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{{Infobox Individual | {{Infobox Individual | ||
|aka = | |aka = | ||
|image = | |image = Margery Phipps.jpg | ||
|species = Human | |species = Human | ||
|job = | |job = | ||
|affiliation = British government | |affiliation = British government | ||
|origin = [[ | |origin = [[Kettering (town)|Kettering]] | ||
|first = | |spouse = John Benton | ||
|only = Council of War (audio story) | |sister = Margery Phipps' sister{{!}}Sister | ||
|first = | |||
|only = Council of War (audio story) | |||
|appearances = | |appearances = | ||
|voice actor = Sinead Keenan | |voice actor = Sinead Keenan | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Margery Phipps''' was a [[feminism|feminist]], a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] and an environmentalist. A member of the [[Harmony Party]], | '''Margery Benton''' (née '''Phipps''') was a [[feminism|feminist]], a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] and an [[environmentalism|environmentalist]]. | ||
== Biography == | |||
A member of the [[Harmony Party]], Margery was the first [[woman]] to be elected to the [[Kettering Town Council]]. She began to be romantically involved with Sergeant [[Benton]] when he was sent by the [[Third Doctor]] to investigate disappearances and ghost sightings in [[Kettering (town)|Kettering]]. | |||
These occurrences were caused by [[Time traveler|time travellers]] from centuries in the future looking for her. In [[1992]], years in her own future, she became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] and negotiated a "deep and lasting" peace treaty between nations. Her book ''[[Love is All You Need]]'' was still a bestseller 500 years later. The people of [[Kettering (planet)|Valiador]] adopted her philosophy and renamed the planet "Kettering" in her honour. Kettering became renowned for its [[pacifism]]. | These occurrences were caused by [[Time traveler|time travellers]] from centuries in the future looking for her. In [[1992]], years in her own future, she became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] and negotiated a "deep and lasting" peace treaty between nations. Her book ''[[Love is All You Need]]'' was still a bestseller 500 years later. The people of [[Kettering (planet)|Valiador]] adopted her philosophy and renamed the planet "Kettering" in her honour. Kettering became renowned for its [[pacifism]]. | ||
However, this left the planet open to invasion by a species of strip miners called the [[Blatherian]]s, who sold much of the population into [[slavery]], ten years earlier. Phipps was taken from her own time to be placed on trial for her role in contributing to Kettering's devastation, even though for her the contributions she made had not happened yet. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Council of War (audio story)|Council of War]]'') | However, this left the planet open to invasion by a species of strip miners called the [[Blatherian]]s, who sold much of the population into [[slavery]], ten years earlier. Phipps was taken from her own time to be placed on trial for her role in contributing to Kettering's devastation, even though for her the contributions she made had not happened yet. On returning to Earth, she went on a date with Benton. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Council of War (audio story)|Council of War]]'') | ||
By the [[2010s]], she had married John and owned a pub, the [[White Hart (Scafell)|White Hart]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Call to Arms (audio story)|Call to Arms]]'') | |||
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