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DJ's Radio Transmitter

A compact handheld transceiver the DJ offers Peri as her only escape route, its worn plastic casing reflecting the dim emergency lighting of the radio studio. The device hums faintly even when idle, its single protruding antenna catching the flicker of the DJ's cigarette lighter as he holds it out like a negotiation chip. The buttons click audibly with each pressure from his thumb, calibrated for one-way broadcast rather than two-way communication.
3 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments
S22E13 · Revelation of the Daleks Part 2
Peri trapped by the radio DJ offer

The DJ proffers the handheld transmitter—humming faintly with latent destructive potential—as both tangible hope and shackle. Its single protruding antenna catches the flicker of emergency lighting as Peri considers it, the worn casing symbolizing Tranquil Repose’s commodification of life and death.

Before: Held by the DJ, operating normally as a broadcast tool within the studio’s archaic equipment cluster
After: Taken by Peri—though its latent weaponized function remains undisclosed—repurposed as a lifeline laced with invisible peril
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S22E13 · Revelation of the Daleks Part 2
Radio studio standoff with Dalek siege

The DJ produces the transmitter as the sole means of escape, framing it as both lifeline and trap. Peri weighs its use against risking the Dalek-manned corridors, turning the device into a pivot of existential calculation in the confined studio space.

Before: The transmitter is in the DJ’s possession, idle, and unseen beneath clutter and low lighting.
After: The transmitter remains with the DJ, now explicitly proposed as Peri’s only option, its grim utility revealed in her reaction.
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S22E13 · Revelation of the Daleks Part 2
Peri uncovers DJ's lethal broadcast weapon

The handheld transmitter becomes the only lifeline Peri can trust, her urgent attempts to hail the president’s ship clashing against the DJ’s rigged broadcast screen. Its plastic casing hides nothing until the lethal payload is revealed, its humble machine repurposed as an instrument of betrayal.

Before: In Peri’s grasp, powered and attempting long-range contact with its antenna raised.
After: Still in Peri’s possession but functionally superseded by the ultrasonic threat, its screen now broadcasting malfeasance rather than salvation.
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