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|individual name= Control  
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|actor = Sharon Duce
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'''Control''' was a long-lived being who was a member of [[Light (Ghost Light)|Light]]'s survey of [[distant past|ancient]] [[Earth]].
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|actor= [[Sharon Duce]]
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Control was an alien from space who, together with [[Josiah Samuel Smith| Josiah]], lived aboard [[Light's ship]]. [[Light]] has been traveling the universe [[Catalog of life| Cataloging]] all the life he finds. Control is aboard Light's ship when it lands at [[Gabriel Chase]] in victorian times. Light is asleep and Josiah goes off to survey the life. Control is left in a room with two [[Husks]]. She soon comes out and, due to being on earth, takes on the form of a human female. She strikes up a relationship with [[Redvers Fenn-Cooper]], and Josiah's plan to kill [[Queen Victoria]] is thwarted as instead of Redvers and Josiah going to the palace with the invitations, Redvers chooses to take Control. During her time as the Control aboard Light's ship she wanted freedom but when it was granted she was unsure whether she like it.
When Light became dormant after the survey's conclusion, Control was locked away in the ship by the mission's surveyor, [[Josiah Samuel Smith]], who had seized power during this time. The ship then resided in the cellar of [[Gabriel Chase]] in [[Perivale]].


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Due to her isolation, she became confused and childish over the years, wanting to attain her freedom and aspiring to become a proper lady. When freed, she began to evolve and took on a human appearance. She destroyed one of Josiah's [[husk]]s, disrupting his evolutionary ladder and weakening him. She then took him as her prisoner.
 
She then left to travel the universe together with [[Redvers Fenn-Cooper]] and [[Nimrod]]; her job as Control was taken on by Josiah. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* As Light was an [[Eternal]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') Control may have been as well.
* The name "Control" is a pun: where [[Josiah Samuel Smith|Smith]] served as the variable, she served literally as the {{w|scientific control|control}}. However, she eventually evolved much more rapidly than Smith himself had done.
* [[Emma Thompson]] was considered for the role.
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Latest revision as of 18:08, 3 April 2023

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Control was a long-lived being who was a member of Light's survey of ancient Earth.

When Light became dormant after the survey's conclusion, Control was locked away in the ship by the mission's surveyor, Josiah Samuel Smith, who had seized power during this time. The ship then resided in the cellar of Gabriel Chase in Perivale.

Due to her isolation, she became confused and childish over the years, wanting to attain her freedom and aspiring to become a proper lady. When freed, she began to evolve and took on a human appearance. She destroyed one of Josiah's husks, disrupting his evolutionary ladder and weakening him. She then took him as her prisoner.

She then left to travel the universe together with Redvers Fenn-Cooper and Nimrod; her job as Control was taken on by Josiah. (TV: Ghost Light)

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

  • As Light was an Eternal, (PROSE: Divided Loyalties) Control may have been as well.
  • The name "Control" is a pun: where Smith served as the variable, she served literally as the control. However, she eventually evolved much more rapidly than Smith himself had done.
  • Emma Thompson was considered for the role.
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