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'''Gareth Jenkins''' was a young child from [[20th century]] [[Earth]] who enjoyed watching [[the Doctor]]'s [[Doctor Who ( | {{you may|Gareth Jenkins (actor)|n1=his real world counterpart|Gareth Jenkins (sound designer)|n2=the Big Finish sound designer}} | ||
'''Gareth Jenkins''' was a young child from [[20th century]] [[Earth]] who enjoyed watching [[the Doctor]]'s [[Doctor Who (in-universe)|adventures on television]], and found himself helping the [[Sixth Doctor]] defeat a duo of [[Sontaran]]s when he was accidentally [[matter transporter|teleported]] aboard [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. | |||
He may have also been the leader of the [[Earth Defence Force]] by the [[21st century]], thwarting the [[2001 Sontaran invasion of Earth|Sontarans' invasion of Earth]] in [[2001]]. | He may have also been the leader of the [[Earth Defence Force]] by the [[21st century]], thwarting the [[2001 Sontaran invasion of Earth|Sontarans' invasion of Earth]] in [[2001]]. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Gareth watched [[Doctor Who ( | Gareth watched [[Doctor Who (in-universe)|a series about the Doctor]] on [[television]] that taught him the various controls on the [[TARDIS control console]]. He also obtained a replica of the [[Sixth Doctor's coat]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|A Fix with Sontarans (home video)}}) | ||
=== Meeting the Doctor === | === Meeting the Doctor === | ||
On [[23 February]] [[1985]], ([[PROSE]]: | On [[23 February]] [[1985]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Fixing a Hole (short story)}}) Gareth found himself brought aboard [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] in the midst of the [[Sontaran]] [[Group Marshal]] [[Nathan (A Fix with Sontarans)|Nathan]] and [[Turner (A Fix with Sontarans)|his subordinate]] attempting to destroy it with a [[vitrox bomb]], having accidentally been [[matter transporter|teleported]] onboard by [[Tegan Jovanka]] pressing the wrong button on the control console. While the Doctor was reluctant to have Gareth help, he let Gareth help him set a lethal [[trap]] for the Sontarans. | ||
After the Sontarans arrived, they recognised Gareth's name as belonging to the leader of the [[Earth Defence Force]] who thwarted [[2001 Sontaran invasion of Earth|their invasion]] in the year [[2001]], and Nathan instructed his subordinate to kill Gareth to ensure that the future invasion would be successful, not even yielding when the Doctor suggested that their names may just be a [[coincidence]]. Faced with no other choice, the Doctor told Gareth to unleash the trap they had set up, releasing [[gas]] that brutally killed the Sontarans. While Tegan and the Doctor congratulated Gareth, the victory was short lived, as Tegan pointed out that the [[TARDIS scanner]] had turned on, revealing a [[Sontaran scout ship|fleet of ships]] from the [[Tenth Sontaran Battle Brigade]], with the Doctor telling them "[it was] only the beginning." ([[HOMEVID]]: | After the Sontarans arrived, they recognised Gareth's name as belonging to the leader of the [[Earth Defence Force]] who thwarted [[2001 Sontaran invasion of Earth|their invasion]] in the year [[2001]], and Nathan instructed his subordinate to kill Gareth to ensure that the future invasion would be successful, not even yielding when the Doctor suggested that their names may just be a [[coincidence]]. Faced with no other choice, the Doctor told Gareth to unleash the trap they had set up, releasing [[gas]] that brutally killed the Sontarans. While Tegan and the Doctor congratulated Gareth, the victory was short lived, as Tegan pointed out that the [[TARDIS scanner]] had turned on, revealing a [[Sontaran scout ship|fleet of ships]] from the [[Tenth Sontaran Battle Brigade]], with the Doctor telling them "[it was] only the beginning." ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|A Fix with Sontarans (home video)}}) Within the space of a few [[hour]]s, the Doctor and Tegan returned Gareth to his correct [[time-stream]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Fixing a Hole (short story)}}) | ||
=== | === Possible future === | ||
