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TOMTIT Displacement Vase

Used in laboratory demonstration of temporal displacement without clamps or lids, showing unsecured matter handling
3 appearances

Purpose

Serving as an experimental subject to prove the TOMTIT device's capability to displace matter through temporal interstices and recover it unchanged.

Significance

This particular vase becomes the pivotal demonstration piece proving the temporal displacement device's viability to the skeptical Grants Committee and the Brigadier. Its successful transmission and recovery validates the Newton Institute's theoretical work while exposing the project to dangerous political scrutiny and the Master's hostile interest. The vase's mundane origin contrasts sharply with its transformed significance as irrefutable evidence of temporal engineering.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments
S9E21 · The Time Monster Part 1
Committee questions TOM-TIT at Newton Institute

The vase serves as a proof-of-concept artifact that was secretly transmitted through temporal interstices by Ruth and Hyde to demonstrate TOMTIT’s functionality despite official skepticism. Its undamaged return proves the device’s capability to transport solid matter outside standard space-time.

Before: Intact and unremarkable, serving primarily as office decoration in Ruth’s workspace
After: Recovered intact from the demonstration area, validating its temporal displacement
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S9E21 · The Time Monster Part 1
Ruth explains temporal atoms to committee

The demonstration vase serves as empirical proof of TOMTIT's claimed capabilities, being pushed through temporal interstices and returned undamaged. Hyde deploys it to validate Ruth's abstract theory with concrete evidence, countering institutional skepticism even as Cook dismisses the theoretical framework entirely.

Before: Intact, stored in the radiation lab as experimental proof
After: Intact, no longer needed for demonstration as the Master's arrival supplants the committee's attention
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S9E21 · The Time Monster Part 1
Master derails TOM-TIT demonstration

The demonstration vase, previously used in temporal displacement trials, is mentioned in earlier dialogue by Hyde as proof of concept. Though physically absent from this segment, its role as a tangible example of TOM-TIT’s capabilities fuels the committee’s engagement and the Master’s narrative takeover.

Before: Recovered from earlier interstitial transmission experiment
After: Intact and undamaged, reinforcing TOM-TIT’s credibility
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