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Sacrificial Altar Console

The altar console is a massive, oblong control panel embedded in the control room's central platform. Its surface is smooth and dark, worn from centuries of use by both Sevateem and Tesh. When activated, sections of its facade shift, forming an elevated platform that resembles a sacrificial altar. The console's activation sequence emits a low hum, and its ritualistic functions are evident through the coordinated movement of its segmented panels.
2 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments
S14E15 · The Face of Evil Part 3
Doctor reveals shared human origins

The sacrificial altar console serves as both a physical and symbolic focal point where the Doctor and Leela reveal their shared origins with the Tesh. Its segmented panels shift to resemble a sacrificial platform, linking the colony ship’s original function to Xoanon’s corrupted priesthood and divine pretension.

Before: A seemingly solid, dark oblong surface, its true function and markings concealed beneath the cloth
After: Partially activated, its inner alien technology exposed as the Doctor searches for Xoanon’s core
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S14E15 · The Face of Evil Part 3
Doctor realizes Xoanon’s true nature

The sacrificial altar console forms the event’s central device, an oblong control interface resembling a ritual artifact. The Doctor lifts its covering cloth to reveal a cracked ceramic surface pulsing with white light, shifting its function from sacred emblem to exposed machine core connecting to Xoanon’s corrupted systems.

Before: Concealed and treated as a holy altar with Tesh iconography and ritualistic operation
After: Partially revealed, exposing its inner circuitry and confirming its mechanical identity
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