Ritual Window of Kroll's Temple

A single round glazed window brought from Delta Magna and installed in Kroll's temple as part of the Swampies' ritual chambers. Fragile panes strained by decades of swamp humidity flex under pressure as the Doctor and Romana lie bound below. Its copper-riveted wooden frame frames shafts of red-tinged swamp light that spill downward during Ranquin’s invocation. When a massive tentacle erupts through the weakened glass, the violent breach dispels the ritual creepers binding the travelers, transforming the window from a sacred barrier into a lethal entry point for Kroll’s wrath.

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When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S16E19 · The Power of Kroll Part 3

Doctor learns ritual secrets while bound

The window, brought from Delta Magna and installed in the temple roof, allows sunlight to strike the ritual pallet. Though weak and late-afternoon filtered, it provides Skart the basis to explain how drying creepers contract and how their tension can potentially be disrupted. The Doctor’s observation about its incongruity plants the seed for using the window’s mechanical role in escape planning.

Before: Old, round pane of glazed Delta Magna origin, weathered by swamp humidity, embedded in the temple’s thatched roof

After: Fragile and unattended; no change in physical state, though its functional role as a sunlight conduit becomes a pivot in escape strategy

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S16E19 · The Power of Kroll Part 3

Doctor shatters temple glass with primal scream

The fragile glass pane, weakened by years of humidity, shatters upon the Doctor’s resonant scream, releasing built-up tension. The sudden burst of pressure softens the wet ritual creepers binding the captives, allowing them to stretch and loosen. The broken window also creates an escape route and funnels the storm’s force to accelerate their flight.

Before: Fragile, sealed, and slightly buckled from pressure and humidity; intact despite stress.

After: Shattered into multiple large shards, scattered across the temple floor, no longer sealing the chamber.

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S16E20 · The Power of Kroll Part 4

Romana encounters Krolls tentacled threat

The ritual window, already strained by swamp humidity and years of neglect, fails catastrophically as Kroll's tentacle erupts through its fragile glazing. Shards of reinforced glass blast inward like shrapnel, briefly admitting red-tinged swamp light and humid reek before the Doctor recoils, pulling Romana from immediate danger.

Before: Intact but structurally compromised, serving as a symbolic and practical barrier between worshippers and the deity's domain.

After: Shattered and breached, transformed from sacred divide into lethal passageway for the creature's wrath.

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