Missing Seventeenth-Century Firearms

Three long-barrel flintlock pistols and a pair of belt-mounted carbine rifles vanish from the locked gun cabinet—cherry-wood stocks darkened by age, brass fittings still gleaming under candlelight. Nyssa’s fingers trace the empty rack where they once hung, their absence betrayed by faint scratch marks and splintered wood. The Doctor recognizes the style: English military issue from the Protectorate era, now smelling faintly of brimstone after use for gunpowder smuggling.

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S19E13 · The Visitation Part 1

Doctor and Nyssa assess threat together

Three long-barrel pistols and two carbine rifles are confirmed missing from the cabinet’s carefully arranged racks. The Doctor notes their Protectorate-era style and scent of brimstone, linking stolen weapons to the village’s panic and subterfuge against the alien intruders.

Before: Cherry-wood stocks gleaming under cabinet’s dim light, brass fittings polished from occasional handling

After: Stolen from the cabinet, smuggled out of the hall—positions and condition unknown, fuelling the crisis

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S19E13 · The Visitation Part 1

Doctor and Nyssa confirm alien intrusion

The missing firearms—three flintlock pistols and two carbines—are noted only by their absence in the gun cabinet, their cherry-wood stocks now absent from polished racks. Scratched wood and faint gunpowder aromas clinging to pegs hint at hurried removal. The weapons’ military provenance suggests organized human actors drawn into service by invisible coercion, underscoring how a household’s trust erodes under unseen influence.

Before: Securely stored in the gun cabinet as household property under lock and key

After: Missing with evidence of forced removal, now repurposed through unknown human hands for purposes consistent with alien intrusion

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