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'''Alan Turing''' was an English [[mathematician]]. During [[World War II]], he was a code-breaker with whom both [[Rachel Jensen]] and [[Toshiko Sato]]'s grandparents worked. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'') | '''Alan Turing''' was an English [[mathematician]]. During [[World War II]], he was a code-breaker with whom both [[Rachel Jensen]] and [[Toshiko Sato]]'s grandparents worked. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'') | ||
During the war, he designed a [[Rift Predictor]] for [[Torchwood Three]] in [[1941]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets (novel)|The Twilight Streets]]'') and cracked the code at [[Bletchley Park]] in spring of that year. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Criss-Cross (audio story)|Criss-Cross]]'') Although strictly confidential, WREN [[Constance Clarke]] was present that morning and knew the work was instrumental to the war effort, changing the tide of the war. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Criss-Cross (audio story)|Criss-Cross]]'') | During the war, he designed a [[Rift Predictor]] for [[Torchwood Three]] in [[1941]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets (novel)|The Twilight Streets]]'') and cracked the code at [[Bletchley Park]] in spring of that year. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Criss-Cross (audio story)|Criss-Cross]]'') Although strictly confidential, WREN [[Constance Clarke]] was present that morning and knew the work was instrumental to the war effort, changing the tide of the war. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Criss-Cross (audio story)|Criss-Cross]]'') | ||
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He helped the [[Eighth Doctor]] crack an alien code in [[1944]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Turing Test (novel)|The Turing Test]]'') | He helped the [[Eighth Doctor]] crack an alien code in [[1944]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Turing Test (novel)|The Turing Test]]'') | ||
He committed [[suicide]] in the mid- | In the [[1950s]], he was arrested for being [[gay]], and was injected with hormones. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Phantom Piper (comic story)|The Phantom Piper]]'') | ||
He committed [[suicide]] in the mid-1950s, after having been hounded out of academia by [[Professor]] [[Jeffrey Broderick]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Artificial Intelligence (audio story)|Artificial Intelligence]]'') | |||
== Duplicates and alternatives == | == Duplicates and alternatives == | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] met | In [[1954]], when Alan was nearing his end, [[Chiyoko]] copied Alan's mind and put in a robotic [[Galatean]] body. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Phantom Piper (comic story)|The Phantom Piper]]'') | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] met Alan's duplicate in the [[Museum of Lost Opportunities]]. Although appearing to possess many of Alan's memories and attitudes, the robot did not remember Alan's previous encounter with the Doctor. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Child of Time (comic story)|The Child of Time]]'') | |||
By the time the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Bill Potts]] came to visit Alan's duplicate at the [[The Moon|lunar]] colony [[Athenia]] to translate a mysterious code scratched on the TARDIS' doors, conflict had arisen between the Galateans and humans, while two years earlier, Alan had broken off his engagement with [[Ranesh (The Phantom Piper)|Ranesh]], and hid himself away in a replica of [[King's College]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] to work in quiet as he did not wish for the Galateans to see him as some kind of messiah. He gave his whereabouts to Chiyoko but only for emergencies. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Phantom Piper (comic story)|The Phantom Piper]]'') | |||
In an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]], Turing was the inventor of the [[Turing Shroud]], which served as a schematic of an early computer, only to be arrested on charges of sexual deviancy by the [[Star Chamber]] in 1936 before he could do any serious work. He was kept locked up in the Tower of London until [[2003]] when he was executed by this timeline's version of [[Sabbath]], who had been manipulated into believing that Turing's death would separate his world from the rest of the universe as alternate timelines began to collapse, but Turing's death actually accelerated the damage and destroyed this reality due to his status as the main focal point of this word's divergence from other histories. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Domino Effect]]'') | In an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]], Turing was the inventor of the [[Turing Shroud]], which served as a schematic of an early computer, only to be arrested on charges of sexual deviancy by the [[Star Chamber]] in 1936 before he could do any serious work. He was kept locked up in the Tower of London until [[2003]] when he was executed by this timeline's version of [[Sabbath]], who had been manipulated into believing that Turing's death would separate his world from the rest of the universe as alternate timelines began to collapse, but Turing's death actually accelerated the damage and destroyed this reality due to his status as the main focal point of this word's divergence from other histories. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Domino Effect]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* He was played by [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] in the 2014 film ''The Imitation Game'' and by [[Derek Jacobi]] in ''Breaking the Code''. | * He was played by [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] in the 2014 film ''The Imitation Game'' and by [[Derek Jacobi]] in ''Breaking the Code''. ''The Imitation Game'' itself is mentioned in ''[[The Phantom Piper (comic story)|The Phantom Piper]]'' as something 21st century native [[Bill Potts]] has seen. | ||
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Revision as of 16:50, 13 January 2018
Alan Turing was an English mathematician. During World War II, he was a code-breaker with whom both Rachel Jensen and Toshiko Sato's grandparents worked. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy, TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts)
During the war, he designed a Rift Predictor for Torchwood Three in 1941 (PROSE: The Twilight Streets) and cracked the code at Bletchley Park in spring of that year. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross) Although strictly confidential, WREN Constance Clarke was present that morning and knew the work was instrumental to the war effort, changing the tide of the war. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross)
The Second Doctor remembered meeting Alan and observing how glowing parts in his huge computers attracted insects, which resulted in the term "bug" being born. (AUDIO: The Uncertainty Principle)
He helped the Eighth Doctor crack an alien code in 1944. (PROSE: The Turing Test)
In the 1950s, he was arrested for being gay, and was injected with hormones. (COMIC: The Phantom Piper)
He committed suicide in the mid-1950s, after having been hounded out of academia by Professor Jeffrey Broderick. (AUDIO: Artificial Intelligence)
Duplicates and alternatives
In 1954, when Alan was nearing his end, Chiyoko copied Alan's mind and put in a robotic Galatean body. (COMIC: The Phantom Piper)
The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond met Alan's duplicate in the Museum of Lost Opportunities. Although appearing to possess many of Alan's memories and attitudes, the robot did not remember Alan's previous encounter with the Doctor. (COMIC: The Child of Time)
By the time the Twelfth Doctor and Bill Potts came to visit Alan's duplicate at the lunar colony Athenia to translate a mysterious code scratched on the TARDIS' doors, conflict had arisen between the Galateans and humans, while two years earlier, Alan had broken off his engagement with Ranesh, and hid himself away in a replica of King's College, Cambridge to work in quiet as he did not wish for the Galateans to see him as some kind of messiah. He gave his whereabouts to Chiyoko but only for emergencies. (COMIC: The Phantom Piper)
In an alternative timeline, Turing was the inventor of the Turing Shroud, which served as a schematic of an early computer, only to be arrested on charges of sexual deviancy by the Star Chamber in 1936 before he could do any serious work. He was kept locked up in the Tower of London until 2003 when he was executed by this timeline's version of Sabbath, who had been manipulated into believing that Turing's death would separate his world from the rest of the universe as alternate timelines began to collapse, but Turing's death actually accelerated the damage and destroyed this reality due to his status as the main focal point of this word's divergence from other histories. (PROSE: The Domino Effect)
Behind the scenes
- He was played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the 2014 film The Imitation Game and by Derek Jacobi in Breaking the Code. The Imitation Game itself is mentioned in The Phantom Piper as something 21st century native Bill Potts has seen.
