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== 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 be connected to a TARDIS' [[time rotor]] to control it. ([[ST]]: ''[[Old Flames]]'')


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 22:02, 28 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 be connected to a TARDIS' time rotor to control it. (ST: Old Flames)

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 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)