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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
=== Early life ===
June Turner lived in [[London]] in the [[21st century]] and had a daughter, [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Regeneration (TV story)}}) Jorjie once said that June was her only parent ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Last Precinct (TV story)}}) and June said that she had nobody other than her daughter. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Custodians (TV story)}})
June Turner lived in [[London]] in the [[21st century]] and had a daughter, [[Jorjie Turner|Jorjie]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Regeneration (TV story)}}) Jorjie once said that June was her only parent ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Last Precinct (TV story)}}) and June said that she had nobody other than her daughter. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Custodians (TV story)}}) June was an [[inspector]] for [[the Department]] and worked as [[Head of the Alien Activity Section]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Korven (TV story)}}) She kept her career a secret from Jorjie, who grew up believing that she had a "boring job" in [[IT]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Liberation (TV story)}})


June was an [[inspector]] for [[the Department]] and worked as [[Head of the Alien Activity Section]], a job which involved working closely with [[Drake (Liberation)|Inspector Drake]], the [[Head of Security]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Korven (TV story)}}) She did not believe that [[alien]]s who came to [[Earth]] should be allowed to wander London and tried to have them returned to their [[planet]]s without success, so she had them imprisoned in [[Dauntless Prison]] and catalogued to protect future generations. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Liberation (TV story)}})
June's job involved working closely with [[Drake (Liberation)|Inspector Drake]], the [[Head of Security]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Korven (TV story)}}) She did not believe that [[alien]]s who came to [[Earth]] should be allowed to wander London and tried to have them returned to their [[planet]]s without success, so she had them imprisoned in [[Dauntless Prison]] and catalogued to protect future generations. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Liberation (TV story)}}) When Jorjie was about twelve, June, like the rest of the Department, supported the replacement of [[human]] [[police officer]]s with the [[Cybernetic Civic Pacification Corps]]. She opposed the use of alien technology in the CCPC officers, however. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Last Precinct (TV story)}})  


When Jorjie was about twelve, June, like the rest of the Department, supported the replacement of [[human]] [[police officer]]s with the [[Cybernetic Civic Pacification Corps]]. She opposed the use of [[alien]] technology in the CCPC officers, however. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Last Precinct (TV story)}})  
June employed the services of [[Alistair Gryffen]], installed at a [[police station]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Regeneration (TV story)}}) owned by the Department following the creation of the CCPC, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Last Precinct (TV story)}}) to research alien technology such as the [[Space-Time Manipulator]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Regeneration (TV story)}})
 
June kept her career a secret from Jorjie, who grew up believing that she had a "boring job" in [[IT]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Liberation (TV story)}})


=== Opposite Drake ===
=== Opposite Drake ===
==== K9's arrival ====
==== K9's arrival ====
June worked for the Department as the head of the Alien Activity section and supervised [[Alistair Gryffen]]'s work with a [[Space-Time Manipulator|space-time manipulator]]. After the night of the explosion at the [[Gryffen Manor]], she arrived to question him. She showed him the profile of [[Starkey|Stark Reality]], who had been arrested on the night of the explosion. Gryffen (who was hiding Starkey) acted oblivious as to Starkey's escape. June showed him a recording of [[K9 Mark 2]] (whom Gryffen was also hiding), saying he was "ugly" and he had a "terrible design". This angered K9, who rose from his hiding place behind June. Gryffen argued about his design to reassure K9, who was pulled down by Starkey before June could notice. She told the Professor to catch and turn over the robot dog to the Department; if he failed or refused his funding for the STM project would be terminated. ([[TV]]: ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'')
June was aware of an explosion at Gryffen's mansion and correctly believed that it was connected to the appearance of [[K9 Mark 2]], who was caught on surveillance the following day and whom she believed to be a [[weapon]], albeit an ugly and ungainly one with a "terrible design". She ordered Gryffen to find, capture and hand K9 over to the Department and threatened to pull him off the time-space project if he failed to do so, something she claimed she would hate to do but would if necessary. She was also aware of the [[arrest]] and escape of [[Starkey]] and asked whether Gryffen had seen him, unaware that Gryffen was harbouring him. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Regeneration (TV story)}})


