Kaled Strategy Map Table

Physical, tangible object central to Kaled military strategy; repurposed as an improvised weapon in a physical altercation between the Doctor and Ravon in Episode 11 (Part 1). Distinct from abstract or hypothetical entities like surveillance devices.

1 appearances

Purpose

Display maps and manipulate strategic pieces for military planning

Significance

Serves as fulcrum for the room's power reversal: Doctor turns it from planning tool to improvised weapon, enabling handcuffing of captors and escape with Ravon as hostage

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S12E11 · Genesis of the Daleks Part 1

The Doctor’s Verbal Sabotage: Turning Ravon’s Rhetoric Against Himself

The Kaled strategy map table serves as the center of Ravon’s power and the staging ground for the Doctor’s psychological warfare. Ravon uses it to outline his genocidal plans and assert Kaled dominance, moving pieces to represent the impending extermination of the Thals. The Doctor dumps his belongings on the table, symbolically disrupting Ravon’s control, and later uses it as a surface to disarm Ravon by slamming his hand down. The table’s role in the event reflects the clash between Ravon’s ideological rigidity and the Doctor’s adaptive, subversive tactics.

Before: Covered with maps and strategic pieces, used by Ravon to plan the Kaleds’ assault on the Thals.

After: Scattered with the Doctor’s belongings and the aftermath of the confrontation, no longer a symbol of Kaled control.

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