Leela's Salt-Filled Wicker Basket

A large woven wicker basket filled with heavy flasks of rock salt, carried by Leela as part of the Doctor's desperate containment plan. The basket's wide mouth allows easy access to the salt pouches, while its sturdy construction withstands the weight of the flasks despite the urgency of the moment. The Doctor entrusted Leela with loading it before their sprint into the cellar.

5 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

5 moments

S15E12 · Image of the Fendahl Part 4

Salt arrives as Tyler exits under protest

Leela’s wicker basket, already crammed with the flasks of rock salt, becomes the mobile arsenal for their frontal assault on the Fendahl skull. She hefts it with purpose, the salt’s coarse crystals gleaming faintly, preparing to deploy its contents as psychic armor against the entity’s malevolence.

Before: Loaded with salt flasks, awaiting pickup in the lab after Martha’s trolley delivery.

After: Carried toward the cellar doors, contents still secure, poised for deployment during the skull confrontation.

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S15E12 · Image of the Fendahl Part 4

Doctor reveals containment plan to Colby

Leela's basket, filled with salt flasks under the Doctor's direction, serves as the portable container enabling their entrance into the cellar with essential countermeasures.

Before: Weighed down with salt flasks, ready for transport

After: Carried with purpose into the cellar as part of the containment strategy

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S15E12 · Image of the Fendahl Part 4

Leela and the Doctor race against the clock

Leela’s wicker basket, now crammed with flasks of rock salt, becomes her shield and tool in the sprint toward danger. Its weight strains her grip as she moves, but she handles it with surprising ease, embodying readiness to deploy salt against the Fendahl.

Before: Loaded by Leela with approximately nine flasks of salt as per Martha’s trolley delivery, placed at the ready.

After: Carried by Leela into the cellar, intended for deployment around the skull to blunt its resonance effect.

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S15E12 · Image of the Fendahl Part 4

Doctor and Leela evade spectral barrier

Leela’s salt-filled wicker basket is violently wrenched from her grasp by the Doctor’s decisive motion, sending heavy flasks of rock salt tumbling across the corridor floor. The basket’s contents spill in a wide arc, creating a protective barrier of grains that disrupts the spectral apparition’s resonance long enough for the pair to evade its paralyzing effect and proceed cautiously forward.

Before: Sturdily contained within Leela’s grasp, situated near her midsection, intact and unspilled before the Doctor’s intervention.

After: Overturned and partially emptied on the carpet, its flasks scattered and its contents forming a makeshift salty perimeter on the corridor floor.

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S15E12 · Image of the Fendahl Part 4

Doctor and Leela flee collapsing corridor

Leela's salt-filled wicker basket is forcefully struck by the Doctor, scattering its contents across the carpet to create a trail that masks the group's retreat from the spectral apparition. Its contents transform from contained tool to environmental camouflage.

Before: Carried by Leela, filled with flasks of rock salt ready for use in the Doctor's containment plan.

After: Emptied of most salt, left on the floor with scattered grains; functionally depleted for the moment.

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