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|individual name = Dekker
|species          = Human
|race           = [[Human]]
|job              = Engineer
|home planet    = [[Earth]]
|affiliation      = MI5
|home era        = Early [[21st century]]
|origin           = [[Earth]]  
|appearances    = [[TW]]: [[Children of Earth]]
|first            = Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)
|actor           = [[Ian Gelder]]
|appearances      = [[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Two (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Two]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)|Day Three]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Day Four]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Day Five]]''
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'''Dekker''' was the head of [[MI5]]'s technology division.


Cynical and devious technical expert. He has been constantly monitoring the airwaves for the possible arrival of the [[456]] since the [[1960s]] and knows far more about the [[alien]]s than anyone else, making him both indispensible but equally unlikeable.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Dekker worked in the [[Civil Service]] and never started a family due to him being too busy working. He became head of [[MI5]]'s technology division, based in a small and cramped [[office]] in which he rarely received visitors. Although they converted [[the 456]] readings onto digital, he kept the original equipment out of [[nostalgia]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') and spent forty years trying to crack the transmission. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'')


On Day One Dekker discovered that once again the 456 had contacted the world via the airwave on an old computer from 1965. Almost immediately he contacted Frobisher, telling him about the 456's return. Dekker was in the room with the 456 several times over the five days, fascinated by the alien and what it really was. On day four when Captain Jack Harkness angered the 456 and it released poisonous gases through the building Dekker was the only person in the building to survive (Captain Jack did die temporarily). He rushed down to the room where he had seen the 456's message and got out a suit that protected him against the poisonous gases.  
=== 456 incident ===
In [[September]] [[2009]], Dekker informed [[John Frobisher]] that the equipment was active at the times that the children stopped, confirming that [[the 456]] were behind it, and that he was running it through the translators. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') Once the translations were complete, he found that they were instructions to build a tank, a project for which he called in the [[Damage Control Team]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Two (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Two]]'')


On Day five after meeting up with the government he returned to his post at the radio/computer. Later when a small mutiny took place and Captain Jack was released from prison, Dekker was knocked out, we are unsure what happened to him after this.
Dekker was in [[Thames House]] during the conversations with the [[456 ambassador]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Three]]'') He sent a man with a [[camera]] into the tank per the 456's orders and detected the signs of a third life within, that being of one of the [[1965]] children. He was the only person to survive the massacre of the building, which he did by putting on a [[hazmat]] suit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'')


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When [[Augustus Oduya|Colonel Augustus Oduya]] arrived to take over negotiations, Dekker greeted him. He was knocked out and taken to [[Ashton Down]] by [[Johnson (Children of Earth: Day One)|Johnson]] and her men during their breakout of [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]], also being shot in the leg by Johnson when he complained. He helped Jack come to the conclusion that a child could be used to defeat the 456, but that the child would "fry". He watched and was upset by [[Steven Carter]]'s death. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'')
 
== Personality ==
Dekker remarked that the reason that he kept on surviving was by stepping back. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') He did not hold elected officials in high regard and believed that the [[Civil Service]] were seen as the "[[cockroach]]es of government". ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'')
 
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Latest revision as of 20:09, 1 August 2023

You may be looking for Tom Dekker.

Dekker was the head of MI5's technology division.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Early life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dekker worked in the Civil Service and never started a family due to him being too busy working. He became head of MI5's technology division, based in a small and cramped office in which he rarely received visitors. Although they converted the 456 readings onto digital, he kept the original equipment out of nostalgia (TV: Children of Earth: Day One) and spent forty years trying to crack the transmission. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Five)

456 incident[[edit] | [edit source]]

In September 2009, Dekker informed John Frobisher that the equipment was active at the times that the children stopped, confirming that the 456 were behind it, and that he was running it through the translators. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One) Once the translations were complete, he found that they were instructions to build a tank, a project for which he called in the Damage Control Team. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Two)

Dekker was in Thames House during the conversations with the 456 ambassador. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three) He sent a man with a camera into the tank per the 456's orders and detected the signs of a third life within, that being of one of the 1965 children. He was the only person to survive the massacre of the building, which he did by putting on a hazmat suit. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Four)

When Colonel Augustus Oduya arrived to take over negotiations, Dekker greeted him. He was knocked out and taken to Ashton Down by Johnson and her men during their breakout of Captain Jack Harkness, also being shot in the leg by Johnson when he complained. He helped Jack come to the conclusion that a child could be used to defeat the 456, but that the child would "fry". He watched and was upset by Steven Carter's death. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Five)

Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dekker remarked that the reason that he kept on surviving was by stepping back. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Five) He did not hold elected officials in high regard and believed that the Civil Service were seen as the "cockroaches of government". (TV: Children of Earth: Day One)

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