TARDIS Dimensional Gateway Control Screen

Primary interface used to coordinate the TARDIS's temporal and spatial traversal mechanisms during critical flight operations

3 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S20E1 · Arc of Infinity Part 1

Monument opens to claim Frazer

The Pandora Crypt Monolith lies dormant until Frazer’s presence triggers its anomalous activation. Its seams groan apart mechanically, revealing an interior chamber pulsing with frigid light and dry ice. The monument functions as a dimensional containment seal which fractures under unknown forces, releasing the antimatter predator before resealing with finality.

Before: Weathered stone slab arrayed with pagan glyphs, inert and apparently original to the crypt

After: Fractured along ritual seams, temporarily unsealed, resealed and inert once again

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S20E13 · Terminus Part 1

Nyssa forced through TARDIS door

The portal mechanism screen becomes the critical conduit of survival and separation. Its normally seamless transparency flashes white as Nyssa passes through, marking both her escape and the rupture of spatial proximity between companions. The screen reacts to the TARDIS’s failing systems, trembling at the edge of collapse.

Before: Transparently active, humming with latent energy, the screen formed a stable interface between the console room and the temporal corridor.

After: Flash-white upon Nyssa’s transit, then restored to translucence but marked by the stresses of instability and forced dimensional breach.

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S20E13 · Terminus Part 1

Tegan confronts the Doctor over Nyssa

The TARDIS Portal Mechanism Screen serves as the unstable gateway through which Nyssa is sent. The screen reacts violently, flaring white as Nyssa vanishes, representing a breakdown in the TARDIS's temporal fabric and symbolizing the risk of the escape. Its transparency never wavers despite the chaotic energy tearing at its edges.

Before: Functioning as a navigable portal, though under increasing temporal strain from internal threats tearing at the ship's structure.

After: Momentarily destabilized, having forcibly ejected Nyssa into the unknown, its integrity further compromised by the stress of the portal breach.

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