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Doctor's Temporary Time Device

A metallic timepiece pried from a ship's control panel, its angular casing etched with calibration markings and a single protruding dial. Small enough to palm, its mechanisms whir audibly when activated, compressing a 25-minute window into seconds for precise escape timing. Romana momentarily lends her wristwatch to integrate with the device's circuitry, emphasizing the Doctor's urgency over its inadequacy for dimensional travel timing. The device serves as both lifeline and gamble during a collapsing ship scenario, triggering the Doctor's timely dematerialization despite Mandrel threats.
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S17E15 · Nightmare of Eden Part 3
Doctor orchestrates split-second escape plan

The Doctor confiscates Stott's timepiece from his wrist, integrating it into the improvised timing device along with Romana's watch. This composite mechanism compresses the 25-minute window into operational seconds, becoming their only means of ensuring synchronized escape across dimensional and physical boundaries.

Before: Functional military-grade timing device carried by Stott as standard equipment.
After: Destroyed or irreparably damaged in the escape sequence, expended for temporal precision.
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