Alien Tokens

Small metallic discs, their surfaces etched with unfamiliar geometric patterns that catch the light in an alien glint. They lie inert on the table until The Doctor’s device—a compact hand-held detector—suddenly alerts him with a shrill pulse. The tokens hum faintly, their activation sending a current of tension through the scene as they emit a brief, localized energy surge that forces The Doctor’s abrupt shift in focus from Peri’s rescue to the artifact’s unexpected behavior.