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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. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'') It could also be connected to a TARDIS' [[time rotor]] to control it. ([[ST]]: ''[[Old Flames]]'')
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. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'') It could also be connected to a TARDIS' [[time rotor]] to control it. ([[ST]]: ''[[Old Flames]]'')


==History==
== History ==
The Time Lords used a message pod to send the [[Third Doctor|Doctor]] on a mission to [[Solos]] to deliver a set of ancient tablets to [[Ky]], a [[Solonian]] resistance figure. It contained a number of engravings of Solonian writing. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'')
The Time Lords used a message pod to send the [[Third Doctor|Doctor]] on a mission to [[Solos]] to deliver a set of ancient tablets to [[Ky]], a [[Solonian]] resistance figure. It contained a number of engravings of Solonian writing. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'')


[[Iris Wildthyme]] also had a message pod, but she never attempted to deliver it. The [[Fourth Doctor]] was able to use it to capture Lady [[Huntingdon]]. He used [[Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS]] to do a [[particle reversal]], pulling her inside the message pod. ([[ST]]: ''[[Old Flames]]'')
[[Iris Wildthyme]] also had a message pod, but she never attempted to deliver it. The [[Fourth Doctor]] was able to use it to capture Lady [[Huntingdon]]. He used [[Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS]] to do a [[particle reversal]], pulling her inside the message pod. ([[ST]]: ''[[Old Flames]]'')
[[Category:Gallifreyan technology]]
[[Category:Gallifreyan technology]]

Revision as of 22:02, 4 November 2011

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

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. (DW: The Mutants) It could also be connected to a TARDIS' time rotor to control it. (ST: Old Flames)

History

The Time Lords used a message pod to send the Doctor on a mission to Solos to deliver a set of ancient tablets to Ky, a Solonian resistance figure. It contained a number of engravings of Solonian writing. (DW: The Mutants)

Iris Wildthyme also had a message pod, but she never attempted to deliver it. The Fourth Doctor was able to use it to capture Lady Huntingdon. He used Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS to do a particle reversal, pulling her inside the message pod. (ST: Old Flames)