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|individual name= Alison Docherty
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|image=[[File:AlisonDocherty.jpg|250px]]
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|species=[[Human]]
|job = Professor
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|species = Human
|home era= [[21st century]]
|origin= [[Earth]]
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''
|child = Alison Docherty's son{{!}}Son
|actor= [[Ellie Haddington]]  
|only= Last of the Time Lords (TV story)
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|actor= Ellie Haddington
}}{{counterparts |name=Alison Docherty|2=Alison Docherty (The Year That Never Was)}}
[[Professor]] '''Alison Docherty''' was sought out by [[Martha Jones]] following [[the Year That Never Was]]. Martha approached her in a park and gave her a bouquet of flowers. The flowers were in response to events in the alternate timeline, where [[Alison Docherty (The Year That Never Was)|her counterpart]] had betrayed Martha in return for information on the whereabouts of [[Alison Docherty's son|her son]]. Professor Docherty was confused as to why she had been given flowers by a woman who - by her understanding - she had never met.


'''Alison Docherty''' was a woman in her late fifties. She was a survivor of the [[2008]] [[Toclafane]] attack.
She enjoyed ''[[Countdown (TV series)|Countdown]]'', though she preferred its original host over their immediate successors, [[Desmond Lynam|Des]] and [[Des O'Connor|Des]]. She wasn't a fan of [[Bill Gates]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')


== Biography ==
== Behind the scenes ==
During the '[[Year That Never Was]]', she feared she had lost her son in the attack. [[Thomas Milligan|Tom Milligan]] took [[Martha Jones]] to her lab, where she asked how Martha was going to defeat [[the Master]]. Martha said that she had a gun loaded with chemicals that could kill [[the Master]] despite his ability to [[Regeneration|regenerate]].
Though no scripted reference is made to her affiliated university, Docherty is shown wearing the scarf of Newnham College, Cambridge.


When Martha and Tom left for London, she used a secret video link to the ''[[Valiant (aircraft carrier)|Valiant]]'', the Master's base. She told the Master the whole plan in exchange for information about her son. This however was planned for by Martha; the resistance knew that she was a possible information leak.
When that version of [[2009]] was erased, time was restored to a different line. Alison did not know why Martha gave her a gift of flowers as a way of saying thanks and that she didn't blame her.
She wore the scarf of Newnham College, Cambridge. ([[DW]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'')
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Latest revision as of 15:37, 26 June 2023

Professor Alison Docherty was sought out by Martha Jones following the Year That Never Was. Martha approached her in a park and gave her a bouquet of flowers. The flowers were in response to events in the alternate timeline, where her counterpart had betrayed Martha in return for information on the whereabouts of her son. Professor Docherty was confused as to why she had been given flowers by a woman who - by her understanding - she had never met.

She enjoyed Countdown, though she preferred its original host over their immediate successors, Des and Des. She wasn't a fan of Bill Gates. (TV: Last of the Time Lords)

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

Though no scripted reference is made to her affiliated university, Docherty is shown wearing the scarf of Newnham College, Cambridge.