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Large Rock from Horda Pit

A jagged, fist-sized rock lies half-buried in the Horda pit’s disturbed earth, its weathered surface dark with mud. The Doctor seizes it mid-trial, using the momentary distraction to redirect the Horda’s attack against the warrior who threatened Leela. The tribe’s perception shifts as the rock becomes not just terrain but a tactical tool—stripping the Horda pit’s brutal ritual of its false legitimacy and exposing the immediate threat of the creatures beneath.
3 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments
S14E14 · The Face of Evil Part 2
Doctor faces the Horda trial alone

The Doctor seizes a fist-sized rock from the disturbed earth of the Horda pit, wielding it as a makeshift weapon to strike the warrior holding Leela. The sharp stone redirects the Horda’s attack, physically and symbolically dismantling the trial’s legitimacy.

Before: Half-buried in the pit’s disturbed earth, detached from the rockfall above.
After: Thrown or used to strike the warrior, then discarded as the trial unravels.
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S14E14 · The Face of Evil Part 2
Doctor inspects failing rope for Horda pit

The Doctor seizes a large rock mid-trial, using it as an improvised tool to redirect the Horda's attack from defense of Leela to offense against the warrior, shifting the power dynamics abruptly and exposing the tribe's engineered peril as flimsy.

Before: Half-buried in disturbed earth within the Horda pit, its jagged form indistinguishable from the environment
After: Seized by the Doctor and hurled at the warrior to redirect the Horda's bite, its momentum creating tactical surprise
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S14E14 · The Face of Evil Part 2
Doctor severs rope to outwit Horda pit

A large rock is seized mid-trial by the Doctor and used to redirect the Horda’s attention from Leela back toward the warrior. Though not as dramatic as the rope, it symbolizes the Doctor’s tactical use of the environment to disarm both predator and human threat.

Before: Half-buried in the disturbed earth of the Horda pit
After: Thrown by the Doctor, possibly impacting the Horda or warrior
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