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Ratcliffe's Metal Bar

Mid-20th century iron bar repurposed by Ratcliffe as a makeshift lever in the Omega's grave excavation site.
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S25E3 · Remembrance of the Daleks Part 3
Ratcliffe’s failed attempt to claim the Hand

Ratcliffe wrenches the metal bar from a nearby grave’s earth and uses it as a crude tool to pry open the Hand of Omega’s socket. The bar’s improvised insertion triggers the artifact’s latent electrical defense, sending a surge through the metal and into Ratcliffe, catapulting him away.

Before: A discarded iron bar lying half-buried in damp soil beside an excavated grave, its rusted surface undistinguished among grave goods.
After: The bar remains lodged in the Omega grave’s mechanism, charged with residual energy, now a literal conductor of the artifact’s defiance.
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