In episode The Message, this recorder accompanies the body of Private Tracey, a former comrade of Mal and Zoe, bearing his last request that they carry his remains home to St. Albans. Kaylee is particularly smitten by the young man's last words, but all is not as it seems.
This replica was built from the same found item as the original prop, an inexpensive mini radio, by shortening the battery compartment.
