Object

Kravos's Chest Life-Support Device

Surgically implanted device inside Kravos's chest, designed by Davros to regulate and sustain Kravos's heartbeat. Serves as a critical manipulation tool during tense negotiations outside the incubation room, where Davros threatens its deactivation to coerce Kravos and expose the Kaled Elite's cowardice. The device's existence underscores Davros's absolute control over Kaled loyalties and creates immediate fear among witnesses (including Gharman) during the Doctor's moral crisis, Bettan's ultimatum, and escalating Dalek threats. Witnessed by the Doctor, Sarah, Harry, and Gharman.

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Purpose

Regulates Kravos’s heartbeat to sustain his life

Significance

Serves as Davros’s tool of coercion, ensuring Kravos’s loyalty through the constant threat of cardiac shutdown during the critical standoff over Dalek production

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S12E16 · Genesis of the Daleks Part 6

The Doctor’s Moral Abyss: Davros’s Gambit and the Ticking Clock of Skaro

Kravos’s life-sustaining device is a tool of manipulation used by Davros to ensure loyalty. He threatens to deactivate it, reminding Kravos that his life depends on Davros’s mercy. The device symbolizes Davros’s absolute control over his followers, as Kravos’s fear is palpable. Its existence underscores the Kaleds’ vulnerability, as Davros exploits their dependencies to crush dissent.

Before: Implanted in Kravos’s chest, functional, keeping his heart beating.

After: Still functional, but Kravos’s fate is sealed as the Daleks turn on the Elite.

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