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[[Professor]] '''Malcolm Taylor''' was a [[UNIT]] [[scientific advisor]] at the time of the incident involving [[The Swarm (Planet of the Dead)|the Swarm]]. He was one of many UNIT officers to consider [[the Doctor]] as his "greatest hero".
Dr '''Malcolm Taylor''' was a [[UNIT]] [[scientific advisor]] at the time of the incident involving [[The Swarm (Planet of the Dead)|the Swarm]].  


Professor Taylor was a [[Welsh]]man and one of [[UNIT]]'s top scientific advisors. He had read all UNIT files on the Doctor, whom he idolised. He worked out how to close the [[wormhole]] created by [[The Swarm (Planet of the Dead)|the Swarm]] before the Doctor, who called him "brilliant" and his "new best friend". Captain [[Erisa Magambo]] ordered him to close the wormhole to protect the Earth, despite the Doctor and the passengers of [[The 200|Bus 200]] being trapped on the other side. Outraged at the idea of abandoning the Doctor, Malcolm refused. Drawing her [[Firearm|gun]] on him, Magambo again ordered him to close the wormhole. In spite of his fear, Malcolm refused again, surprising both of them. Once the Doctor and the passengers made their way through, the tense exchange ended. The Doctor called Malcolm to close the wormhole. In his excitement Malcolm repeatedly hung up on him, but nevertheless complied, closing the wormhole just ahead of the main swarm.
== Biography ==
([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
=== Early life ===
Dr Malcolm Taylor was a [[Wales|Welshman]] and one of [[UNIT]]'s [[scientific advisor]]s, considered by [[Erisa Magambo|Captain Erisa Magambo]] to be a [[genius]]. He read all of UNIT's files on [[the Doctor]], coming to idolise them, and came up with units of measurement named after himself and [[Bernard Quatermass]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Dead (TV story)}})


[[File:Malcolm Meets The Doctor.jpg|thumb|left|Malcolm is overjoyed when he meets [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')]]
=== 2000s ===
After Malcolm met the Doctor for the first time in person, he hugged him and repeatedly proclaimed "I love you!" The Doctor, bemused, pointed to Malcolm affectionately as he walked away. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
[[File:Malcolm Meets The Doctor.jpg|thumb|left|Malcolm is overjoyed when he meets the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Dead (TV story)}})]]
[[Josh Carter]] spoke to Malcolm whilst he was on the [[phone]] with [[Donna Noble]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Chiswick Cuckoos (audio story)}})


He was good friends with [[Martha Jones]], who would occasionally fill in for him, even after she had left UNIT. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Don't Step on the Grass (comic story)|Don't Step on the Grass]]'')
Malcolm worked out how to close the [[wormhole]] created by [[The Swarm (Planet of the Dead)|the Swarm]] before the [[Tenth Doctor]]. Magambo ordered him to close the wormhole to protect the Earth, despite the Doctor and the passengers of [[The 200|Bus 200]] being trapped on the other side, but he refused. Once the Doctor and the passengers made their way through, the Doctor called Malcolm to close the wormhole. In his excitement Malcolm repeatedly hung up on him, but nevertheless complied, closing the wormhole just ahead of the main swarm. After Malcolm met the Doctor for the first time in person, he hugged him and repeatedly proclaimed "I love you!" The Doctor, bemused, pointed to Malcolm affectionately as he walked away. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Dead (TV story)}})


[[Kate Stewart]] told [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] to tell Malcolm to replace the batteries of the [[ravens of death]]. After being alerted to the presence of more than one Doctor in one place, Kate ordered Malcolm to send her one of [[Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|her father]]'s old files code-named "[[Cromer]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
Malcolm was good friends with [[Martha Jones]], who would occasionally fill in for him even after she had left UNIT. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Don't Step on the Grass (comic story)}})


He headed the clean-up team which investigated the sight of {{Gomez}}'s apparent death ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Diary of the Master (short story)|The Secret Diary of the Master]]'') at the hands of the temporarily-resurrected [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') When his team discovered the [[Masterplan Journal]], the Master's [[diary]], he had its contents transcribed to a digital format and emailed them to Kate Stewart and the rest of UNIT Command. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Diary of the Master (short story)|The Secret Diary of the Master]]'')
=== 2010s ===
In [[2013]], [[Kate Stewart]] told [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] to tell Malcolm to replace the batteries of the [[ravens of death]]. After being alerted to the presence of more than one Doctor in one place, Kate ordered Malcolm to send her one of [[Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|her father]]'s old files code-named "[[Cromer]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}})


Malcolm set up a hologram of the [[Tower of London]] while it underwent reconstruction after the [[Tengobushi]] attack. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ice Station Alpha (audio story)|Ice Station Alpha]]'')
Malcolm set up a hologram of the [[Tower of London]] while it underwent reconstruction after the [[Tengobushi]] attack ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Ice Station Alpha (audio story)}}) and tracked [[Petronella Osgood]] and [[Sam Bishop]]'s descent when they fell to [[Earth]] from the [[Unified Space Platform]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|In Memory Alone (audio story)}}) It was thanks to his [[immunisation]]s that Osgood was unaffected by [[John Torrance]] and [[Christine Colley]]'s [[Veralium truth serum]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Sontaran Project (audio story)}})


