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There were two '''puzzle boxes''' one was given to [[Sarah Jane Smith]] by a [[Verron]] soothsayer and protects its holder from the power of [[the Trickster]]. It protected [[Maria Jackson]] and later [[Alan Jackson]] during the Trickster's first attempt to destroy Earth by killing Sarah Jane as a child ([[SJA]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]''). Later, it alerted [[Rani Chandra]] and [[Clyde Langer]] to the renewed threat of the Trickster, and protected them and their memories from the switch to a timeline where the Trickster conquered Earth having manifested in 1951. The box continued to protect Clyde and Rani from a [[Graske]] working for the Trickster. In exchange for helping them defeat the Trickster, Clyde gave the Graske the box to protect him should the Trickster ever seek revenge. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')
{{Infobox Object
|image      = Verron Puzzlebox Screenshot.jpg
|type        = Puzzle box
|origin      =
|first = Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)
|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)|The Three Doctors]]''
}}
Two '''puzzle boxes''' with special powers were given to [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Andrea Yates]].


The second '''puzzle box''' was given to [[Andrea Yates]] by the Trickster in 1964 to enable her to forget that she had voluntarily swapped places with Sarah Jane Smith thus causing Sarah Jane's death. It was used by Andrea Yates to call the Trickster after [[Maria Jackson]] had (from Andrea Yates viewpoint) begun to remember about the existence of Sarah Jane Smith. This second box may still exist in Sarah Jane's collection of alien artifacts or it may have been removed from time following the Trickster's defeat.
== Biography ==
=== Sarah Jane's puzzle box ===
Sarah Jane was given hers by a [[Verron]] soothsayer. It would protect its holder from the power of [[the Trickster]], even if the Trickster's machinations had created an entire [[alternate timeline]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') It protected [[Maria Jackson]] and later [[Alan Jackson]] during the Trickster's attempt to destroy Earth by killing Sarah Jane as a child. ([[TV]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'') Later, it alerted [[Rani Chandra]] and [[Clyde Langer]] to the renewed threat of the Trickster, and protected them and their memories from the switch to a timeline where the Trickster conquered Earth, having manifested in [[1951]]. The box continued to protect Clyde and Rani from [[Krislok]], a [[Graske]] working as the Trickster's agent. In exchange for helping them defeat the Trickster, Clyde gave the Graske the box to protect him should the Trickster ever seek revenge. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')


Alternatively it is possible that the Puzzle Box was a single artifact that crossed its own timeline.
=== Andrea's puzzle box ===
The Trickster himself gave one to [[Andrea Yates]] in [[1964]] to enable her to forget that she had voluntarily swapped places with Sarah Jane Smith, thus causing Sarah Jane's death. It was used by Andrea Yates to call the Trickster after [[Maria Jackson]] had (from Andrea Yates' viewpoint) begun to remember the existence of Sarah Jane Smith. ([[TV]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'')


:''It was useless in assisting with the Trickster's plan incite chaos by killing the [[Tenth Doctor]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'') because the event of [[Donna Noble]] meeting the Doctor ([[DW]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'') occurred a little while after Sarah Jane last encountered him anyway ([[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'').'' Remember he removed Sarah Jane from time in 1964 forty years before the day he manifested himself in Bannerman Road. One puzzle box was given to Sarah Jane to defeat the Trickster's plan which used another puzzle box. Furthermore if he had been successful he could remove the Doctor from time at any point in the Doctor's life that Sarah Jane knew of. Meaning he could remove him from time during School Reunion or even decades earlier.''
=== Others ===
A Verron puzzle box resided within the [[remembered TARDIS]], with Clyde accidently sitting on it when he took a seat and fiddling with it as he talked to [[Jo Jones]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'')


[[Category:Sarah Jane's items]]
[[Category:Alien artefacts]]
[[Category:Sarah Jane Smith's possessions]]
[[Category:Puzzles]]
[[Category:Time technology]]
[[Category:The Trickster]]
[[Category:Remembered TARDIS's items]]

Latest revision as of 00:44, 27 June 2024

Two puzzle boxes with special powers were given to Sarah Jane Smith and Andrea Yates.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sarah Jane's puzzle box[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sarah Jane was given hers by a Verron soothsayer. It would protect its holder from the power of the Trickster, even if the Trickster's machinations had created an entire alternate timeline. (TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?, TV: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith) It protected Maria Jackson and later Alan Jackson during the Trickster's attempt to destroy Earth by killing Sarah Jane as a child. (TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?) Later, it alerted Rani Chandra and Clyde Langer to the renewed threat of the Trickster, and protected them and their memories from the switch to a timeline where the Trickster conquered Earth, having manifested in 1951. The box continued to protect Clyde and Rani from Krislok, a Graske working as the Trickster's agent. In exchange for helping them defeat the Trickster, Clyde gave the Graske the box to protect him should the Trickster ever seek revenge. (TV: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith)

Andrea's puzzle box[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Trickster himself gave one to Andrea Yates in 1964 to enable her to forget that she had voluntarily swapped places with Sarah Jane Smith, thus causing Sarah Jane's death. It was used by Andrea Yates to call the Trickster after Maria Jackson had (from Andrea Yates' viewpoint) begun to remember the existence of Sarah Jane Smith. (TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?)

Others[[edit] | [edit source]]

A Verron puzzle box resided within the remembered TARDIS, with Clyde accidently sitting on it when he took a seat and fiddling with it as he talked to Jo Jones. (TV: The Three Doctors)

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