Object

Harry's Detonator (Incubation Chamber Sabotage)

Active trigger mechanism with precision wiring, used by Harry to remotely detonate explosives in the Dalek incubation chamber during the sabotage mission in *Genesis of the Daleks Part 5*.

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Purpose

Triggers explosives placed in the Dalek incubation chamber

Significance

Central to the Doctor's plan to destroy nascent Daleks, its preparation builds suspense as companions wait; failure risks the mission and exposes them to Kaled forces, blurring lines between destruction and the Doctor's own corruption by the embryo.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S12E15 · Genesis of the Daleks Part 5

The Doctor’s Symbiotic Horror: A Descent into the Dalek’s Grasp

Harry’s detonator, freshly trimmed and connected to the wires, lies outside the incubation room—untriggered. It represents the companions’ desperate attempt to halt the Daleks, now rendered obsolete by the Doctor’s horrifying transformation. The detonator’s presence outside the room underscores the abrupt shift from strategic sabotage to visceral horror, as the companions’ plans collapse under the weight of the Daleks’ adaptive nature.

Before: Connected to the wires, ready to be triggered by Harry. The final step in the sabotage plan.

After: Unused and abandoned—left outside the incubation room as the Doctor’s emergency takes precedence. Its purpose is now moot, a relic of a plan that failed.

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