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{{first pic|Dalek breasts.jpg|[[The Master (The Curse of Fatal Death)|The Master]] and his etheric beam locators. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'')}} | |||
An '''etheric beam locator''' was a device frequently carried by [[the Doctor]]. It was presumably used to locate [[etheric beam]]s, and was also useful for detecting ion-charged emissions. | An '''etheric beam locator''' was a device frequently carried by [[the Doctor]]. It was presumably used to locate [[etheric beam]]s, and was also useful for detecting ion-charged emissions. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
When captured by [[Kaled]]s on [[Skaro]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] had an etheric beam locator in his pocket. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') He later had it in [[London]] in [[1889]] ([[TV]]: | When captured by [[Kaled]]s on [[Skaro]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] had an etheric beam locator in his pocket. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') He later had it in [[London]] in [[1889]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|}}) and on [[Hephastos]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Babblesphere (audio story)}}) | ||
When faced with a bomb, the [[Sixth Doctor]] searched his pockets for an etheric beam locator. ([[AUDIO]]: | When faced with a bomb, the [[Sixth Doctor]] searched his pockets for an etheric beam locator. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Condemned (audio story)}}) | ||
The Doctor later searched for a type 7 enhancer for his etheric beam locator. ([[AUDIO]]: | The Doctor later searched for a type 7 enhancer for his etheric beam locator. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Raincloud Man (audio story)}}) | ||
While in [[Hexen Bridge]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] had a sub-etheric beam locator in his pocket. ([[PROSE]]: | While in [[Hexen Bridge]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] had a sub-etheric beam locator in his pocket. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Hollow Men (novel)}}) | ||
In [[Fortalice]], [[Sam Jones]] and [[Gila]] traded a dismantled and useless etheric beam locator for some [[bread]]. ([[PROSE]]: | In [[Fortalice]], [[Sam Jones]] and [[Gila]] traded a dismantled and useless etheric beam locator for some [[bread]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Scarlet Empress (novel)}}) | ||
While on [[Janus Prime]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] had a sub-etheric beam locator in his pocket. ([[PROSE]]: | While on [[Janus Prime]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] had a sub-etheric beam locator in his pocket. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Janus Conjunction (novel)}}) | ||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] used one of these at one point whilst searching for an etheric energy emission. ([[PROSE]]: | The [[Tenth Doctor]] used one of these at one point whilst searching for an etheric energy emission. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Needle Point (short story)}}) | ||
According to {{pryce}}, "[[Dalek]] [[sense globe|bumps]]" were in actuality etheric beam locators. Following his alliance with the Daleks, {{Pryce}} began to upgrade his ageing body with "superior Dalek technology". This included not only a [[manipulator arm|plunger]] for a hand, but also two etheric beam locators on his chest, which, to [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]] and [[the Doctor]]'s hilarity, resembled female [[breast]]s. Shortly thereafter, the newly-[[regeneration|regenerated]] [[Thirteenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Thirteenth Doctor]], finding herself in a female body for the first time, briefly mistook her actual breasts for etheric beam locators before she realised she had undergone a sex change with the regeneration. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)}}) | |||
According to {{pryce}}, "[[Dalek]] [[sense globe|bumps]]" were in actuality etheric beam locators. Following his alliance with the Daleks, {{Pryce}} began to upgrade his ageing body with "superior Dalek technology". This included not only a [[manipulator arm|plunger]] for a hand, but also two etheric beam locators on his chest, which, to [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]] and [[the Doctor]]'s hilarity, resembled female [[breast]]s. Shortly thereafter, the newly-[[regeneration|regenerated]] [[Thirteenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Thirteenth Doctor]], finding herself in a female body for the first time, briefly mistook her actual breasts for etheric beam locators before she realised she had undergone a sex change with the regeneration. ([[TV]]: | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The item that doubled as the Fourth Doctor's etheric beam locator in ''Genesis of the Daleks'' and ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'' was (in real life) a Varian Klystron VA220 valve used in [[microwave]] transmission and oscillator equipment, such as television transmissions and radar technology. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.decadecounter.com/vta/tubepage.php?item=20&user=O |title=Microwave Amplifier & Oscillator Tubes |date of source= |website name=The Vintage Technology Association |accessdate=6 July 2013}}</ref> | * The item that doubled as the Fourth Doctor's etheric beam locator in ''Genesis of the Daleks'' and ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'' was (in real life) a Varian Klystron VA220 valve used in [[microwave]] transmission and oscillator equipment, such as television transmissions and radar technology. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.decadecounter.com/vta/tubepage.php?item=20&user=O |title=Microwave Amplifier & Oscillator Tubes |date of source= |website name=The Vintage Technology Association |accessdate=6 July 2013}}</ref> | ||
* In ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', Etheric Beam Locators were mentioned to be part of the guidance systems in the {{iw|hitchhikers|Vogon Constructor Fleet|Vogon Constructor Fleet}}. | |||
[[File:Etheric beam locator (Doctor Who Minecraft).jpg|thumb|The etheric beam locator in the "[[Minecraft (video game)|Minecraftified]]" [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[Doctor Who Minecraft (webcast)|Doctor Who Minecraft]]'')]] | |||
=== Information from invalid sources === | |||
An etheric beam locator was present on the [[TARDIS control console]] in the custom [[Minecraft (video game)|Minecraft]]-based [[desktop theme]] uploaded to the databanks of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] by the YouTuber Ben as a surprise for [[Christel Dee]]. While attempting to stop the TARDIS from crashing, Christel remembered advice from her [[Type 40 Operational Handbook]] and successfully landed on [[Minecraftia|the nearest planet]] by disabling the etheric beam locator, the [[food machine]] and the [[shield oscillator]]s so as to reroute all the power to the [[temporal Glowstone stabilisers]] and the [[Netherrack Thermocouplings]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Doctor Who Minecraft (webcast)}}) | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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