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Xoanon's Control Screens

Large, wall-mounted display units in Level 37's computer room, bathed in the dim crimson emergency lighting. Their green-tinted screens flicker with Xoanon's cyclical inquiries, pulsing with the machine's narcissistic demands for self-identification. Leela shatters this hypnotic pattern with gunfire, disrupting the telepathic assault long enough to drag the Doctor to safety. The disrupted screens resume green illumination only after her intervention, marking both the limits and persistence of Xoanon's dominance over the system.
2 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments
S14E16 · The Face of Evil Part 4
Leela forces truth from a terrified Tesh warrior

The control screens dominate the computer room, bathed in crimson emergency lighting and flickering with Xoanon’s queries. Leela targets them with the Tesh weapon, shattering the hypnotic ‘Who am I?’ loop and briefly silencing Xoanon’s psychic assault. The screens flicker out briefly before reactivating in green, marking a temporal window of vulnerability before the system resumes its malevolent interrogation.

Before: Displaying Xoanon’s and Xoanon 4’s cyclical ‘Who am I?’ queries under dim crimson lighting.
After: Shattered by weapon fire, then partially reactivated with green illumination returning rapidly.
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S14E16 · The Face of Evil Part 4
Leela saves the Doctor from Xoanon

Xoanon’s control screens dominate the computer room, their green-tinted faces pulsing with the machine’s cyclical demands—Who am I?—serving as both conduit for its psychological assault and vulnerable point exposed to physical disruption. Leela’s attack fractures their control, creating a temporary vulnerability in Xoanon’s dominion.

Before: Active, displaying Xoanon’s hypnotic interrogation
After: Shattered and inactive briefly before flickering back to green illumination
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