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Rassilon Imprimatur

A ceremonial seal bearing Rassilon's insignia, used for authenticating Gallifreyan legal decrees and temporal edicts, later discovered as a counterfeit instrument by the Doctor.
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When this object appears and how it's used

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S22E8 · The Two Doctors Part 2
Sontarans surround Doctor and Jamie

The Rassilon Imprimatur is indirectly invoked by the Doctor through his explanation of the module’s Time Lord-specific priming requirement. Though not physically present, its symbolic authority is cited to clarify the Doctor’s point before Stike’s mocking interruption undermines its relevance, transforming technical explanation into Sontaran taunting.

Before: Concealed within the module’s operational logic, referenced but not displayed
After: Reduced to rhetorical taunt, its authority mocked and negated by Stike’s interruption
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