Fault locator: Difference between revisions

{{first pic|Fault Locator - The Daleks.jpg|One of the readouts in the Doctor's TARDIS. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}})}}

When the TARDIS failed to dematerialise from [[Skaro]], [[Susan Foreman]] checked the fault locator and determined that one of the [[fluid link]]s, [[Fluid link K7|K7]], had run out of [[mercury (element)|mercury]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)|namedep=The Dead Planet (1)}})

After [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] had disabled a [[static electricity]] relay box in the [[Dalek City]], Susan warned that the [[Dalek]]s must have their own fault locator somewhere, before both were ambushed by Daleks. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)|namedep=The Ordeal (6)}})

Shortly afterwards, when the [[fast return switch]] became stuck, the fault locator could not indicate the source of the problem as the switch was not broken, merely stuck. To warn the crew of the danger, the TARDIS had the fault locator completely lit up, indicating that every system was breaking down. The lights on the locator flashed every fifteen seconds, indicating that the ship would be destroyed in fifteen minutes. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|namedep=The Brink of Disaster (2)}})

Later, the Doctor and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] examined the fault locator when trying to determine what had them stranded on [[Luxor (The Masters of Luxor)|Luxor]]. They found nothing wrong, despite the power loss the TARDIS was experiencing. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Masters of Luxor (audio story)}})

Following the TARDIS crashing on [[Ashtallah]], the fault locator registered seventeen broken systems. Susan noted however that most of these were self-repairing. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Invention of Death (audio story)}})

Later still, the fault locator registered faults just before the TARDIS doors opened in mid-flight; however, after the TARDIS materialised, the fault locator indicated that nothing was wrong. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of Giants (TV story)}}) It was much later revealed that it had broken down at some point but claimed it was working perfectly, which made repairs to it almost impossible. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Three Paths (short story)}})

When the TARDIS failed to change its location on [[Tiro]], the Doctor checked the fault locator and determined that one of the [[klister valve]]s had run out of [[magnatite]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Terror on Tiro (short story)}})

[[Thomas Brewster|Brewster]] sold the crew of the ''[[Gamma (Time Reef)|Gamma]]'' the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]' fault locator, along with the [[conceptual geometer]], [[food machine]] and [[power lens unit]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Time Reef (audio story)}})

When the TARDIS warned the [[Seventh Doctor]] that it was in trouble, he first tried checking the fault locator, but it did not detect any malfunctions. He eventually realised that an [[Process|alien creature]] was attempting to get into his ship. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)}})

By the time that [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and her son [[Alex Campbell|Alex]] joined the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]] in [[the TARDIS]] for [[Christmas]], the fault locator had itself developed a fault. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Relative Dimensions (audio story)}})