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|origin = [[Gallifrey]] | |origin = [[Gallifrey]] | ||
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' | |appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'', [[ST]]: ''[[Old Flames]]'' | ||
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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== | |||
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== | |||
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]]'') | |||
[[Category:Gallifreyan technology]] | [[Category:Gallifreyan technology]] | ||
Revision as of 00:02, 21 September 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)
