A mind probe is a device that allows someone to probe another beings mind to search and retrieve information.
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| - A mind probe is a device that allows someone to probe another beings mind to search and retrieve information.
- A mind probe is an electronic device that puts the victim in a highly-suggestible state, where they will reveal any information requested of them.
- The mind probe was a device that allowed a person to access the knowledge in another person's mind. It was built by Anubis using Ancient knowledge; the Ancients themselves would never have built such a device.
- A mind probe was a device which allowed an operator to extract information from a subject's mind through the use of some kind of projected energy. Subjects were said to be at risk of brain damage if they were exposed to these devices for either long periods or high power outputs. The Doctor once said that the finest defense mechanism of all against a mind probe was stupidity (TV: Frontier in Space) Dalek X used a mind probe to torture and interrogate the Tenth Doctor. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks)
- It was designed to find crimes that have been hidden from the law and thus bring the perpetrators to justice. It was standard activity to have those entering penal colonies to undergo it (unless they have a clearance code given before they land).
- One of the characters is captured and restrained. If they have information that the Big Bad wants, or if their captors are just feeling a bit sadistic, the bad guys will break out the Mind Probe. This device will cause a) a lot of fancy flashing lights and electronic effects, b) frightening hallucinations for the captured hero, or c) both. These devices frequently have varying levels of intensity; inevitably, the hero has to suffer the highest one. Confusing and terrifying flashbacks and nightmares are often a long-term result of the Probe, especially if the hero is being made to pay for past transgressions.
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| - A mind probe is a device that allows someone to probe another beings mind to search and retrieve information.
- It was designed to find crimes that have been hidden from the law and thus bring the perpetrators to justice. It was standard activity to have those entering penal colonies to undergo it (unless they have a clearance code given before they land). When the Justice Computer scanned Dave Lister in the episode Justice, it found evidence of petty criminal acts from his adolescence, but let him pass. When it scanned Arnold Rimmer, it detected his guilt for the role he played in the Cadmium II accident that killed the crew of the Red Dwarf and charged him with second degree murder, with 1167 counts - one for each member of the crew except Lister and Rimmer himself. Noting his hologrammatical status, these many charges were to be served consecutively. He was saved from this fate thanks to the defence by Kryten who pointed out one of the faults of the device. It detected Rimmer's guilt but as Kryten pointed out, he was too subordinate to really be to blame (and that it was the fault of the one who ordered him). The Mind Probe detects guilt, but that does not necessarily mean culpability. The Mind Probe would also seemingly be useless for sociopaths as they do not feel guilt over their crimes. (Justice)
- A mind probe is an electronic device that puts the victim in a highly-suggestible state, where they will reveal any information requested of them.
- One of the characters is captured and restrained. If they have information that the Big Bad wants, or if their captors are just feeling a bit sadistic, the bad guys will break out the Mind Probe. This device will cause a) a lot of fancy flashing lights and electronic effects, b) frightening hallucinations for the captured hero, or c) both. These devices frequently have varying levels of intensity; inevitably, the hero has to suffer the highest one. Confusing and terrifying flashbacks and nightmares are often a long-term result of the Probe, especially if the hero is being made to pay for past transgressions. While not actually touching the character in any way, when turned on, their subjects will convulse in agony. Sometimes they actually result in usable information. If the character has Telepathy, they can initiate this without the device. A telepath might try to protect themselves with a Psychic Block Defense. Named for a device in Doctor Who, where similar things were used several times. Compare the more benign Journey to the Center of the Mind. Compare/contrast Mind Rape -- different purpose, similar principle. See also the Mind Reading Machine. For a slightly different approach, there's the Agony Beam, which doesn't get into a person's mind directly--it's just a good way to convince a person to tell you what you want to know. Not to be confused with Mind Screw. Examples of Mind Probe include:
- The mind probe was a device that allowed a person to access the knowledge in another person's mind. It was built by Anubis using Ancient knowledge; the Ancients themselves would never have built such a device.
- A mind probe was a device which allowed an operator to extract information from a subject's mind through the use of some kind of projected energy. Subjects were said to be at risk of brain damage if they were exposed to these devices for either long periods or high power outputs. The Doctor once said that the finest defense mechanism of all against a mind probe was stupidity (TV: Frontier in Space) The Third Doctor once told Jo that he had found a way to defeat mind probes, and quipped that he'd once destroyed a government's entire supply of probes. Later, when hooked up to an Earth Security mind probe, he demonstrated that his brain could destroy their versions as well. (TV: Frontier in Space) A mind probe of Gallifreyan design was going to be used on the Castellan to discover the truth about the Black Scrolls of Rassilon, but he was shot before they could use it on him. Nevertheless, he exhibited great fear of the mind probe, which perhaps hinted at its power against the Time Lord brain. (TV: The Five Doctors) Torchwood Three also had a mind probe. They used it on Beth Halloran when they were trying to discover whether she had attacked the burglars who broke into her house. Ianto remarked that the last alien they used it on exploded. (TV: Sleeper) It is unknown if the mind probe survived the bombing of the Hub when the British government attempted to destroy Torchwood. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One) Dalek X used a mind probe to torture and interrogate the Tenth Doctor. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks) Jack Harkness claimed that it had a 100% success rate with it, counting only the survivors. (PROSE: The Undertaker's Gift) The Daleks used mind probes to extract the blue prints for the persuasion machine. (AUDIO: Daleks Among Us) During the Last Great Time War, two members of the High Council of the Time Lords, on Gallifrey, administered the probe to Cinder. Although human, she managed to survive it. (PROSE: Engines of War)
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