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Kerensky's Time-Slip Apparatus

Device embedded in the laboratory's machinery used for temporal and biological acceleration experiments
6 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

6 moments
S17E6 · City of Death Part 2
Doctor uncovers time device and is seized

The Doctor fixates on the time-slip apparatus, a sleek, concealed temporal device embedded within the laboratory’s machinery. Though partially obscured, its arcane circuit patterns and humming core stand out to his trained eye. He memorizes its appearance and location while feigning disinterest in the conversation with Hermann, treating it as an incidental detail in the Chateau’s decor rather than a critical piece of illicit technology.

Before: The device is embedded within the laboratory's equipment and remains unnoticed by the Scarlionis under the cover of mundane machinery.
After: The device remains physically unchanged but has been visually registered and internally noted by the Doctor, marking it as a future target for investigation or interference.
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S17E6 · City of Death Part 2
Doctor and Duggan confront lab secrets

Kerensky activates the Time-Slip Apparatus in the cluttered laboratory, channeling unstable temporal energy through exposed circuitry to compress years into seconds around an egg placed at its core. The Doctor watches its aberrant gleam throughout, illustrating how clearly not of Earth technology it is.

Before: Silent, dormant hardware embedded among the Count’s occult-themed paraphernalia
After: Energized with erratic light and sound during acceleration, then deactivated moments later
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S17E6 · City of Death Part 2
Doctor confronts Kerensky on time experiment

Kerensky places an egg into the cellular accelerator, then activates the device, causing the egg to rapidly age into a full-grown chicken in seconds. The Doctor observes this as proof of the machine’s temporal manipulation capabilities, while Duggan nearly initiates a violent response.

Before: The egg is stored in the cabinet among other scientific supplies, inert and unremarkable. The cellular accelerator is powered but inactive, its temporal energies latent.
After: The egg is destroyed in the process, replaced by a grotesquely distorted, rapidly aging chicken that collapses back into skeletal remnants before disintegrating. The accelerator glows with residual temporal energy, now visibly unstable.
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S17E6 · City of Death Part 2
Doctor exposes Kerensky’s fatal flaw in time theory

The Doctor uses the cellular accelerator to expose its fundamental temporal flaws by reversing its polarity. Kerensky's confidence in the device's accuracy is destroyed as it demonstrates grotesque physical transformations in living tissue, proving it cannot safely manipulate time.

Before: Operational device demonstrating questionable results to Kerensky's satisfaction
After: Compromised device showing erratic behavior through forced polarity reversal
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S17E6 · City of Death Part 2
Duggan ends Kerensky’s experiment with a blow

The Doctor reverses polarity on the temporal apparatus controls, causing the experiment's skeletal chicken remains to reassemble grotesquely before shrinking back into its egg and vanishing entirely. Kerensky's device demonstrates its destructive capabilities as calibrated temporal forces spiral out of control.

Before: Active and unstable, projecting accelerated temporal distortions throughout the laboratory space
After: Disrupted by polarity reversal, its chaotic temporal mechanics momentarily contained before being discarded in the group's rush toward escape
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S17E6 · City of Death Part 2
Romana uncovers hidden chamber behind wall

The Doctor directly interacts with Kerensky’s time-slip apparatus by reversing its polarity using wall controls, destabilizing the cellular accelerator’s temporal bubble. This action collapses the accelerated aging of the experimental subjects, including the chicken, and reveals reversed temporal reconstitution of skeletal remains before Duggan’s assault interrupts the scientific moment.

Before: Operational with erratic temporal energy emanating from its core; partially dismantled and jury-rigged.
After: Partially destabilized by polarity reversal; functionality disrupted, though not fully destroyed.
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