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|individual name=Tom Girton
|alias = Tom Wilkins
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|image= Tom Girton.jpg
|image= Tom_Girton.jpg
|species = Human
|species=[[Human]]
|origin= [[Earth]]
|origin= [[Earth]]
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]''
|only= The Dæmons (TV story)
|actor= Jon Croft
|actor= Jon Croft
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}}'''Tom Girton''', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') also called '''Tom Wilkins''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dæmons]]'') was an inhabitant of [[Devil's End]] in the [[1970s]], and a member of {{Delgado}}'s [[coven]].
'''Tom Girton''' was an inhabitant of [[Devil's End]] and a member of [[The Master (UNIT years)|the Master]]'s [[coven]]. He stole a [[UNIT]] [[helicopter]] and tried to kill the [[Third Doctor]] by driving him into [[Azal]]'s heat barrier, but crashed into it himself. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'')
 
== Biography ==
After seeing [[Olive Hawthorne]] protest the opening of the [[Devil's Hump]] on [[television]], Girton claimed "she should been put away years ago". After the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]] arrived at ''[[The Cloven Hoof]]'', he went to the [[church]] to inform the Master.
 
When [[Bert (The Dæmons)|Bert]] informed the Master that the Doctor was going to the [[heat barrier]] to see [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], the Master put Girton under hypnotic control and told him to steal the [[UNIT]] [[helicopter]] and try to kill the Doctor by forcing him into the heat barrier.
 
Captain [[Mike Yates]] saw Girton getting into the helicopter and tired to stop him, but Girton managed to knock Yates out long enough to take off in the helicopter.
 
After several failed attempts to kill the Doctor with the helicopter, Girton accidentally crashed into the barrier, killing himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'')
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Latest revision as of 10:51, 6 June 2023

Tom Girton, (TV: The Dæmons) also called Tom Wilkins, (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Dæmons) was an inhabitant of Devil's End in the 1970s, and a member of the Master's coven.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

After seeing Olive Hawthorne protest the opening of the Devil's Hump on television, Girton claimed "she should been put away years ago". After the Third Doctor and Jo Grant arrived at The Cloven Hoof, he went to the church to inform the Master.

When Bert informed the Master that the Doctor was going to the heat barrier to see Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, the Master put Girton under hypnotic control and told him to steal the UNIT helicopter and try to kill the Doctor by forcing him into the heat barrier.

Captain Mike Yates saw Girton getting into the helicopter and tired to stop him, but Girton managed to knock Yates out long enough to take off in the helicopter.

After several failed attempts to kill the Doctor with the helicopter, Girton accidentally crashed into the barrier, killing himself. (TV: The Dæmons)