When [[Darius Pike]] and Starkey were imprisoned in [[Dauntless Prison]] while tracking a [[Jixen]] warrior, June told the Governor of the prison, [[Thorne]], that they weren't to be harmed. Thorne asserted his authority. June contacted Gryffen, and offered to have Starkey and Darius released in return for K9. Darius was willing, but Starkey refused and they were left to "enjoy" a cell with [[Wiffy|Mr Wiffy]]. When the Jixen ran riot through the prison, Thorne locked himself and June in his office. When she found out K9 was in the prison, she unlocked the door herself. When Darius, Starkey and the aliens were freed by Jorjie, they were stopped by June, who ordered them to return to their cells. The Jixen arrived and a fight ensued. ([[TV]]: ''[[Liberation (TV story)|Liberation]]'')
After Starkey and [[Darius Pike]] were imprisoned in [[Dauntless Prison]], June informed them that [[Thorne]] had the right to do so without [[criminal charge|charging]] them and promised to release them immediately if they gave up the location of K9. A [[Jixen]] later attacked the prison in search of Starkey and Thorne, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Liberation (TV story)}}) who had become part-[[Meron]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Eclipse of the Korven (TV story)}}) refused to let June leave his [[office]] even when she saw that K9 had arrived. She promised that his career was over and went after K9, finding that Jorjie had befriended him, Starkey and Darius and helped the alien prisoners escape. She then helped kill the Jixen with her [[arm unit]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Liberation (TV story)}})


After going clothes shopping with Jorjie she left her to go home. Jorjie didn't receive her calls as she was occupied hunting the [[Korven]] with the rest of the team. June was interrupted by Inspector [[Drake (Liberation)|Drake]] who requested an update on the recent alien activity from her. She declined as she didn't report to him. When Drake asked her about information-sharing she replied that it worked on a need to know basis; when she felt he needed to know something she'd share it with him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Korven (TV story)|The Korven]]'')
After going clothes shopping with Jorjie she left her to go home. Jorjie didn't receive her calls as she was occupied hunting the [[Korven]] with the rest of the team. June was interrupted by Inspector [[Drake (Liberation)|Drake]] who requested an update on the recent alien activity from her. She declined as she didn't report to him. When Drake asked her about information-sharing she replied that it worked on a need to know basis; when she felt he needed to know something she'd share it with him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Korven (TV story)|The Korven]]'')

Revision as of 09:05, 17 April 2024

Inspector June Turner was the mother of Jorjie Turner and an agent of the Department. She was Alistair Gryffen's primary contact with his employer.

Biography

Early life

June Turner lived in London in the 21st century and had a daughter, Jorjie. (TV: Regeneration [+]Loading...["Regeneration (TV story)"]) Jorjie once said that June was her only parent (TV: The Last Precinct [+]Loading...["The Last Precinct (TV story)"]) and June said that she had nobody other than her daughter. (TV: The Custodians [+]Loading...["The Custodians (TV story)"]) June was an inspector for the Department and worked as Head of the Alien Activity Section. (TV: The Korven [+]Loading...["The Korven (TV story)"]) She kept her career a secret from Jorjie, who grew up believing that she had a "boring job" in IT. (TV: Liberation [+]Loading...["Liberation (TV story)"])

June's job involved working closely with Inspector Drake, the Head of Security. (TV: The Korven [+]Loading...["The Korven (TV story)"]) She did not believe that aliens who came to Earth should be allowed to wander London and tried to have them returned to their planets without success, so she had them imprisoned in Dauntless Prison and catalogued to protect future generations. (TV: Liberation [+]Loading...["Liberation (TV story)"]) When Jorjie was about twelve, June, like the rest of the Department, supported the replacement of human police officers with the Cybernetic Civic Pacification Corps. She opposed the use of alien technology in the CCPC officers, however. (TV: The Last Precinct [+]Loading...["The Last Precinct (TV story)"])

June employed the services of Alistair Gryffen, installed at a police station (TV: Regeneration [+]Loading...["Regeneration (TV story)"]) owned by the Department following the creation of the CCPC, (TV: The Last Precinct [+]Loading...["The Last Precinct (TV story)"]) to research alien technology such as the Space-Time Manipulator. (TV: Regeneration [+]Loading...["Regeneration (TV story)"])

Opposite Drake

K9's arrival

June was aware of an explosion at Gryffen's mansion and correctly believed that it was connected to the appearance of K9 Mark 2, who was caught on surveillance the following day and whom she believed to be a weapon, albeit an ugly and ungainly one with a "terrible design". She ordered Gryffen to find, capture and hand K9 over to the Department and threatened to pull him off the time-space project if he failed to do so, something she claimed she would hate to do but would if necessary. She was also aware of the arrest and escape of Starkey and asked whether Gryffen had seen him, unaware that Gryffen was harbouring him. (TV: Regeneration [+]Loading...["Regeneration (TV story)"])

After Starkey and Darius Pike were imprisoned in Dauntless Prison, June informed them that Thorne had the right to do so without charging them and promised to release them immediately if they gave up the location of K9. A Jixen later attacked the prison in search of Starkey and Thorne, (TV: Liberation [+]Loading...["Liberation (TV story)"]) who had become part-Meron, (TV: The Eclipse of the Korven [+]Loading...["The Eclipse of the Korven (TV story)"]) refused to let June leave his office even when she saw that K9 had arrived. She promised that his career was over and went after K9, finding that Jorjie had befriended him, Starkey and Darius and helped the alien prisoners escape. She then helped kill the Jixen with her arm unit. (TV: Liberation [+]Loading...["Liberation (TV story)"])

After going clothes shopping with Jorjie she left her to go home. Jorjie didn't receive her calls as she was occupied hunting the Korven with the rest of the team. June was interrupted by Inspector Drake who requested an update on the recent alien activity from her. She declined as she didn't report to him. When Drake asked her about information-sharing she replied that it worked on a need to know basis; when she felt he needed to know something she'd share it with him. (TV: The Korven)

Benefactor to the K9 unit

After Drake's publicity stunt at the Ferris wheel failed and Starkey and K9 became heroes, Drake blamed June's section. June said his section had no jurisdiction as K9 posed no security threat. She told Gryffen to inform her if Drake came looking for K9. Gryffen told her of Ahab and that the kids were hiding K9. Nonetheless, she gave Gryffen responsibility for K9 and made K9 and the team the official "K9 Unit". (TV: The Bounty Hunter)

After Jorjie threw a stone at a CCPC, June was convinced by Drake to enrol her daughter in Magdalene Academy. Unbeknownst to her, the students there were given cerulium bracelets that removed their free will. Fortunately, however, K9 saw that the bracelets were destroyed. (TV: Sirens of Ceres)

Opposite Thorne

While Freddie Maxwell operated Crashclub, an illegal business in which robots were made to fight each other, June informed Gryffen that she could not stop it as the Department had "bigger fish to fry". However, the K9 Unit was able acquire to sufficient evidence for Crashclub to be shut down. (TV: Robot Gladiators)

After disobeying Lomax's orders, June was demoted to Constable, working in the Department Research Division. She witnessed the death of K9 and was delighted to see him return to life again. (TV: The Eclipse of the Korven)

Alternate timelines

At the mobile HQ, June was alerted to the escape of a prisoner, who Thorne noted was a maximum security inmate associated with Project Taphony. Arriving at the manor on Gryffen's 38th birthday, June found that he had freed the inmate, Taphony, a Time Blank that had rapidly aged him while draining the energy from Jorjie. Though Taphony wished for a mother and friends, June told her that absorbing Jorjie would not make her Taphony's mother. When June and the others. When June and the others offered themselves in Jorjie's place, Taphony chose to leave via the STM vortex, restoring Gryffen and saving Jorjie. As a result of Taphony's departure, time reversed by a day and so June, along with everyone else bar K9, lost their memory of Taphony. (TV: Taphony and the Time Loop)

Other information

June liked to go clothes shopping with Jorjie. Jorjie thought it was so she could supervise the clothes she bought but June looked on it more as "advising, strongly advising". (TV: The Korven)

Personality

June was a staunch believer in obeying the law, although she would disobey a law she felt wrong or unjust. She was moral and despised the immoral actions of Drake, Thorne and Lomax. She believed imprisoning aliens in the Dauntless Prison was right for the future, safeguarding the world's children, (TV: Liberation) although she did meet more peaceful aliens such as the Medes, whom she released from their harsh treatment, (TV: Alien Avatar) and Yssaringintinka. (TV: Lost Library of Ukko) She was strict with her daughter out of love and concern rather than malice; June admitted at one point she would never stop worrying, and she told Drake she had stayed in the Department to prevent his world from ever existing. (TV: Black Hunger)