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|name= Sentreal
|image       = Sentreal_Ben_Morris.jpg
|image= Delegate_Sentreal.jpg|thumb
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|origin     = [[Sentreal (planet)|Sentreal]]
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|first      = Mission to the Unknown (TV story)
|appearances= [[TV]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''
|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Perfect Prisoners (audio story)|The Perfect Prisoners]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Sentreal (short story)|Sentreal]]''}}
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}}'''Sentreal''' was a representative of his home [[galaxy]] at the first meeting of the [[Galactic Council]].
|voice actor = Christopher Naylor
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'''Sentreal''', from the planet [[Sentreal (planet)|Sentreal]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Mission to the Unknown]]'') was a representative of his [[Outer Galaxies|home galaxy]] at the first meeting of the [[Galactic Council]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'')


He had apparently been persuaded to join the alliance by [[Zephon]]. By remaining low-key at the meetings, he survived until the final meeting, where he strongly challenged [[Mavic Chen]], and was then imprisoned by the [[Dalek]]s. With [[Celation]], [[Beaus]], Mavic Chen and [[Malpha]], the remaining members of the Council, he agreed to go back to his own people and warn them about the Daleks' invasion plans and to fight against them, upon their escape from Kembel. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'','' [[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
== Biography ==
In [[4000]], Sentreal served as a delegate to the [[Galactic Council]] and, along with the other representatives of the outer galaxies, [[Great Alliance|allied]] himself with the [[Dalek]]s in their plan to conquer the [[Solar System]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'') before realising he was at the wrong meeting, when he intended to be at the [[Intergalactic Conference of Andromeda|Intergalactic Peace Conference of Andromeda]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sentreal (short story)|Sentreal]]'') As such, he did not appear at the seventh meeting, his place taken by [[Zephon (The Daleks' Master Plan)|Zephon]], [[Master of the Fifth Galaxy|Master]] of the [[Fifth Galaxy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')


Sentreal, a tall alien, his face indistinguishable due to the dark visor and chlorine fumes he breathed, wore a protective suit, and his helmet had an antenna on top. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'', ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
Later in the [[41st century]], Sentreal did became a member of [[the Syndicate (The Sinestran Kill)|the Syndicate]], composed of other former members or relatives of members of the Galactic Council. He attacked [[Ann Kelso]], but she was able to control him with a [[dream machine]], and used him to kill [[Trantis (The Perfect Prisoners)|Trantis III]] before ordering Sentreal himself to jump out a window, where he fell to his death. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Perfect Prisoners (audio story)|The Perfect Prisoners]]'')
 
== Appearance ==
Sentreal was a tall half-animal, half-vegetable being like an animated tree, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Mission to the Unknown]]'') all black apart from two burning bright eyes in his cylindrical head atop which was a black crown. His body resembled several open cones stacked on top of each other, ([[TV]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'') which the [[Fourth Doctor]] remarked looked like a [[Christmas tree]]. In truth, these cones could spin at violent speeds to kill enemies. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Perfect Prisoners (audio story)|The Perfect Prisoners]]'')
 
Sentreal himself commented that his head looked like a [[chess]] piece with a [[concertina]] section, which allowed him to bobble up and down to express agreement or disagreement. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sentreal (short story)|Sentreal]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* The actor who played Sentreal in ''[[Mission to the Unknown]]'' did not receive a credit, but [[Sam Mansary]] played an "Alien Delegate", and is of African descent, which matches the still shots from the episode which appear to show a dark-skinned actor inside Sentreal's space suit.
* The actor who played Sentreal did not receive a credit, but [[Johnny Clayton]] and [[Len Russell]] played "Alien Delegates", while [[Pat Gorman]] played a "Planetarian". It remains unclear, to date, which of them played Sentreal. [[Christopher Naylor]] voiced the role in the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio ''[[The Perfect Prisoners (audio story)|The Perfect Prisoners]]''.
* Beaus is shot and killed by [[Mavic Chen]] in the [[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|novelisation]]. In the televised story, Chen shoots [[Gearon]], not Beaus.
* Prior to the recovery of episode two of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', Sentreal and [[Beaus]] were often misidentified with each other, including in the novelisation.


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Latest revision as of 19:20, 6 July 2024

Sentreal, from the planet Sentreal, (PROSE: Mission to the Unknown) was a representative of his home galaxy at the first meeting of the Galactic Council. (TV: Mission to the Unknown)

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 4000, Sentreal served as a delegate to the Galactic Council and, along with the other representatives of the outer galaxies, allied himself with the Daleks in their plan to conquer the Solar System, (TV: Mission to the Unknown) before realising he was at the wrong meeting, when he intended to be at the Intergalactic Peace Conference of Andromeda. (PROSE: Sentreal) As such, he did not appear at the seventh meeting, his place taken by Zephon, Master of the Fifth Galaxy. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)

Later in the 41st century, Sentreal did became a member of the Syndicate, composed of other former members or relatives of members of the Galactic Council. He attacked Ann Kelso, but she was able to control him with a dream machine, and used him to kill Trantis III before ordering Sentreal himself to jump out a window, where he fell to his death. (AUDIO: The Perfect Prisoners)

Appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sentreal was a tall half-animal, half-vegetable being like an animated tree, (PROSE: Mission to the Unknown) all black apart from two burning bright eyes in his cylindrical head atop which was a black crown. His body resembled several open cones stacked on top of each other, (TV: Mission to the Unknown) which the Fourth Doctor remarked looked like a Christmas tree. In truth, these cones could spin at violent speeds to kill enemies. (AUDIO: The Perfect Prisoners)

Sentreal himself commented that his head looked like a chess piece with a concertina section, which allowed him to bobble up and down to express agreement or disagreement. (PROSE: Sentreal)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]