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{{Infobox Object | {{Infobox Object | ||
|image = | |image = | ||
|type = Sealed container | |||
|type = Sealed container | |origin = [[Gallifrey]] | ||
|origin = [[Gallifrey]] | |first = The Mutants (TV story) | ||
| | |appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Old Flames (short story)|Old Flames]]''}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
A '''message pod''' was a device used by the [[Time Lord]]s as, essentially, a secure courier for delivery of messages or small objects to a specific recipient. | A '''message pod''' was a device used by the [[Time Lord]]s as, essentially, a secure courier for delivery of messages or small objects to a specific recipient. | ||
== Features == | == Features == | ||
The pod would only open when touched by the person for whom the message was intended. Much like the [[outer plasmic shell]] of a [[TARDIS]], the exterior of the pod was nearly invulnerable to outside forces. The message pod would usually pre-program its destination into a nearby TARDIS. ([[ | The pod would only open when touched by the person for whom the message was intended. Much like the [[outer plasmic shell]] of a [[TARDIS]], the exterior of the pod was nearly invulnerable to outside forces. The message pod would usually pre-program its destination into a nearby TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'') It could be connected to a TARDIS's [[time rotor]] to control it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Old Flames (short story)|Old Flames]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The Time Lords used a message pod to send the [[Third Doctor]] on a mission to [[Solos]] to deliver a set of ancient tablets to [[Ky]], a [[Solonian]] resistance figure. It contained engravings of Solonian writing. ([[ | The Time Lords used a message pod to send the [[Third Doctor]] on a mission to [[Solos]] to deliver a set of ancient tablets to [[Ky]], a [[Solonian]] resistance figure. It contained engravings of Solonian writing. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'') | ||
[[Iris Wildthyme]] also had a message pod, but she never | [[Iris Wildthyme]] also had a message pod, but she never bothered to deliver it. The [[Fourth Doctor]] used it to capture Lady [[Huntingdon]]. He used [[Celestial Omnibus|Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS]] to do a [[particle reversal]], pulling her inside the message pod. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Old Flames (short story)|Old Flames]]'') | ||
[[Category:Gallifreyan technology]] | [[Category:Gallifreyan technology]] | ||
[[Category:Pods]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:06, 23 June 2024
A message pod was a device used by the Time Lords as, essentially, a secure courier for delivery of messages or small objects to a specific recipient.
Features[[edit] | [edit source]]
The pod would only open when touched by the person for whom the message was intended. Much like the outer plasmic shell of a TARDIS, the exterior of the pod was nearly invulnerable to outside forces. The message pod would usually pre-program its destination into a nearby TARDIS. (TV: The Mutants) It could be connected to a TARDIS's time rotor to control it. (PROSE: Old Flames)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Time Lords used a message pod to send the Third Doctor on a mission to Solos to deliver a set of ancient tablets to Ky, a Solonian resistance figure. It contained engravings of Solonian writing. (TV: The Mutants)
Iris Wildthyme also had a message pod, but she never bothered to deliver it. The Fourth Doctor used it to capture Lady Huntingdon. He used Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS to do a particle reversal, pulling her inside the message pod. (PROSE: Old Flames)
