Atom accelerator
An atom accelerator was a TARDIS component located in the centre of the navigation panel on the Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS console. It was a spiky ball that spun while in flight and during take-off. (GAME: TARDIS [+]Loading...["TARDIS (video game)"])
According to the Eleventh Doctor, it steered the TARDIS. Henry Avery compared it to a wheel on his vessel, the Fancy. (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot [+]Loading...["The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)"])
An identical studded ball also appeared in the Torchwood Hub. (TV: Day One [+]Loading...["Day One (TV story)"], Greeks Bearing Gifts [+]Loading...["Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)"], Random Shoes [+]Loading...["Random Shoes (TV story)"])
This item was loose in the Remembered TARDIS. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The studded ball appeared as a component of the Anomaly Locking Mechanism in Primeval, which appropriately functioned by reversing the polarity of temporal anomalies.
- The studded ball also appeared as a component of the Groinal Exploder in the Red Dwarf episode Entangled.
