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Dalek Pursuit Ship Navigation Override Panel

Auxiliary manual navigation interface aboard the Dalek Pursuit Ship, designed to integrate with the vessel’s primary control systems and enforce Dalek-directed course changes. Serves as a vulnerable point for system overrides, targeted by Steven Taylor to disrupt Dalek remote control.
1 appearances

Purpose

Override ship navigation to enforce Dalek-directed course changes

Significance

Steven's destruction breaks Dalek remote control, shifts the pursuit from evasion to direct confrontation on Kembel, and heightens crew desperation as their deception plan hangs in the balance

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments
S3E15 · Coronas of the Sun
Doctor’s deception plan and forced descent

The auxiliary control unit is a critical Dalek-installed device linked to the ship's main systems, allowing remote manipulation of the vessel's course. Steven identifies it as the source of the ship's erratic behavior and, in a burst of frustration, smashes it with his bare hands, severing the Daleks' influence. The unit's destruction is both a tactical victory—buying the crew precious moments of autonomy—and a symbolic act of defiance against Dalek control. Its sparking wreckage underscores the urgency of the moment and the crew's desperate struggle for survival.

Before: Functional and integrated into the ship's controls, actively transmitting Dalek commands to alter the vessel's trajectory.
After: Destroyed and inoperable, its circuits exposed and sparking, no longer capable of transmitting Dalek signals.
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