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During her childhood she rarely had any contact with her Uncle [[Vincent Travers|Vincent]] (her father's twin) or her cousins, [[Deborah Walker|Deborah]], [[Joe Travers|Joseph]] and [[Patrick Travers|Patrick]], usually only when they all visited the grandfather's house at the same time. This was down to Edward's estrangement from the Travers family, a result of his obsession with the Goff family. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dreamer's Lament (novel)|The Dreamer's Lament]]'') | During her childhood she rarely had any contact with her Uncle [[Vincent Travers|Vincent]] (her father's twin) or her cousins, [[Deborah Walker|Deborah]], [[Joe Travers|Joseph]] and [[Patrick Travers|Patrick]], usually only when they all visited the grandfather's house at the same time. This was down to Edward's estrangement from the Travers family, a result of his obsession with the Goff family. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dreamer's Lament (novel)|The Dreamer's Lament]]'') | ||
She would tell Captain Knight years later that she became a scientist because "when I was a little girl I thought I'd like to be a scientist, so I became a scientist." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV | She would tell Captain Knight years later that she became a scientist because "when I was a little girl I thought I'd like to be a scientist, so I became a scientist." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV series)|The Web of Fear]]'') | ||
[[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]] was one of her [[lecturer]]s at the [[University of Cambridge]]. Her classmates included [[Allison Williams]] and [[Ruth Ingram]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') She was also friends with [[Liz Shaw]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mind of Stone (novel)|Mind of Stone]]'', ''[[The Enfolded Time (short story)|The Enfolded Time]]'') Another one of her teachers was Professor [[Watkins]] who described her as a "brilliant girl". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | [[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]] was one of her [[lecturer]]s at the [[University of Cambridge]]. Her classmates included [[Allison Williams]] and [[Ruth Ingram]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') She was also friends with [[Liz Shaw]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mind of Stone (novel)|Mind of Stone]]'', ''[[The Enfolded Time (short story)|The Enfolded Time]]'') Another one of her teachers was Professor [[Watkins]] who described her as a "brilliant girl". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | ||
Anne Travers spent time in America before being called back to Britain by her father, after he accidentally directed the Great Intelligence to London. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV | Anne Travers spent time in America before being called back to Britain by her father, after he accidentally directed the Great Intelligence to London. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV series)|The Web of Fear]]'') | ||
=== Career === | === Career === | ||
Anne and her father helped the Doctor defeat the malevolent entity. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV | Anne and her father helped the Doctor defeat the malevolent entity. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV series)|The Web of Fear]]'') [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] subsequently named her as the first [[scientific advisor]] of his [[UNIT|new forces]] dealing with alien threats. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Memories of Tomorrow (audio story)|Memories of Tomorrow]]'') However, she was summoned back by the British Army and sequestered to a secret [[The Vault (The Scales of Injustice)|Vault]] in [[Northumberland]] to help develop new defensive weapons based on the remains of the Great Intelligence's technologies. She devised two machines, one based on the device she developed with the Doctor previously, which interrupted the Great Intelligence's control of Yeti. Another device, labelled a "web destructor" by Major [[Walter Douglas|Douglas]], was able to evaporate the Great Intelligence's web. Both devices were used in the Cornish village of [[Bledoe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') | ||
She became highly suspicious of the Vault and its true agenda, and as acting as a spy inside it for General [[Oliver Hamilton]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beast of Fang Rock (novel)|Beast of Fang Rock]]'') After a Vault Citadel had been captured, she was taken out to work for the [[Home-Army Fifth Operational Corps]] and quickly grew frustrated that without a proper lab during the move to [[Dolerite Base]], she had nothing to do for weeks. She went out to investigate [[BLIMEY]] with [[Samson Ware]] mainly out of boredom. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Moon Blink (novel)|Moon Blink]]'', ''[[The Showstoppers (novel)|The Showstoppers]]'') | She became highly suspicious of the Vault and its true agenda, and as acting as a spy inside it for General [[Oliver Hamilton]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beast of Fang Rock (novel)|Beast of Fang Rock]]'') After a Vault Citadel had been captured, she was taken out to work for the [[Home-Army Fifth Operational Corps]] and quickly grew frustrated that without a proper lab during the move to [[Dolerite Base]], she had nothing to do for weeks. She went out to investigate [[BLIMEY]] with [[Samson Ware]] mainly out of boredom. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Moon Blink (novel)|Moon Blink]]'', ''[[The Showstoppers (novel)|The Showstoppers]]'') |