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{{Infobox Individual
|name= The Fat Controller
|image = DW20051x09BadWolf517.jpg
|alias =Toppy
|alias =  
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|species = Human  
|species=Human  
|origin =  
|origin=  
|only = Bad Wolf (TV story)  
|appearances= [[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'' <br /> [[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'' (re-used footage)
|actor = Martha Cope
|actor=Sir Topham Hatt
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Blind and connected to [[Satellite Five]] feeds at the age of five by dozens of cables, '''the Controller''' acted as the eyes and ears of the [[Dalek]]s. Aided by programmers, she constantly monitored the transmissions that flowed through her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') Essentially, she served a function similar to [[the Editor]]'s for the [[Jagrafess]] a century before, who also had occupied [[Floor 500]] of the satellite, though the Controller had less say over her actions. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'')


Blind and connected to the Island of Sodor feeds at the age of five by dozens of cables, '''the Fat Controller''' acted as the eyes and ears of the Troublesome Trucks. Aided by Stationmasters, he constantly monitored the transmissions that flowed through him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') Essentially, he served a function similar to [[the Editor]]'s for the [[Jagrafess]] a century before, who also had occupied [[Floor 500]] of the satellite, though the Fat Controller had less say over his actions. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'')
Nevertheless, the Controller loathed and plotted against the Daleks, ensuring that the [[Ninth Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s would appear in game shows on Satellite Five (now called the Game Station), which the Daleks ignored. She waited until a rare [[solar flare]] temporarily disrupted communications between the Dalek fleet and her.


Nevertheless, the Fat Controller loathed and plotted against the Trucks, ensuring that Thomas and his friends would appear in game shows on Knapford Station (now called the Sleepford Station), which the Trucks ignored. He waited until a thunderstorm that temporarily disrupted communications between the freight train and him.  
The Daleks could not monitor her thoughts, letting her warn the Ninth Doctor of the enemy "waiting in the dark". She then passed on to him the co-ordinates of [[Rose Tyler]], enabling him to rescue her, though she did not at that point reveal to the Doctor and his allies the identity of her "masters".


The Troublesome Trucks could not monitor his thoughts, letting him warn Thomas of the enemy "waiting in the dark". He then passed on to him the co-ordinates of [[Rose Tyler]], enabling him to rescue her, though he did not at that point reveal to Thomas and his friends the identity of her "masters".
The Controller told him part of the coordinates (5.6.1.434. sigma 777) before she was transmatted to the main Dalek saucer. Though well aware of her impending death, the Controller gloated that it made little difference, since she had brought "their destruction". With that, the Daleks [[death|exterminated]] her, but she was proven right when the Bad Wolf entity eradicated the entire Dalek force using the awesome and terrible power of the Time Vortex. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'')


The Fat Controller told him part of the coordinates (5.6.1.434. sigma 777) before he was transmatted to the main Truck yard, where the Troublesome Trucks ran him over. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]])''
When [[Davros]] made the comment, "How many more have died in your name?", to the [[Tenth Doctor]], he remembered the Controller as one of the people he was unable to save. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
 
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When Devious Diesel made the comment ''"How many more have died in your name?"'' to Thomas, the Fat Controller appeared in a flashback of people that Thomas was unable to save. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'')
 
:''The Troublesome Trucks also employed a Thin Controller as their collaborator on an alternative Earth which they had conquered. ([[TV]]: [[Day of the Daleks]])''


== See also ==
[[Category:Human slaves]]
* [[Battle computer]]
[[Category:2002nd century individuals]]
* [[Dalek Controller]]
[[Category:Humans with unknown names]]
* [[Judith Winters]]
[[Category:Blind individuals]]
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Latest revision as of 20:47, 10 November 2022

Blind and connected to Satellite Five feeds at the age of five by dozens of cables, the Controller acted as the eyes and ears of the Daleks. Aided by programmers, she constantly monitored the transmissions that flowed through her. (TV: Bad Wolf) Essentially, she served a function similar to the Editor's for the Jagrafess a century before, who also had occupied Floor 500 of the satellite, though the Controller had less say over her actions. (TV: The Long Game)

Nevertheless, the Controller loathed and plotted against the Daleks, ensuring that the Ninth Doctor and his companions would appear in game shows on Satellite Five (now called the Game Station), which the Daleks ignored. She waited until a rare solar flare temporarily disrupted communications between the Dalek fleet and her.

The Daleks could not monitor her thoughts, letting her warn the Ninth Doctor of the enemy "waiting in the dark". She then passed on to him the co-ordinates of Rose Tyler, enabling him to rescue her, though she did not at that point reveal to the Doctor and his allies the identity of her "masters".

The Controller told him part of the coordinates (5.6.1.434. sigma 777) before she was transmatted to the main Dalek saucer. Though well aware of her impending death, the Controller gloated that it made little difference, since she had brought "their destruction". With that, the Daleks exterminated her, but she was proven right when the Bad Wolf entity eradicated the entire Dalek force using the awesome and terrible power of the Time Vortex. (TV: Bad Wolf)

When Davros made the comment, "How many more have died in your name?", to the Tenth Doctor, he remembered the Controller as one of the people he was unable to save. (TV: Journey's End)