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{{Infobox Individual
|aka        =
|image             = Brooke1.jpeg
|image       = [[File:Brooke1.jpeg|thumb]]
|image2            = Brooke2.jpeg
|species    = Human
|species          = Proto-Time Lord
|species2    = Time Lord
|affiliation       = River Song
|affiliation = River Song
|affiliation2     = Kovarian{{!}}Madame Kovarian
|affiliation2= Kovarian{{!}}Madame Kovarian
|first             = The Lady in the Lake (audio story)
|adoptive mother= Kovarian{{!}}Madame Kovarian
|appearances       = [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Requiem for the Doctor (audio story)|A Requiem for the Doctor]]'', ''[[My Dinner with Andrew (audio story)|My Dinner with Andrew]]'', ''[[The Furies (audio story)|The Furies]]''
|sister      = River Song
|voice actor       = Joanna Horton
|sister2    = H-One
|sister3    = H-Two
|sister4    = O
|sister5    = Wadi
|sister6    = Lily
|sister7    = Rindle
|brother    = Lake
|brother2    = Tarn
|brother3    = Rindle
|brother4    = Beck
|origin      = [[Demons Run]]
|first = The Lady in the Lake (audio story)
|appearances = {{il|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Requiem for the Doctor (audio story)|A Requiem for the Doctor]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[My Dinner with Andrew (audio story)|My Dinner with Andrew]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Furies (audio story)|The Furies]]''}}
|voice actor = Joanna Horton
|other voice actor = [[Nina Toussaint-White]]
|other voice actor = [[Nina Toussaint-White]]
}}
}}{{Brookes}}
'''Brooke''' was a Proto-Time Lord, grown from [[River Song]]'s DNA, and a [[companion]] of the [[Fifth Doctor]].
'''Brooke''' was a [[Proto-Time Lord]], grown from [[River Song]]'s [[DNA]], and a [[companion]] of the [[Fifth Doctor]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== Creation ===
=== Creation ===
Madame Kovarian harvested Melody Pond's embryonic DNA in order to grow more children like her. This resulted in the creation of the [[Proto-Time Lord]]s, the first batch consisted of seven siblings: Lake, Rindle, Tarn, Wadi, Creek, Stream, and Beck. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lady in the Lake (audio story)|The Lady in the Lake]]'')  
Madame [[Kovarian]] harvested [[Melody Pond]]'s [[embryonic DNA]] in order to grow more children like her. This resulted in the creation of the [[Proto-Time Lord]]s, the first batch consisted of seven [[sibling]]s: [[Lake (The Lady in the Lake)|Lake]], [[Rindle]], [[Tarn (The Lady in the Lake)|Tarn]], [[Wadi]], [[Creek (The Lady in the Lake)|Creek]], [[Stream (The Lady in the Lake)|Stream]], and [[Beck (The Lady in the Lake)|Beck]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lady in the Lake (audio story)|The Lady in the Lake]]'')


The second set of siblings included: Brooke, H-One, H-Two, and O. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[My Dinner with Andrew (audio story)|My Dinner with Andrew]]'', ''[[The Furies (audio story)|The Furies]]''). Brooke and the other Proto-Time Lords had the ability to regenerate; however, the exact amount of regenerations they each had was random. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lady in the Lake (audio story)|The Lady in the Lake]]'')
The second set of siblings included Brooke, [[H-One]], [[H-Two]], and [[O (The Furies)|O]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[My Dinner with Andrew (audio story)|My Dinner with Andrew]]'', ''[[The Furies (audio story)|The Furies]]'') Brooke and the other Proto-Time Lords had the ability to [[Regeneration|regenerate]]; however, the exact amount of regenerations they each had was random. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lady in the Lake (audio story)|The Lady in the Lake]]'')


=== Travels with the Doctor and River Song ===
=== Incarnations of Brooke ===
She had been sent on a mission by [[Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]] to kill the Doctor and joined him as his travelling companion. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Furies (audio story)|The Furies]]'')
[[Brooke 1|Brooke's first incarnation]] had been sent on a mission by [[Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]] to kill the Doctor and joined him on his travels. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Furies (audio story)|The Furies]]'')


She shared numerous adventures with the Doctor prior to their arrival on [[Terminus Prime]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Requiem for the Doctor (audio story)|A Requiem for the Doctor]]'')
After her previous incarnation shot the [[Fifth Doctor]] using [[regeneration inhibitor]]s and left him dead without the ability to regenerate, [[River Song|River]] retaliated and shot Brooke, triggering her regeneration into [[Brooke 2|a new incarnation]] and revealing her status as a [[Proto-Time Lord]] and one of River's siblings. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[My Dinner with Andrew (audio story)|My Dinner with Andrew]]'')
 
