Sevateem Crossbow Bolts

The crude Sevateem crossbow bolts pin the Doctor and Leela to trees during the assault, their wooden shafts quivering with each movement. Barbed metal tips glint under fading forest light as warriors hold bolts nocked and ready, designed to penetrate flesh with narrow penetration points. The sudden paralysis of the warriors mid-charge by Xoanon's light leaves the bolts untouched but their lethal intent unfulfilled.

3 appearances

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When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S14E13 · The Face of Evil Part 1

Sevateem ambush and Doctor’s capture

Crossbow bolts fired by the Sevateem warriors embed into the tree behind the Doctor, pinning him and Leela in place. The thudding impacts become the backdrop of the confrontation, marking both the immediate threat and the forest’s domination over the trapped outsiders. Their presence underscores the tribe’s preparedness to kill intruders.

Before: Loaded in crossbows, ready for ambush.

After: Embedded in the tree trunk, spent and inert.

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S14E13 · The Face of Evil Part 1

Doctor uses jelly baby to intimidate warrior

The Sevateem crossbow bolts pin the Doctor against the tree trunk, emphasizing his vulnerability and restricting his movement during the confrontation. Their presence underscores the immediate physical threat the warriors pose, grounding the Doctor’s bluff in a tangible reality of danger.

Before: Embedded in the tree trunk near the Doctor, ready to be used if he moves.

After: Left undisturbed as the Doctor remains stationary, their purpose momentarily neutralized by his surrender of active movement.

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S14E14 · The Face of Evil Part 2

Supernatural force halts tribal assault

The Sevateem crossbow bolts are loosed by charging warriors just before the silver beam descends, their shafts quivering as they slice the air toward an unseen enemy at the edge of the forest. The beam’s arrival halts all motion before completing its arc, leaving the bolts unspent and dangling from tree bark where they struck, their lethal potential unfulfilled.

Before: Nocked and ready in warriors' fists, aimed at the target; some already airborne before the beam arrives.

After: Embedded harmlessly in tree trunks or lying inert on the ground after the warriors drop their weapons in terror.

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