He later assisted Kate and Osgood in the 2010s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]'')
When a shipping container appeared at [[Windsor Castle]], Malcolm tried to scan it but informed [[Vikram Shindi|Colonel Vikram Shindi]] that he could not get any signals. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Game Theory (audio story)}}) Osgood later said that it would take months for Malcolm to disassemble and catalogue all of [[the Auctioneers]]' artefacts stored at the [[Whitehouse Gallery]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Master of Worlds (audio story)}})
 
Malcolm headed the clean-up team which investigated the [[Graveyard One|site]] of [[Missy]]'s apparent death ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Secret Diary of the Master (short story)}}) at the hands of the temporarily-resurrected Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death in Heaven (TV story)}}) When his team discovered the [[Masterplan Journal]], the Master's [[diary]], he had its contents transcribed to a digital format and emailed them to Kate and the rest of UNIT Command. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Secret Diary of the Master (short story)}})


=== Units of measurement ===
Professor Taylor made up his own units of measurements, including:
* [[Malcolm (unit)|Malcolms]] - One Malcolm was a wavelength parcel of ten KHz operating in four dimensions. He came up with the idea to name a form of measurement after himself from [[James Watt]], saying "it didn't do [him] any harm."
* [[Bernard (unit)|Bernards]] - One Bernard (named for the rocket scientist [[Bernard Quatermass]]) was one hundred Malcolms. However, he had yet to think of a unit of measurement going past five hundred Bernards. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
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Dr Malcolm Taylor was a UNIT scientific advisor at the time of the incident involving the Swarm.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Dr Malcolm Taylor was a Welshman and one of UNIT's scientific advisors, considered by Captain Erisa Magambo to be a genius. He read all of UNIT's files on the Doctor, coming to idolise them, and came up with units of measurement named after himself and Bernard Quatermass. (TV: Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"])

2000s[[edit] | [edit source]]

Malcolm is overjoyed when he meets the Tenth Doctor. (TV: Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"])

Josh Carter spoke to Malcolm whilst he was on the phone with Donna Noble. (AUDIO: The Chiswick Cuckoos [+]Loading...["The Chiswick Cuckoos (audio story)"])

Malcolm worked out how to close the wormhole created by the Swarm before the Tenth Doctor. Magambo ordered him to close the wormhole to protect the Earth, despite the Doctor and the passengers of Bus 200 being trapped on the other side, but he refused. Once the Doctor and the passengers made their way through, the Doctor called Malcolm to close the wormhole. In his excitement Malcolm repeatedly hung up on him, but nevertheless complied, closing the wormhole just ahead of the main swarm. After Malcolm met the Doctor for the first time in person, he hugged him and repeatedly proclaimed "I love you!" The Doctor, bemused, pointed to Malcolm affectionately as he walked away. (TV: Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"])

Malcolm was good friends with Martha Jones, who would occasionally fill in for him even after she had left UNIT. (COMIC: Don't Step on the Grass [+]Loading...["Don't Step on the Grass (comic story)"])

2010s[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 2013, Kate Stewart told Osgood to tell Malcolm to replace the batteries of the ravens of death. After being alerted to the presence of more than one Doctor in one place, Kate ordered Malcolm to send her one of her father's old files code-named "Cromer". (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])

Malcolm set up a hologram of the Tower of London while it underwent reconstruction after the Tengobushi attack (AUDIO: Ice Station Alpha [+]Loading...["Ice Station Alpha (audio story)"]) and tracked Petronella Osgood and Sam Bishop's descent when they fell to Earth from the Unified Space Platform. (AUDIO: In Memory Alone [+]Loading...["In Memory Alone (audio story)"]) It was thanks to his immunisations that Osgood was unaffected by John Torrance and Christine Colley's Veralium truth serum. (AUDIO: The Sontaran Project [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Project (audio story)"])

When a shipping container appeared at Windsor Castle, Malcolm tried to scan it but informed Colonel Vikram Shindi that he could not get any signals. (AUDIO: Game Theory [+]Loading...["Game Theory (audio story)"]) Osgood later said that it would take months for Malcolm to disassemble and catalogue all of the Auctioneers' artefacts stored at the Whitehouse Gallery. (AUDIO: Master of Worlds [+]Loading...["Master of Worlds (audio story)"])

Malcolm headed the clean-up team which investigated the site of Missy's apparent death (PROSE: The Secret Diary of the Master [+]Loading...["The Secret Diary of the Master (short story)"]) at the hands of the temporarily-resurrected Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. (TV: Death in Heaven [+]Loading...["Death in Heaven (TV story)"]) When his team discovered the Masterplan Journal, the Master's diary, he had its contents transcribed to a digital format and emailed them to Kate and the rest of UNIT Command. (PROSE: The Secret Diary of the Master [+]Loading...["The Secret Diary of the Master (short story)"])

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