If Nathan was correct in his assumption, then Gareth grew up to join the [[Earth Defence Force]]. becoming its leader by the time of the [[2001 Sontaran invasion of Earth]], which he played a major part in thwarting. ([[HOMEVID]]: | If Nathan was correct in his assumption, then Gareth grew up to join the [[Earth Defence Force]]. becoming its leader by the time of the [[2001 Sontaran invasion of Earth]], which he played a major part in thwarting. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|A Fix with Sontarans (home video)}}) | ||
== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
If the Sixth Doctor was correct in his assumption that Gareth was like himself, then Gareth embodied traits of [[courage]], [[intellect]] and [[perspicacity]]. Gareth also seemed to be fairly reserved, although he did have fun in making the Doctor and Tegan jump by shouting "boo" at them. ([[HOMEVID]]: | If the Sixth Doctor was correct in his assumption that Gareth was like himself, then Gareth embodied traits of [[courage]], [[intellect]] and [[perspicacity]]. Gareth also seemed to be fairly reserved, although he did have fun in making the Doctor and Tegan jump by shouting "boo" at them. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|A Fix with Sontarans (home video)}}) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
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[[Gareth Jenkins (actor)|Gareth Jenkins]], who lived in [[Milton Keynes]], wrote into the wish-fulfilment programme ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'' in around [[1985 (production)|1985]], to ask if he could meet Colin Baker and go inside the TARDIS; his request was approved, and | [[Gareth Jenkins (actor)|Gareth Jenkins]], who lived in [[Milton Keynes]], wrote into the wish-fulfilment programme ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'' in around [[1985 (production)|1985]], to ask if he could meet Colin Baker and go inside the TARDIS; his request was approved, and {{cs|A Fix with Sontarans (TV story)}} was formed, a [[mini-episode]] wherein Gareth got to do just what he asked. | ||
However, after the death of [[Jimmy Savile]] in [[2011 (people)|2011]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15053431|title=Obituary: Sir Jimmy Savile|date of source=29 October 2011|website name=BBC News|accessdate=24 November 2016}}</ref>, the individal who hosted ''Jim'll Fix It'', was exposed as a serial paedophile<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/oct/24/jimmy-savile-bbc-story-so-far Rushe, Dominic. "Jimmy Saville and the BBC: the story so far". ''The Guardian''. 24 October 2012.]</ref>, and ''A Fix with Sontarans'' was removed from later pressings of the DVD release of ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'', which had included it since the DVD's original 2003 release.<ref>[http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2014/09/two-doctors-revised-release.html Doctor Who News, "The Two Doctors: revised release clarification"], 22 September, 2014; accessed 22 September, 2014</ref> However, it was clarified by Jenkins himself that Savile had not taken an interest in him.<ref>[http://www.6thdoctorcostume.com/2013/01/close-encounters-of-sixth-kind.html Close Encounters Of The Sixth Kind]</ref> In [[2022 (releases)|2022]], the ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'': ''[[The Collection]]'' — ''[[Season 22]]'' [[blu-ray]] boxset was released, including a newly-recut edition of | However, after the death of [[Jimmy Savile]] in [[2011 (people)|2011]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15053431|title=Obituary: Sir Jimmy Savile|date of source=29 October 2011|website name=BBC News|accessdate=24 November 2016}}</ref>, the individal who hosted ''Jim'll Fix It'', was exposed as a serial paedophile<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/oct/24/jimmy-savile-bbc-story-so-far Rushe, Dominic. "Jimmy Saville and the BBC: the story so far". ''The Guardian''. 24 October 2012.]</ref>, and ''A Fix with Sontarans'' was removed from later pressings of the DVD release of ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'', which had included it since the DVD's original 2003 release.<ref>[http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2014/09/two-doctors-revised-release.html Doctor Who News, "The Two Doctors: revised release clarification"], 22 September, 2014; accessed 22 September, 2014</ref> However, it was clarified by Jenkins himself that Savile had not taken an interest in him.<ref>[http://www.6thdoctorcostume.com/2013/01/close-encounters-of-sixth-kind.html Close Encounters Of The Sixth Kind]</ref> In [[2022 (releases)|2022]], the ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'': ''[[The Collection]]'' — ''[[Season 22 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 22]]'' [[blu-ray]] boxset was released, including a newly-recut edition of {{cs|A Fix with Sontarans (home video)}}, which entirely removed two minutes of footage of Savile, replacing it with a new CG scene with ADR as a new ending to the story. | ||
