Trinity Wells

Trinity Wells
Main aliases:	Mal Loup
Place of origin:	Earth
Appearances:	DW: Aliens of London DW: World War Three DW: The Christmas Invasion DW: The Sound of Drums SJA: Revenge of the Slitheen DW: The Poison Sky DW: Turn Left DW: The Stolen Earth SJA: Secrets of the Stars
Main actor:	[[actor::Lachele Carl|Lachele Carl]]

Trinity Wells, possibly known as Mal Loup, is an American newsreader. She reports several alien encounters for an American news network which goes by the acronym "AMNN".

Profile

Based on her Zodiac sign, she was born in July or August. (SJA: Secrets of the Stars)

Stories covered

• The 2006 Slitheen crisis in London. (DW: Aliens of London/World War III)
• The Sycorax ship flying over London. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)
• Mr Saxon announcing first contact with aliens. (DW: The Sound of Drums)
• Tranducers draining energy from electrical equipment on Earth then drawing energy from everything else including the Sun. (SJA: Revenge of the Slitheen)
• The gas emitted from the cars during the Sontaran attack. (DW: The Poison Sky)
• The Earth being moved into the Medusa Cascade (DW: The Stolen Earth)
• Martin Trueman's enslavement of almost everyone on the planet. The reporter was herself taken over when Trueman invoked Leo. (SJA: Secrets of the Stars)

Alternative timelines

• The Adipose attack on the United States in a variant timeline. She survives the events of this timeline. (DW: Turn Left)

Behind the scenes

Along with Sarah Jane, Luke and Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, this character is one of only three fictional humans to appear both in Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Another newsreader has also appeared in both programs, but he is a real-life BBC Wales newsreader, Jason Mohammad, playing himself.

Naming Problems

If this caption is to be trusted, this reporter's name is "Mal Loup".

This reporter's name is the subject of some ambiguity. Her name has only been seen in a chyron once. In one account of the Slitheen infiltration of the British government by the Slitheen in World War III, her name was seen as "Mal Loup", a vague French translation for "Bad Wolf". This in-universe citation, however, was only seen on an official, but in-universe, BBC website, not in the episode as broadcast. Likewise, the name "Trinity Wells" comes only from the credits of Turn Left and The Stolen Earth, not the episode themselves. It's possible the appearance of the Mal Loup name in this instance was a manifestation of the Bad Wolf meme. (DW: The Parting of the Ways)