimate emergency, now repeating in Mars Probe 7's intercepted message. The Doctor and Liz Shaw hunch over decoding equipment, testing combinations amid tense debate in Quinlan's office. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart demands clarity while Quinlan deflects, the code's stubborn resistance heightening suspicions of deeper conspiracy tied to the silent capsule and vanished crew.
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Purpose
Signal authorities during an astronaut's ultimate emergency
Significance
Drives Doctor and Liz's decryption efforts, linking Mars Probe 7's message to Carrington's radiation cover-up and abduction plot, escalating the crisis from communication blackout to interstellar threat.
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