When River Song summoned the Doctor to Terminus Prime after witnessing the death of what she thought was the last of her siblings, Brooke was present in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], leaving River shocked as she didn't recognise her, assuming the Doctor would be travelling with someone else at the time. Brooke complimented River's name and assured her that they were going to "get along". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lady in the Lake (audio story)|The Lady in the Lake]]'')
 
The Doctor, River and Brooke visited several places together. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Furies (audio story)|The Furies]]'')
 
The Doctor took Brooke and River to [[Vienna]] in the [[18th century]] where they discovered that [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] had completed his final piece and decided to investigate this anomaly, while also uncovering a series of murders which involved people corroding from the inside out. She was jealous of River and tried multiple times to get rid of her, which only made River more suspicious of her. She spiked the Doctor's tea with [[Aqua Galacia]] in an attempt to to kill the Doctor with all of her hate for him; however, River counter-acted the hate with her love for the Doctor and left the Aqua Galacia in his system neutralised. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Requiem for the Doctor (audio story)|A Requiem for the Doctor]]'')
 
=== Killing the Doctor ===
[[File:Brooke2.jpeg|thumb|right|Brooke's second incarnation.]]
They later arrived at the [[Bumptious Gastropod]] where Brooke was supposed to meet with Kovarian following her assassination of the Doctor. Brooke was left with amnesia after River used her [[Hallucinogenic lipstick]] on her, while the Doctor was left without any memories of both her and River. Brooke later shot the Doctor using [[regeneration inhibitor]]s leaving him dead without the ability to regenerate. In retaliation, River shot and killed Brooke triggering her regeneration into a new incarnation and revealing her status as a [[Proto-Time Lord]] and one of River's siblings. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[My Dinner with Andrew (audio story)|My Dinner with Andrew]]'')
 
After she had killed once, Brooke found it difficult to stop killing. Once she had returned to Kovarian's spaceship, she killed the entirety of the crew on the deck and subsequently blamed this on River Song. She later acknowledged the legend of the [[Furies (legend)|Furies]], noting how she liked that they would never give up. When H-One became jealous of Brooke being in Kovarian's favour, they got into a fight which resulted in Brooke murdering H-One. She attempted to blame this on River also. Eventually Brooke decided to side with River and turn against Kovarian, she took River's vortex manipulator and travelled back to the Bumptious Slug where she convinced [[Andrew Edwardson]] to take the Doctor's place, deceiving him into being killed by her earlier incarnation in the Doctor's place. She remained on Kovarian’s spaceship with H-Two in order to torture Kovarian and attempt to find a way past her neural block. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Furies (audio story)|The Furies]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* The actress who played Brooke's second incarnation, Nina Toussaint-White, also played an incarnation of Melody Pond known as Mels in ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]''.
Like all of her siblings, Brooke's name is a reference to [[water]], with her name coming from the word [[brook]], which is a small stream.
* Like all of her siblings, Brooke's name is a reference to water, with her name coming from the word brook, which is a small stream.  


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Latest revision as of 23:39, 16 July 2021

Brooke was a Proto-Time Lord, grown from River Song's DNA, and a companion of the Fifth Doctor.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Creation[[edit] | [edit source]]

Madame Kovarian harvested Melody Pond's embryonic DNA in order to grow more children like her. This resulted in the creation of the Proto-Time Lords, the first batch consisted of seven siblings: Lake, Rindle, Tarn, Wadi, Creek, Stream, and Beck. (AUDIO: The Lady in the Lake)

The second set of siblings included Brooke, H-One, H-Two, and O. (AUDIO: My Dinner with Andrew, The Furies) Brooke and the other Proto-Time Lords had the ability to regenerate; however, the exact amount of regenerations they each had was random. (AUDIO: The Lady in the Lake)

Incarnations of Brooke[[edit] | [edit source]]

Brooke's first incarnation had been sent on a mission by Madame Kovarian to kill the Doctor and joined him on his travels. (AUDIO: The Furies)

After her previous incarnation shot the Fifth Doctor using regeneration inhibitors and left him dead without the ability to regenerate, River retaliated and shot Brooke, triggering her regeneration into a new incarnation and revealing her status as a Proto-Time Lord and one of River's siblings. (AUDIO: My Dinner with Andrew)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Like all of her siblings, Brooke's name is a reference to water, with her name coming from the word brook, which is a small stream.

v • e
Proto-Time Lords
Original
First batch
Lake / Lily • Rindle • Tarn • Stream • Creek • Wadi • Beck
Second batch
Brooke • H-One • H-Two • O
The Proto-Time Lords were created by Kovarian on Demons Run, clones of the original: Melody Pond.
v • e
Companions of the Fifth Doctor
Original to television
Adric  • Tegan Jovanka  • Nyssa  • Turlough  • Kamelion  • Peri Brown
Original to prose
Original to comics
Original to audio
If a medium is not mentioned, then this incarnation did not have companions who were original to that medium; it does not mean that this Doctor failed to appear in that medium.
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