Alien Override Control

A physical navigational override device on the freighter bridge, used to seize control during Cyberman sabotage.

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S19E22 · Earthshock Part 4

Adric seizes control of the override to buy time

The alien override control is central to the event; Briggs identifies its dark casing pulsing with embedded status lights as the cause of navigational disruption. The device resists manual disconnection and could detonate if tampered with, yet Adric reinterprets it not as a bomb but as a programmable challenge, redirecting the crew from avoidance to solution. Its clock ticks against Earth’s collision.

Before: Functioning as an unauthorized navigational lock, exerting hostile control over helm systems

After: Still active but engaged for disconnection via logic-code resolution, status momentarily stabilized

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