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[[Inspector]] '''Alfred Mackenzie''' was a [[police officer]] with the [[Metropolitan Police Service]].
[[Inspector]] '''Alfred Mackenzie''' was an officer of the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] who was sent to [[Gabriel Chase]] to investigate the disappearance of Sir [[George Pritchard]].
 
== Biography ==
In [[1881]], Inspector Mackenzie was summoned to [[Gabriel Chase]] by [[Margaret Pritchard|Lady Margaret Pritchard]], who reported the disappearance of [[George Pritchard|Sir George Pritchard]]. The inspector had been speaking to Lady Pritchard ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Light (novelisation)|Ghost Light]]'') when he was put into a static trance and consigned to a display drawer by [[Josiah Samuel Smith]], becoming one of [[Gwendoline Pritchard|Gwendoline]]'s favourites in the collection. She believed he had come from [[Java]].
 
Inspector Mackenzie awoken in [[September]] [[1883]] thanks to the [[Seventh Doctor]]. He continued his investigations, unaware that he had been stored away for two years and experiencing a hunger that led him to eat three English breakfasts, two elevenses and one four-course meal. He questioned [[Ace]] and [[Grose (Ghost Light)|Mrs Grose]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'') passing his [[brandy]] to the latter after she saw [[Control (Ghost Light)|Control]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Light (novelisation)|Ghost Light]]'') and searched the house for Lady Pritchard. He and Ace found her in the [[observatory]] with Josiah's latest [[husk]], Gwendoline and [[Ernest Matthews]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
 
After [[Light (Ghost Light)|Light]] awoke, Inspector Mackenzie ran from Mrs Pritchard, who was intent on recataloguing him. He bumped into Light again and was transformed by him into [[primordial soup]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'') which was served at dinner, including his medallion. Josiah referred to him as "the cream of Scotland Yard". ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')


Mackenzie arrived at the house during or prior to [[1883]]. [[Josiah Samuel Smith]] used [[hypnosis]] on him and put him into [[suspended animation]] in a drawer. In 1883, the [[Seventh Doctor]] revived him by clicking his fingers constantly in front of his face.
== Personality ==
Inspector Mackenzie was a straightforward man whose mind needed solid facts. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Light (novelisation)|Ghost Light]]'') He said that [[Romany|gypsies]] were lazy workers, had bad tempers and no self-control, ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'') leading the Doctor to assume that he had read about foreigners in ''[[London Illustrated News]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Light (novelisation)|Ghost Light]]'')


Following his awakening, Mackenzie had a voracious appetite and ate "three English breakfasts, two elevenses and one four-course meal" — as pointed out by the Doctor. Also, on first entering the drawing room, Mackenzie was eating a beef sandwich, some of which he spat onto the Doctor's jacket when asking, with his mouth full, about the [[Neanderthal]] [[butler]] [[Nimrod]].
== Appearance ==
Inspector Mackenzie had a handlebar moustache and twinkling blue eyes. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Light (novelisation)|Ghost Light]]'')


Mackenzie then set about continuing the [[murder]] investigation and soon reasoned that something was not right. After Light woke and decided to destroy all life on [[Earth]], he killed Mackenzie and devolved him into [[primordial soup]], a tureen of which he served to Smith and his dinner guests. When Light lifted the soup ladle, Mackenzie's medallion was dangling from it, and he referred to the soup as being "the cream of Scotland Yard". ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
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Inspector Alfred Mackenzie was a police officer with the Metropolitan Police Service.

Biography

In 1881, Inspector Mackenzie was summoned to Gabriel Chase by Lady Margaret Pritchard, who reported the disappearance of Sir George Pritchard. The inspector had been speaking to Lady Pritchard (PROSE: Ghost Light) when he was put into a static trance and consigned to a display drawer by Josiah Samuel Smith, becoming one of Gwendoline's favourites in the collection. She believed he had come from Java.

Inspector Mackenzie awoken in September 1883 thanks to the Seventh Doctor. He continued his investigations, unaware that he had been stored away for two years and experiencing a hunger that led him to eat three English breakfasts, two elevenses and one four-course meal. He questioned Ace and Mrs Grose, (TV: Ghost Light) passing his brandy to the latter after she saw Control, (PROSE: Ghost Light) and searched the house for Lady Pritchard. He and Ace found her in the observatory with Josiah's latest husk, Gwendoline and Ernest Matthews. (TV: Ghost Light)

After Light awoke, Inspector Mackenzie ran from Mrs Pritchard, who was intent on recataloguing him. He bumped into Light again and was transformed by him into primordial soup (TV: Ghost Light) which was served at dinner, including his medallion. Josiah referred to him as "the cream of Scotland Yard". (TV: Ghost Light)

Personality

Inspector Mackenzie was a straightforward man whose mind needed solid facts. (PROSE: Ghost Light) He said that gypsies were lazy workers, had bad tempers and no self-control, (TV: Ghost Light) leading the Doctor to assume that he had read about foreigners in London Illustrated News. (PROSE: Ghost Light)

Appearance

Inspector Mackenzie had a handlebar moustache and twinkling blue eyes. (PROSE: Ghost Light)

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