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|affiliation = Preternatural Research Bureau | |affiliation = Preternatural Research Bureau | ||
|first cs = When to Die (home video) | |first cs = When to Die (home video) | ||
|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Worthy Successor (short story)}}|[[WC]]: {{cs|Varunastra (webcast)}}|[[WC]]: {{cs|P.R.O.B.E. CASE FILES - TRAILER (webcast)}}|[[AUDIO]]: {{cs|What Happened in Manchester (audio story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Preternatural Days (short story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Preternatural Nights (short story)}}|[[COMIC]]: {{cs|Before the Storm (comic story)}}}} | |appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Worthy Successor (short story)}}|[[WC]]: {{cs|Varunastra (webcast)}}|[[WC]]: {{cs|P.R.O.B.E. CASE FILES - TRAILER (webcast)}}|[[AUDIO]]: {{cs|What Happened in Manchester (audio story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Preternatural Days (short story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Preternatural Nights (short story)}}|[[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Ex-President (home video}})|[[COMIC]]: {{cs|Before the Storm (comic story)}}}} | ||
|voice actor = Hazel Burrows | |voice actor = Hazel Burrows | ||
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=== Gifted to P.R.O.B.E. === | === Gifted to P.R.O.B.E. === | ||
Box was gifted to [[Liz Shaw|Liz]] a past associate of hers, known as "Doctor Smith". ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|When to Die (home video)}}) The alias of "Doctor John Smith" had notably used been by the [[Third Doctor]] when he first began working for [[UNIT]] in close association with a younger Liz Shaw. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}}) For a time, Liz used Box "all the time", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}) but after her mechanisms ceased working, Box remained inactive for many years. Liz placed Box in [[ | Box was gifted to [[Liz Shaw|Liz]] a past associate of hers, known as "Doctor Smith". ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|When to Die (home video)}}) The alias of "Doctor John Smith" had notably used been by the [[Third Doctor]] when he first began working for [[UNIT]] in close association with a younger Liz Shaw. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}}) For a time, Liz used Box "all the time", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}) but after her mechanisms ceased working, Box remained inactive for many years. Liz placed Box in [[P.R.O.B.E.]]'s storage hold on the [[Dr Smith shelf|"Dr Smith" shelf]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|When to Die (home video)}}) | ||
=== The Paul Reynish case === | === The Paul Reynish case === | ||
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=== During Perihelion === | === During Perihelion === | ||
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The now-active Box helped [[ | The now-active Box helped [[P.R.O.B.E.]] deal with the threat of [[Perihelion]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Preternatural Nights (short story)}}) | ||
=== Later history === | === Later history === | ||
Box was pictured on the [[Dr Smith shelf]] on a [[case file]] recorded by [[Giles]] on [[8 May]] [[2021]]. There, curious-looking green tendrils connected Box to the [[Cyberon (Cyberon is Back!!)|Cyberon head]] and to the vial of [[Cyberon (drug)|Cyberon drug]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Ex-President (home video)}}) | |||
=== Beyond the 21st century === | |||
[[File:Future Box.jpg|thumb|right|[[Lauren Anderson]] discovers Box's new physical exterior in [[2892]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Before the Storm (comic story)}})]]Over the centuries, Box grew into a huge database filling the whole [[P.R.O.B.E. Archive]]. As a repository for "most of the entire history of [[the Galaxy]]", she learned to predict the [[future]] with "relative accuracy". This allowed her to foresee the [[Cyberon War]] in detail. However, her basic programming forbade her from rewriting [[history]], so she was unable to avert it. On the first day of the War, when the [[Cyberon]]s launched their surprise attack on [[Earth]], [[Lauren Anderson]], the only one of P.R.O.B.E.'s associates from the [[21st century]] to still be alive, made her way to the Archive to speak with Box. Box shared her predictions of the War with her and told her that there was [[hope]], as she believed the War would end in the Cyberons' defeat in [[3009]], though she saw only "[[Man in black (Cyber-Hunt)|blackness]]" when she tried to find out the specifics. | [[File:Future Box.jpg|thumb|right|[[Lauren Anderson]] discovers Box's new physical exterior in [[2892]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Before the Storm (comic story)}})]]Over the centuries, Box grew into a huge database filling the whole [[P.R.O.B.E. Archive]]. As a repository for "most of the entire history of [[the Galaxy]]", she learned to predict the [[future]] with "relative accuracy". This allowed her to foresee the [[Cyberon War]] in detail. However, her basic programming forbade her from rewriting [[history]], so she was unable to avert it. On the first day of the War, when the [[Cyberon]]s launched their surprise attack on [[Earth]], [[Lauren Anderson]], the only one of P.R.O.B.E.'s associates from the [[21st century]] to still be alive, made her way to the Archive to speak with Box. Box shared her predictions of the War with her and told her that there was [[hope]], as she believed the War would end in the Cyberons' defeat in [[3009]], though she saw only "[[Man in black (Cyber-Hunt)|blackness]]" when she tried to find out the specifics. | ||
Box herself knew and accepted that she was doomed, as [[London]] would be bombed "down to [[atom]]s" within five [[hour]]s and the [[Internet]] was already down, preventing her from transferring herself to somewhere safer. However, she urged Lauren to do her best to survive — "for me… for [[Giles]]… for everyone we lost". Five hours later, just before the blast, Box sent out a final radio signal, once again repeating: "There is hope". However, in the chaos, few picked up the signal, and those who did could not understand it. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Before the Storm (comic story)}}) | Box herself knew and accepted that she was doomed, as [[London]] would be bombed "down to [[atom]]s" within five [[hour]]s and the [[Internet]] was already down, preventing her from transferring herself to somewhere safer. However, she urged Lauren to do her best to survive — "for me… for [[Giles]]… for everyone we lost". Five hours later, just before the blast, Box sent out a final radio signal, once again repeating: "There is hope". However, in the chaos, few picked up the signal, and those who did could not understand it. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Before the Storm (comic story)}}) | ||
=== Other references === | |||
An image of Box was featured amidst other [[P.R.O.B.E.]] paraphernalia in a video message left for [[Giles]] by [[Sir]] [[Andrew Williams|Andrew]] in which he reviewed Giles's case files to date. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|A Message From Sir Andrew (home video)}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == |