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Lighthouse Fireball (Electrical Surge)

A violent, blue-white streak of plasma that manifests as both a fireball and a lingering electrical surge in the lighthouse lamp room. The fireball tears through the environment, igniting air with crackling energy (leaving ozone and burned wiring smells, with electrified fish washed ashore rigid from charge). The lingering crackling static electricity in the damp sea air (detectable after the fireball's crash) is part of the same phenomenon—an unnatural electrical entity that first strikes as a projectile and then infests the lighthouse's systems. The glow illuminates Reuben's shocked face and shadows the Doctor and Vince as they realize this was no meteor—it moved against the wind before crashing into the sea. Leela senses its unnatural charge as a living current before anyone else.
2 appearances

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When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments
S15E1 · Horror of Fang Rock Part 1
Doctor and Vince examine fireball evidence

The crackling electricity manifests as a palpable static surge in the damp sea air, detectable after Vince's description of the fireball and the cold snap. Though not seen in the lamp room, its presence is indirectly referenced by Vince's subsequent mention of dead fish on the rocks and Leela's off-stage detection of the electrical crackle near the shore.

Before: Absent or indistinguishable from normal static in the air
After: Now recognized as an anomalous presence through environmental clues and Vince's testimony
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S15E1 · Horror of Fang Rock Part 1
Leela senses electricity in dead fish

A palpable surge of crackling electricity fills the damp sea air near the shore, detected primarily by Leela through both hearing and instinct. The energy manifests as a low, sharp hum and visible static in the air, lingering like a signature left by the fireball’s impact. It reveals the presence of a non-human, electrically charged entity operating in the environment.

Before: Nonexistent or imperceptible in the scene
After: Manifest and detectable, intensifying Leela’s wariness and confirming the unnatural nature of recent events
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