Stephenson's Miners’ Iron Manacles

Restraint device used to confine miners' wrists in a 19th-century industrial setting.

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S22E6 · The Mark of the Rani Part 2

Stephenson shields Doctor and Peri in woodland flight

The rough iron manacles, fitted with unexpected alien metal, fasten the Doctor’s wrists to the shaft cover surface. Stephenson must lever them open with his tools, revealing the unknown alloy’s resistance and qualities, while the mob’s attackers hammer the cover and shout.

Before: Fixed to the Doctor’s wrists, trapping him against the pit head shaft cover

After: Pried open by Stephenson, now lying loose as he and the Doctor flee

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