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'''Ben Wainwright''' ([[1897]]-[[1962]]) was a [[farmer]] from [[Hull]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Travellers' Almanac]]'') He was the father of [[Sally Wainwright]] and her two elder brothers, the husband of [[Kathy Nightingale]], the brother-in-law of [[Larry Nightingale]] and the paternal grandfather of [[Malcolm Wainwright]].
'''Ben Wainwright''' ([[1897]]-[[1962]]) was a [[farmer]] from [[Hull]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Travellers' Almanac]]'') He was the father of [[Sally Wainwright]] and her two elder brothers, the husband of [[Kathy Nightingale]], the brother-in-law of [[Larry Nightingale]] and the paternal grandfather of [[Malcolm Wainwright]].


When Kathy was sent back in time from [[London]] in the [[2000s]]<ref>While ''Blink'' itself uncontroversially sets its main setting in [[2007]] and "twenty minutes to [[Red Hatching]]" a year later in [[2008]]—as [[Kathy Nightingale]]'s letter describes taking "one breath in 2007 and the next in [[1920]]", and the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s side of his conversation with [[Sally Sparrow]] in [[1969]] happens 38 years before Sally says hers—these are contradicted by heavily conflicting dates in the ''[[Redacted (audio series)|Redacted]]'' audio series later on regarding both Kathy's disappearance and the Red Hatching. In ''[[Angels (audio story)|Angels]]'', [[Abby McPhail]] identifies 2008 as the year of Kathy's disappearance, which suggests [[2009]] as the year of the Red Hatching. In ''[[Salvation (audio story)|Salvation]]'', the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] recognises the Red Hatching as the cause of death of [[Andy Proctor]], who was last seen by his daughter [[Cleo Proctor|Cleo]] "nearly 20 years" before [[2022]] according to ''[[Recruits (audio story)|Recruits]]''.</ref> to [[Hull]] on [[5 December]] [[1920]], by the [[Weeping Angel]]s, she arrived next to Ben with no idea what had happened. She and Ben later married and a daughter named Sally after Kathy's best friend [[Sally Sparrow]]. Ben died due to influenza in [[1962]]. On [[7 February]] [[1987]], Kathy wrote in her letter, which was delivered to Sally by their grandson Malcolm in the 2000s, that she would have liked Ben. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')
When Kathy was sent back in time from [[London]] in the [[2000s]]{{note|While ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'' itself uncontroversially sets its main setting in [[2007]] and "twenty minutes to [[Red Hatching]]" a year later in [[2008]]—as [[Kathy Nightingale]]'s letter describes taking "one breath in 2007 and the next in [[1920]]", and the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s side of his conversation with [[Sally Sparrow]] in [[1969]] happens 38 years before Sally says hers—these are contradicted by heavily conflicting dates in the ''[[Redacted (audio series)|Redacted]]'' audio series later on regarding both Kathy's disappearance and the Red Hatching. In ''[[Angels (audio story)|Angels]]'', [[Abby McPhail]] identifies 2008 as the year of Kathy's disappearance, which suggests [[2009]] as the year of the Red Hatching. In ''[[Salvation (audio story)|Salvation]]'', the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] recognises the Red Hatching as the cause of death of [[Andy Proctor]], who was last seen by his daughter [[Cleo Proctor|Cleo]] "nearly 20 years" before [[2022]] according to ''[[Recruits (audio story)|Recruits]]''.}} to [[Hull]] on [[5 December]] [[1920]], by the [[Weeping Angel]]s, she arrived next to Ben with no idea what had happened. She and Ben later married and a daughter named Sally after Kathy's best friend [[Sally Sparrow]]. Ben died due to influenza in [[1962]]. On [[7 February]] [[1987]], Kathy wrote in her letter, which was delivered to Sally by their grandson Malcolm in the 2000s, that she would have liked Ben. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')


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Revision as of 19:03, 12 December 2023

Ben Wainwright (1897-1962) was a farmer from Hull. (PROSE: The Time Travellers' Almanac) He was the father of Sally Wainwright and her two elder brothers, the husband of Kathy Nightingale, the brother-in-law of Larry Nightingale and the paternal grandfather of Malcolm Wainwright.

When Kathy was sent back in time from London in the 2000s[nb 1] to Hull on 5 December 1920, by the Weeping Angels, she arrived next to Ben with no idea what had happened. She and Ben later married and a daughter named Sally after Kathy's best friend Sally Sparrow. Ben died due to influenza in 1962. On 7 February 1987, Kathy wrote in her letter, which was delivered to Sally by their grandson Malcolm in the 2000s, that she would have liked Ben. (TV: Blink)

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