Space - Time Manipulator The Space - Time Manipulator , also known as the STM , was a machine that could drag objects from other times and places . Abilities . It had no fixed entry point , meaning specific locations were difficult to get on fix on . ( TV : " The Bounty Hunter " ) With all the instruments set to zero , an object would be transported to the Korven ship the STM came from , or somewhere outside it , as the ship was its default location for transportation . The more objects that went through the STM , the more its power was depleted . The temporal stabiliser was a vital component for the machine . ( TV : " Angel of the North " ) The machine also contained organic material . ( TV : " The Last Precinct " ) History . In 2007 , the Tenth Doctor detected a Space - Time Manipulator . He later finds it and destroys it . ( GAME : " Doctor In A Dash " ) A Korven spacecraft carrying a manipulator crashed in the frozen wastelands of Canada . By 2050 , the Manipulator was captured by the Department , who took it back piece by piece until it was installed into Alistair Gryffen ' s house . However , they missed the temporal stabiliser , a vital component , which resulted in Gryffen ' s work with the manipulator being more harder . ( TV : " Angel of the North " ) Gryffen intended to use it to bring back his lost family , but Starkey interfered with it , which brought four Jixen and K9 to Earth . ( TV : " Regeneration " ) When Jorjie suggested using the Manipulator to have adventures through time , Darius argued against it , saying anything could come through . Immediately after , the Space - Time Manipulator sent a couple of rat s out , frightening Darius . This later resulted in a problem in the house , as they could multiply every ten seconds . ( TV : " Liberation " ) The Korven later time travelled from 2618 using the Space - Time Manipulator to capture Professor Gryffen . ( K9 : " The Korven " ) The bounty hunter Ahab followed K9 through the Space - Time Manipulator to track him down . Later when Ahab captured K9 , he dragged him to the STM to take him back to the year 50000 , subduing K9 with his cool whip . However , Jorjie threw a cup of hot tea at the lasso . The elevated temperature cancelled the cold beam and catapulted Ahab into the STM . As the planets continually moved through space , this meant that the Earth ' s location in 50000 wasn ' t the same location as in 2050 . Ahab was lost in space . ( TV : " The Bounty Hunter " ) Gryffen ' s constant attempts to retrieve his family with the STM were later revealed to have taken their toll . Every time he got within mere inches of retrieving them , something went wrong and he lost them all over again . Over time this left a mark , warping reality into the shapes of his wife and children . These ghostly impostors almost had Jorjie and Darius thrown into the vortex so they could trade places until K9 and Starkey intervened , sending the beings back through instead . ( TV : " The Fall of the House of Gryffen " ) An Oroborus made its way to Earth and hid in Gryffen Manor ' s basement . It consumed time until Starkey discovered what was going on and lured it into the Manipulator ' s path , sending it away . ( TV : " Oroborus " ) An accident with the STM briefly sent Starkey , Jorjie and K9 to the year 1963 . ( TV : " The Cambridge Spy " ) Gryffen helped free Taphony , a Time Blank that he helped create , using the STM to send her to the mansion . She befriended Starkey , Darius and Jorjie , but required Jorjie ' s life force to sustain her existence in normal time ( she also rapidly aged Gryffen for his role in her imprisonment ) . Although she wanted to stay on Earth , she was eventually convinced by her friends that she needed to leave , and departed through the STM into another dimension . This reversed time to the point where Gryffen first released her , although K9 ( being a time traveler himself ) still retained his memories of her . ( TV : " Taphony and the Time Loop " ) K9 ' s attempts to overcome his amnesia by hooking up to the STM was a huge mistake as he was struck down by an even larger dose of amnesia that left his mind totally blank . As the glitch consumed him , he began to loose control , initiating his self - destruct program and causing him to fire upon Gryffen and Starkey . Luckily he managed to piece together the fragments and snap out of it curing his condition . ( TV : " Mind Snap " ) When Gryffen went to the fallen angel in Canada , to salvage the temporal stabiliser , K9 decided to go there using the STM . He had Starkey , Darius and Jorjie set all the instruments , as the STM came from the fallen angel , K9 theorised that its default location for transportation would be the ship . Starkey decided to follow K9 . They were transported nearby the ship . Starkey ' s arrival depleted the portal ' s power , they would have to be at the same spot in two hours time or the portal would close . Fortanutely , they were able to Gryffen and get the temporal stabiliser . Upon their arrival , Gryffen objected to using the stabiliser , as it could let the Korven through . ( TV : " Angel of the North " ) When the Last Precinct ' s plan to control CCPC ' s backfired , with them being infected with an alien virus , Gryffen told K9 to cut through the STM ' s core . Darius objected , as this could risk damaging the STM beyond repair , he asked Gryffen what about his family , but Gryffen told him that if he didn ' t do this he would be losing another family . K9 was successful and used the organic material in the STM to create an antidote for the CCPCs . ( TV : " The Last Precinct " ) Thorne had a gateway constructed in the Millenium Dome , linked to the STM . A strange phenomenon occurred in the STM , a black and a white hole moving , if they combined they would create a vortex of anti - gravity and consume the Earth . K9 went off to confront Thorne , who told him that an invasion would be coming through . Thorne told K9 that he need him to stabilise the gateway so the Department could mount a pre - emptive strike . K9 , however , found himself helping the portal become larger , making the arrival of an invading army even easier , he determined that Thorne was in league with the invaders . Gryffen was forced to use the temporal stabiliser to stop the phenomenon from destroying Earth . However , this was part of Thorne ' s plan , and it allowed the Korven vanguard , led by Lomax , to come through . Gryffen managed to overcome his agoraphobia and headed off to the dome . Just as the Korven prepared for the arrival of the rest of the army , Gryffen shouted out the STM ' s voice activated termination code , Omega - Sigma - Theta - Ohm . The STM was destroyed in a final confrontation with the Korven , sucking in the Korven before exploding in a fiery blast . ( TV : " The Eclipse of the Korven " ) Another space - time manipulator . The Tenth Doctor chased after a different space - time manipulator whilst having to keep the Dalek s , Slitheen and Judoon from gaining control of it . After gaining it , the Doctor destroyed the STM to prevent it from being misused . ( GAME : " Doctor In A Dash " )