As the original version of ''A Fix with Sontarans'' broke the [[fourth wall]] so thoroughly — essentially dissolving into the real world — this Wiki never considered it a [[Tardis:Valid sources|valid source]] for writing "in-universe" articles with. It was only in coverage of | As the original version of ''A Fix with Sontarans'' broke the [[fourth wall]] so thoroughly — essentially dissolving into the real world — this Wiki never considered it a [[Tardis:Valid sources|valid source]] for writing "in-universe" articles with. It was only in coverage of {{cs|Fixing a Hole (short story)}} — a short story that acted as a sequel to ''A Fix with Sontarans'' and as the the thematic and conceptual concluding bookend to Tegan's journey with the Doctor — did references come to ''A Fix with Sontarns'' in valid media, albeit vaguely. ''Fixing a Hole'' notably ignored the ending of the original ''A Fix with Sontarans'', long prior to the crimes committed by Savile came to public attention. The 2022 recut edition, as it omitted the original fourth wall breaking ending, is a valid source, however due to the ending being changed, the references to [[Gareth Jenkins's grandmother|Gareth's Nan]] and the naming of the [[meson gun]] remain in the orignal, and thus, as invalid source articles. | ||
=== Information from invalid sources === | === Information from invalid sources === | ||
According to one account, after Gareth killed the Sontarans, [[Jimmy Savile]] entered the TARDIS, and asked the Doctor if "[Gareth] passed the [[test]]". After the Doctor confirmed so, Savile asked Gareth where he got his coat, and Gareth told him that [[Gareth Jenkins's grandmother|his Nan]] had made it for him. Savile asked the Doctor to place a ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'' [[medal]] over Gareth's bonce, and as the Doctor did so, he told Gareth that he was "well and truly fixed." ([[ | According to one account, after Gareth killed the Sontarans, [[Jimmy Savile]] entered the TARDIS, and asked the Doctor if "[Gareth] passed the [[test]]". After the Doctor confirmed so, Savile asked Gareth where he got his coat, and Gareth told him that [[Gareth Jenkins's grandmother|his Nan]] had made it for him. Savile asked the Doctor to place a ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'' [[medal]] over Gareth's bonce, and as the Doctor did so, he told Gareth that he was "well and truly fixed." ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Fix with Sontarans (TV story)}}) | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
Revision as of 20:04, 22 April 2024
- You may be looking for his real world counterpart or the Big Finish sound designer.
Gareth Jenkins was a young child from 20th century Earth who enjoyed watching the Doctor's adventures on television, and found himself helping the Sixth Doctor defeat a duo of Sontarans when he was accidentally teleported aboard the Doctor's TARDIS.
He may have also been the leader of the Earth Defence Force by the 21st century, thwarting the Sontarans' invasion of Earth in 2001.
Biography
Gareth watched a series about the Doctor on television that taught him the various controls on the TARDIS control console. He also obtained a replica of the Sixth Doctor's coat. (HOMEVID: A Fix with Sontarans [+]Loading...["A Fix with Sontarans (home video)"])
Meeting the Doctor
On 23 February 1985, (PROSE: Fixing a Hole [+]Loading...["Fixing a Hole (short story)"]) Gareth found himself brought aboard the Doctor's TARDIS in the midst of the Sontaran Group Marshal Nathan and his subordinate attempting to destroy it with a vitrox bomb, having accidentally been teleported onboard by Tegan Jovanka pressing the wrong button on the control console. While the Doctor was reluctant to have Gareth help, he let Gareth help him set a lethal trap for the Sontarans.
