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Brigadier's 9mm Round (covering fire)

Projectile fired by the Brigadier's Browning Hi-Power. Fleeting but critical in causing the damage to the corridor's wood panelling, illustrating the chronological gap between shooting and impact.
3 appearances

Purpose

To provide suppressing fire in high-tension scenarios where standard-issue weaponry must compensate for advanced or elusive threats.

Significance

Illustrates the technological asymmetry between primitive projectile weapons and the Brigadier's training, as well as the futility of conventional force against temporally displaced adversaries.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments
S10E3 · The Three Doctors Part 3
Benton and Jo break free under fire

The Brigadier’s Browning Hi-Power pistol delivers sharp three-round bursts, each shot impacting the doors’ weak points and displacing fragments. The gunfire is not aimed to kill but to shatter metal and wood, creating a lethal bottleneck that allies squeeze through narrowly ahead of the Gels.

Before: Warm from prior firing, its blued steel frame steady in the Brigadier’s grip.
After: Slightly warm, grip stabilized, having expended several rounds to achieve the crucial breach.
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S11E1 · The Time Warrior Part 1
Doctor detects ghostly intruder

A disciplined shot is fired out of instinctive reaction to the apparition, ripping through the wood paneling where Linx had stood. The bullet’s passage leaves a clean, jagged hole in aged oak, its trajectory visible against the grain. Though it misses the target entirely, it provides physical proof of the intrusion, carving a mark into the medieval structure.

Before: Loaded in a service pistol, chambered and ready
After: Expended, casing ejected, lying on the floor near the impact site
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S11E1 · The Time Warrior Part 1
Soldier fires on Linx’s ghostly apparition

The soldier fires a single 9mm round from his Browning Hi-Power at the ghostly Linx. The bullet passes through the apparition’s location, striking the wood panelling and leaving a visible hole before powder residue settles around the impact site.

Before: Fully loaded in the soldier’s hands, the pistol’s safety presumably disengaged
After: Emptied chamber, residue evident on the panelling, no target struck
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