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|individual name= Watkins
|image       = ProfessorWatkins.jpg
|image= [[File:Watkins.png|225px]]
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|species    = Human
|race= [[Human]]
|origin      = [[Earth]]
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|first      = The Invasion (TV story)
|home era= circa [[1970s]]
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Analysis Bureau (novel)|The Analysis Bureau]]''
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]''
|actor       = Edward Burnham
|actor= [[Edward Burnham]]
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Professor '''Watkins''' was a scientist and the uncle of [[Isobel Watkins]]. After inventing the [[Cerebration Mentor]], he was kidnapped by [[Tobias Vaughn]], who forced him to develop it for use as a weapon against the [[Cybermen]]. Watkins was later rescued by [[UNIT]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'')
[[Professor]] '''Joseph Watkins''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Designer Death (short story)|Designer Death]]'') was a [[scientist]], and the uncle of [[Isobel Watkins]].  
 
== Biography ==
After inventing the [[Cerebration Mentor]], Watkins was kidnapped by [[Tobias Vaughn]], who forced him to develop it for use as a weapon against the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. He was later rescued by [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]].
 
Watkins was at least an acquaintance of Professor [[Edward Travers]] and his daughter [[Anne Travers|Anne]], as they let out their [[London]] home to him while they were away in [[United States of America|America]]. Isobel also moved in after she was evicted from her photographic studio.
 
Watkins had learned much about the [[Second Doctor]] and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] from Travers and Anne, and when he finally met the Doctor, his foreknowledge caught the [[Time Lord]] by surprise. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* Watkins was not identified with a first name in ''The Invasion'' or any subsequent spin-off media until the [[2023 (releases)|2023]] short story ''[[Designer Death (short story)|Designer Death]]''.
 
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Latest revision as of 16:54, 24 November 2023

Professor Joseph Watkins (PROSE: Designer Death) was a scientist, and the uncle of Isobel Watkins.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

After inventing the Cerebration Mentor, Watkins was kidnapped by Tobias Vaughn, who forced him to develop it for use as a weapon against the Cybermen. He was later rescued by UNIT.

Watkins was at least an acquaintance of Professor Edward Travers and his daughter Anne, as they let out their London home to him while they were away in America. Isobel also moved in after she was evicted from her photographic studio.

Watkins had learned much about the Second Doctor and the TARDIS from Travers and Anne, and when he finally met the Doctor, his foreknowledge caught the Time Lord by surprise. (TV: The Invasion)

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

  • Watkins was not identified with a first name in The Invasion or any subsequent spin-off media until the 2023 short story Designer Death.