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Navigation Printout

A crumpled sheet of paper, still warm from the printer, marked with K9's laborious handiwork—a map of the tunnel's branching routes and hidden dangers. The Doctor slaps it onto the Collector's desk during the confrontation, its edges curling from heat and haste. Thin red lines trace possible paths through the zero-gravity shaft, with annotations in Leela's angular script where she's added warnings about the dragons guarding the Tree's entrance.
3 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments
S15E16 · The Sun Makers Part 4
Doctor exposes Collectors tyranny

The Company's Exploitation Printout functions as the smoking gun that triggers the Doctor's full confrontation. With its bold red Company headings and calculated statistics, it provides the specific evidence needed to move from general accusation to targeted revelation of the regime's xenocidal origins. The Doctor's physical act of ripping and discarding it symbolically destroys the regime's facade.

Before: Fresh and warm from the printer, bearing damning statistics of human exploitation in the Collector's office
After: Screwed into a ball and discarded, its evidentiary power neutralized by the Doctor's precise surgical strike against the regime's credibility
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S15E19 · Underworld Part 3
Idas reveals his father’s rebellion

The Doctor slaps the warm printout onto the tunnel wall, using K9’s holographic tunnel map as a tactical base for planning the infiltration route. Its glowing pathways serve as a negotiation tool with Idas, visually translating forbidden destinations into feasible paths while maintaining spatial orientation in the claustrophobic tunnel.

Before: Crumpled but still intact, freshly printed with curving route lines translated from K9’s sensors, tucked against K9’s console
After: Flattened against the wall as reference, edges curling from heat and haste, briefly glowing under tunnel’s emergency lights
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S15E19 · Underworld Part 3
Dragons guard invisible path to Tree

The Navigation Printout from K9 serves as a crumpled tactical map, though its role in this event is observational. The Doctor briefly references it to situate the group in the tunnel complex before shifting focus to the immediate barrier challenge. It grounds their location but does not directly influence the breach operation.

Before: Freshly printed, warm, held by the Doctor.
After: Retained by the Doctor for continued reference during descent.
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