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Chameleon Arch. Chameleon Arch Doctor Who World Doctor Who: Flux's use of the Time Lord Chameleon Arch exposes a crucial difference between Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor and past incarnations such as David Tennant and Matt Smith In Human Nature, the Doctor uses a particularly painful device called the Chameleon-Arch to physically alter his DNA, and turn himself into a human, storing his Time Lord self inside of a fob watch.

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Connected to a TARDIS' databank via a cable, the arch resembled a headset incorporating a biodata module usually resembling a fob watch.The module was placed on the front on the Time Lord's forehead The watch stored the Time Lord's essence, and, when opened.

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Depending on the setting the Arch will insert a back-story into the subject's mind The TARDIS can be programmed to select a local where the subject's new biology and back story will fit right in. As such, in the same way that the Chameleon Circuit can alter the appearance of the TARDIS, the arch manipulates a person's DNA so that they can appear as a new person but still. The Tenth Doctor and Master used the standard fob watch container, which would return their original personas when opened

Accurate Chameleon Arch Fob Watch (Doctor Who) V1 [Team Fortress 2] [Mods]. The following is a list of appearances by a Chameleon Arch So, the writers introduced the Chameleon Arch, a tool that was linked to the TARDIS' vast biological database

'Chameleon Arch' by terpsichoreanpwrs on deviantART Sherlock doctor. When Doctor Who returned to screens in 2005, it was clear that writers had to expand on the show's lore The Chameleon Arch was introduced in the David Tennant era, and it's essentially a tool to allow a Time Lord to seamlessly blend into another race; it modifies both the biology and memories of a person, so they have no idea who or even what they used to be