Automated Station Navigation Console

Primary control interface for automated navigation systems that has been tampered with, later revealed to be the Space Liner Computer Navigation Panel used in Borusa's schemes. The console serves as both the station's automated navigation system interface (as initially perceived) and the Terminus space liner's secret compartment navigation panel (with overrides for mechanical liberation sequences). Functions include standard navigation control and emergency system overrides, evidenced by the Fifth Doctor's interaction during Borusa's confrontation.

4 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

4 moments

S20E14 · Terminus Part 2

Nyssa spots Olvir hiding on the bridge

The navigation computer panel serves as the primary tool for data extraction, its exposed circuitry and status indicators guiding the Doctor’s search. The urgency to find data about Terminus fractures the panel’s functionality, creating a distraction from the immediate human revelations.

Before: Flawed but serviceable, with internal components accessed

After: Same condition, actively used

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S20E14 · Terminus Part 2

Doctor searches Terminus database as Kari urges departure

The navigation panel becomes a focal point of disruption as the Doctor furiously activates switches and pries apart its components to access the hidden data chips. Kari and Nyssa engage with the panel peripherally, scanning for additional computer blocks or overlooked clues amid the fractured console.

Before: Integrated into the central console, its switches and indicators displaying a dim, intermittent glow from the bridge’s failing systems

After: Partially disassembled with exposed wires and broken casing, indicating hasty and destructive access to the systems inside

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S20E16 · Terminus Part 4

Doctor and Kari override automated systems

The navigation console glows with amber and crimson signals, its deliberate tampering revealed by the Doctor as he examines exposed cables. The rigid lever resists Kari's attempts to disengage the sequence, embodying the station's automated control and technological tyranny.

Before: Actively enforcing the automated departure sequence, its controls locked against manual override.

After: Still resisting efforts to reverse the sequence, its wires showing signs of internal conflict, wires sparking intermittently.

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S20E16 · Terminus Part 4

Doctor and Kari battle to activate the engine

Computer navigation panels are torn apart by the Doctor and Kari in their desperate manual override attempt, exposing bare wiring and triggering crucial switches to override automated systems. Their frantic work targets the panels’ core to regain control.

Before: Corroded control surfaces in the bridge’s central console, dimmed to emergency diagnostics.

After: Dismantled and damaged, their casing cracked open and internal components exposed.

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