What is the purpose of the chair in dark?

The chair is a device found in the middle of the bunker in 1986 and 1987. Noah and his henchman Helge Doppler use it to experiment with time travel.

Why did Noah build the chair in dark?

Adam instructed Noah to build this and use it to kill certain kids so that certain important events in the time loop would be initiated.

Why did Noah build the time machine?

Noah spent years looking for his daughter (Charlotte Doppler), believing her to be kidnapped, and tried inventing a time travel machine to find her. This motive was revealed in the second season.

Why did Helge help Noah?

Noah teaches young Helge his ways and recruits him, so that when become an adult in 1986, he would willingly come and help Noah in killing the kids again. After 6 months, in June 1987, Noah uses the completely modified bunker time machine to show Helge the live proof of time travel.

Why do they burn the kids eyes in dark?

The children are experimental fodder. The burnt out eyes/ears are explained by the pathologist looking into the birds with the extreme levels of electromagnetic activity causing it and the chair appears to have lots of electromagnets.

Why are children killed in the dark?

The dead boys were simply a by-product of the failure of Noah’s time travelling experiments. Noah decided he needed to travel through time to find her. The sinister priest was trying to get his daughter Charlotte Doppler (‎Karoline Eichhorn) back through time after she was taken from him.

What machine is Noah building?

In season 1, we were seeing Noah and Helge experimenting with the rudimentary time machine called The Ark, built by Noah itself. These experiments took place in the 80s using kids kidnapped in that period (Mads) and in the future (Erik and Yasin).

Who is Adam from dark?

Jonas Kahnwald
Jonas Kahnwald, better known as Adam, is the main antagonist of the German 2017 Netflix-series Dark. He is the future self of the main protagonist Jonas Kahnwald and wants to end the so-called time knot, which is a time-loop that has caused problems and misery for people.

How did Helge get back to 1953?

Helge was restored to existence after Claudia Tiedemann from Adam’s world found a way to untie the knot, bringing back to life everyone whose existence wasn’t a result of time travel.