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Pharos Project Transmitter

A central console in the Pharos Project's control room, designed to facilitate light-speed overdrive activation. Its lit display panels pulse with urgent red indicators as the Doctor and Master coordinate its activation despite compromised security. The transmitter's hum fills the room, a constant warning of impending catastrophe if misused. Characters' hands hover above its controls, each movement a calculated risk between salvation and destruction.
2 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments
S18E28 · Logopolis Part 4
Doctor and Master agree on desperate plan

The Pharos Project Transmitter’s activation is central to the event, with the Doctor and Master acknowledging its role in enabling the interface needed for the light speed overdrive. Though disconnected, its importance underscores the urgency of reaching the antenna control room.

Before: Disconnected from the light speed overdrive, its console lit and humming.
After: Still disconnected and inactive; the race to physically connect it continues.
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S18E28 · Logopolis Part 4
Tegan identifies compromised mission security

The Pharos Project Transmitter sits central to the negotiation as the Doctor and Master dispute its connectivity. Though disconnected per the Master, its activation remains the symbolic goal driving their fragile truce and the Doctor’s impromptu TARDIS gambit.

Before: Pulsing with urgent red indicators on failing consoles. Doctor and Master contest its operational state, Master claiming disconnection while Doctor foresees data transfer reaching CVE. Red alert lights dominate visual field.
After: Still offline in Master’s assessment, yet its operational potential frames the urgency of reaching the antenna control room.
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