After the Sontarans arrived, they recognised Gareth's name as belonging to the leader of the Earth Defence Force who thwarted their invasion in the year 2001, and Nathan instructed his subordinate to kill Gareth to ensure that the future invasion would be successful, not even yielding when the Doctor suggested that their names may just be a coincidence. Faced with no other choice, the Doctor told Gareth to unleash the trap they had set up, releasing gas that brutally killed the Sontarans. While Tegan and the Doctor congratulated Gareth, the victory was short lived, as Tegan pointed out that the TARDIS scanner had turned on, revealing a fleet of ships from the Tenth Sontaran Battle Brigade, with the Doctor telling them "[it was] only the beginning." (HOMEVID: A Fix with Sontarans [+]Loading...["A Fix with Sontarans (home video)"]) Within the space of a few hours, the Doctor and Tegan returned Gareth to his correct time-stream. (PROSE: Fixing a Hole [+]Loading...["Fixing a Hole (short story)"])
Possible future
If Nathan was correct in his assumption, then Gareth grew up to join the Earth Defence Force. becoming its leader by the time of the 2001 Sontaran invasion of Earth, which he played a major part in thwarting. (HOMEVID: A Fix with Sontarans [+]Loading...["A Fix with Sontarans (home video)"])
Personality
If the Sixth Doctor was correct in his assumption that Gareth was like himself, then Gareth embodied traits of courage, intellect and perspicacity. Gareth also seemed to be fairly reserved, although he did have fun in making the Doctor and Tegan jump by shouting "boo" at them. (HOMEVID: A Fix with Sontarans [+]Loading...["A Fix with Sontarans (home video)"])
Behind the scenes
- Main article: Gareth Jenkins (actor)
Gareth Jenkins, who lived in Milton Keynes, wrote into the wish-fulfilment programme Jim'll Fix It in around 1985, to ask if he could meet Colin Baker and go inside the TARDIS; his request was approved, and A Fix with Sontarans [+]Loading...["A Fix with Sontarans (TV story)"] was formed, a mini-episode wherein Gareth got to do just what he asked.
However, after the death of Jimmy Savile in 2011[1], the individal who hosted Jim'll Fix It, was exposed as a serial paedophile[2], and A Fix with Sontarans was removed from later pressings of the DVD release of The Two Doctors, which had included it since the DVD's original 2003 release.[3] However, it was clarified by Jenkins himself that Savile had not taken an interest in him.[4] In 2022, the Doctor Who: The Collection — Season 22 blu-ray boxset was released, including a newly-recut edition of A Fix with Sontarans [+]Loading...["A Fix with Sontarans (home video)"], which entirely removed two minutes of footage of Savile, replacing it with a new CG scene with ADR as a new ending to the story.
As the original version of A Fix with Sontarans broke the fourth wall so thoroughly — essentially dissolving into the real world — this Wiki never considered it a valid source for writing "in-universe" articles with. It was only in coverage of Fixing a Hole [+]Loading...["Fixing a Hole (short story)"] — a short story that acted as a sequel to A Fix with Sontarans and as the the thematic and conceptual concluding bookend to Tegan's journey with the Doctor — did references come to A Fix with Sontarns in valid media, albeit vaguely. Fixing a Hole notably ignored the ending of the original A Fix with Sontarans, long prior to the crimes committed by Savile came to public attention. The 2022 recut edition, as it omitted the original fourth wall breaking ending, is a valid source, however due to the ending being changed, the references to Gareth's Nan and the naming of the meson gun remain in the orignal, and thus, as invalid source articles.
Information from invalid sources
According to one account, after Gareth killed the Sontarans, Jimmy Savile entered the TARDIS, and asked the Doctor if "[Gareth] passed the test". After the Doctor confirmed so, Savile asked Gareth where he got his coat, and Gareth told him that his Nan had made it for him. Savile asked the Doctor to place a Jim'll Fix It medal over Gareth's bonce, and as the Doctor did so, he told Gareth that he was "well and truly fixed." (TV: A Fix with Sontarans [+]Loading...["A Fix with Sontarans (TV story)"])
Footnotes
- ↑ Obituary: Sir Jimmy Savile. BBC News (29 October 2011). Retrieved on 24 November 2016.
- ↑ Rushe, Dominic. "Jimmy Saville and the BBC: the story so far". The Guardian. 24 October 2012.
- ↑ Doctor Who News, "The Two Doctors: revised release clarification", 22 September, 2014; accessed 22 September, 2014
- ↑ Close Encounters Of The Sixth Kind
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