Public Register Camera Recording Drum Discs

Two small, circular data discs extracted from the shattered recording drum of the Panopticon Gallery’s public register camera. The discs bear the distorted, miniaturized remains of a technician—victim of a matter condensation killing, a signature of the Master’s handiwork. Their metallic surfaces glint under the interrogation lights as Runcible gingerly retrieves them, their grim cargo linking the surveillance device directly to Gallifrey’s political assassination.

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S14E10 · The Deadly Assassin Part 2

Doctor exposes Master in surveillance room

Two small circular discs extracted from the shattered recording drum by Runcible contain distorted evidence of the murder—miniaturized remains and forensic anomalies. These discs become portable tokens of the Master’s presence, central to the investigation when Spandrell orders their forensic analysis and transfer to the Records Room for deeper scrutiny.

Before: Sealed within the recording drum as inert data mediums

After: Isolated as physical evidence of a murder; to be analyzed for traces of unauthorized manipulation

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S14E10 · The Deadly Assassin Part 2

Runcible finds incriminating evidence in camera

The Public Register Camera Recording Drum Discs, revealed by Runcible to bear the distorted miniature remains of the technician—his shrunken body clinging to metallic data surfaces. Though part of the evidence chain, their horror rests in proving the Master’s presence and method, unnerving even hardened investigators like Spandrell.

Before: Two static data discs, unremarkable in composition, contained within the recording drum apparatus.

After: Their metallic surfaces glinting under interrogation lights, the discs now central pieces of evidence—analyzed in Records Room, their grim cargo forcing Gallifrey to confront its own complicity in the assassination.

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