Thal Dome Radiation/Toxicity Warning Monitor

A wall-mounted device that passively tracks and displays accumulating toxic gas/radiation levels using a sliding marker with 'Safe,' 'Danger,' and 'Toxic Level' thresholds. Serves as a visual countdown to lethal exposure for prisoners handling unshielded distronic explosive cylinders. Ignored by Thal Guards, it underscores the inescapable peril of the labor system.

3 appearances

Purpose

Tracks and warns of accumulating toxic gas levels from cylinder handling, signaling safe-to-lethal exposure.

Significance

Transforms slave labor into a death sentence, reveals Thals' genocidal rocket plot, and forces Sarah to confront intervening in the Kaled-Thal war amid personal peril.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S12E12 · Genesis of the Daleks Part 2

The Rocket’s Deadly Gambit: A Genocide Revealed

The Thal Dome Toxic Scale Monitor is a wall-mounted device that tracks the rising levels of distronic toxaemia in the air. As the mutos, Sarah, and the Kaled prisoner handle the unshielded cylinders, the monitor’s marker slides from 'Safe' toward 'Toxic Level' with alarming speed. The device is a cold, clinical counterpoint to the slaves' suffering, its mechanical precision a stark reminder of the Thals' indifference to their fate. When Sarah lifts her cylinder, the marker hits lethal levels, the monitor beeping ominously as the slaves realize the immediacy of their danger. It is both a warning and a countdown, ticking toward their inevitable deaths.

Before: Displaying 'Safe,' the marker at the lower end of the scale, the air in the Thal Dome relatively free of toxic radiation—though the slaves' labor is already accelerating the poisoning.

After: The marker has reached 'Toxic Level,' the monitor beeping urgently as the slaves' exposure becomes lethal. The device serves as a grim reminder of the Thals' genocidal machine, its function to ensure the slaves' deaths are not accidental but by design.

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S12E12 · Genesis of the Daleks Part 2

The Unshielded Truth: A Death Sentence in Every Load

The toxic level monitor is the scene’s ticking clock, its marker sliding from 'Safe' to 'Danger' with each cylinder lifted by the slaves. It’s both a warning and a countdown, its clinical precision contrasting with the slaves’ visceral horror as they realize their labor is lethal. The monitor’s role is to expose the Thals’ cruelty: they know the danger but ignore it, using the slaves as disposable cogs in their war machine. For Sarah, Sevrin, and the Kaled, the monitor’s crawl toward 'Danger' is a silent scream—proof that their time is running out.

Before: Displaying 'Safe,' its marker at the lower end of the scale, belying the impending danger.

After: Marker locked at 'Danger' (or nearly there), its red glow a death sentence for the slaves, who now face a race against radiation poisoning.

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S12E12 · Genesis of the Daleks Part 2

The Ticking Dome: Sarah’s Choice Between Escape and Sabotage

The toxic level monitor on the wall of the Thal Dome is a grim countdown to the slaves' deaths. As the slaves begin handling the unshielded distronic explosive cylinders, the monitor’s marker slides rapidly from 'Safe' toward 'Toxic Level,' reflecting the immediate and escalating danger. The monitor serves as a constant, inescapable reminder of the slaves' predicament—every breath, every movement, brings them closer to a fatal dose of radiation. Its role is both functional, as a warning system, and symbolic, representing the inescapable consequences of the Thals' genocidal plans.

Before: Displaying 'Safe,' with the marker at the lower end of the scale, indicating no immediate danger to the slaves.

After: Displaying 'Toxic Level,' with the marker at the upper end of the scale, signaling that the slaves are in immediate danger of fatal radiation exposure.

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