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|actor           = Pamela Salem
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|appearances      = [[PROSE]]: ''[[Corpse Marker (novel)|Corpse Marker]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Love Me Not (audio story)|Love Me Not]]''  
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'''Pilot Lish Toos''' was second-in-command aboard the [[sandminer]] ''[[Storm Mine 4]]''. She was caught up in a sequence of events instigated by [[Taren Capel]], whom she helped the [[Fourth Doctor]] defeat.
'''Lish Toos''' was a [[sandminer]] [[pilot]] and, later [[captain]]. She first met the [[Fourth Doctor]] aboard ''[[Storm Mine 4]]'' where she helped him defeat [[Taren Capel]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Toos worked aboard the [[control deck]], with one of her roles being to identify rich veins of [[ore]]. After [[Chub]] was [[murder]]ed, Toos and the other crew members were gathered together by [[Uvanov|Commander Uvanov]] to discuss the situation. Toos was dissuaded by [[Taren Capel|Dask]] from following [[Borg (The Robots of Death)|Borg]] and [[Cass (The Robots of Death)|Cass]] to actively search for the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]], who were suspected of the murder given that they were an unknown quantity. When they were captured, Toos agreed that the Doctor's claims that he was not responsible were plausible given that "as a lie [it was] pretty feeble".
=== Murder on the sandminer ===
Toos was second-in-command of ''[[Storm Mine 4]]'', working on the [[control deck]] and identifying rich veins of [[ore]]. Following [[Chub]]'s [[murder]], she was dissuaded by [[Taren Capel|Dask]] from joining [[Borg (The Robots of Death)|Borg]] and [[Cass (The Robots of Death)|Cass]] in their search for the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]]. Once the pair had been captured, Toos agreed that the Doctor's claims that he was not responsible were plausible given that "''as a lie [it was] pretty feeble''". After [[Kiy Uvanov]] was found over [[Zilda]]'s body, Toos became [[commander]], although she was sceptical about [[Anders Poul]]'s belief that Uvanov had killed her.


Returning to work, Toos reported that they were nearly fifty percent under target to meet the quota of ore assigned to them. She suspected that without a rich vein they would return with the miner half empty. Toos was on the control deck when the motors were jammed. [[Poul|Chief Mover Poul]] contacted her for a report and asked her to told the vehicle steady, receiving a sarcastic remark in reply. The Doctor and Leela, having been freed from their bonds, went to the control deck and the [[Time Lord]] advised Toos to "cut the power". The readings increased until they were 85% above safety. The Doctor had Dask cut the [[zeta link]]s, saving the sandminer as the levels returned to safety.
[[File:Choking.jpg|thumb|left|[[V6]] chokes Toos in her cabin. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'')]]
She did not believe the Doctor when he claimed that the [[Kaldor android|robots]] were responsible for the killings until [[V6]] tried to choke her. She was saved by [[SV7]], who was later converted to Taren Capel's creed, forcing her to accept the claims of a [[robot revolution]], and stopped being active commander once Uvanov was cleared of suspicion. The two worked together on the bridge to produce [[anti-robot bomb]]s per the Doctor's suggestion, one of which they used to destroy [[V5]]. Toos encountered SV7 after it had killed Capel and was choked by it before the Doctor deactivated it using a [[laserson probe]]. With a rescue ship on its way to collect Toos and Uvanov, the Doctor and Leela left. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'')


[[SV7]] contacted Toos to confirm an order given to it by Poul - to restrain Commander Uvanov - and she corroborated it. Toos further requested the SV7, who now addressed her as Commander, perform a full scale [[mine integrity survey]]. As she was visibly in pain, [[Leela]] pulled back Toos' sleeve to reveal a wound on her wrist. She claimed she hadn't mentioned it as there was "too much to do". Leela bound the wound for her, telling her the old [[Sevateem]] saying, "If you're bleeding, look for a man with scars".
=== Robot attacks in Kaldor City ===
Following the events aboard the ''Storm Mine 4'', Toos refused to work with robots, something that the [[Kaldor City Company]] tolerated only because of her skill. She became the wealthy [[captain]] of ''[[Storm Mine Seven]]''. In [[2887]], she returned from a successful tour and threw a [[party]] where she was saved from a robot attack by her pilot, [[Mor Tani]], who took her to the [[Sewerpits]]. Tani revealed that he was an undercover Company agent.


[[File:Toos in headdress.jpg|left|thumb|Toos wears a headdress while about her duties. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'')]]
Toos was reunited with the Doctor, Leela and Poul at a [[Tarenist]] [[compound]]. She was attacked when she crossed the Sewerpits' border and inadvertently helped the Doctor discover that the anti-robot boundary was meant to trap malfunctioning robots in the Sewerpits. Toos went with the Doctor, Poul and [[Padil]] to the central robotics facility where they learnt that [[SASV1]] believed itself to be Taren Capel. They also learnt that [[Carnell]] had planned to kill Toos and Uvanov and frame Poul for it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Corpse Marker (novel)|Corpse Marker]]'')
Toos asked Poul to explain why Uvanov was under guard and he explained that he believed the former Commander to be the murderer, telling Toos a story about how he had left a man to die on a previous expedition. She was initially sceptical, given that an enquiry would have followed, but Poul explained that he had avoided it as he produced results being "the best pilot" the company had.


Retiring to her cabin, Toos rested on her bed. She was woken when SV7 entered to report that Uvanov had escaped his guard by ordering it away. Toos asked why his voice had not been removed from the [[command circuit|command program]], to which it replied that no order in that kind had been given. She assented to SV7's offer of a status report and it informed her that repairs were progressing but there had been localised failures in the power system resulting in "door and light malfunctions".
=== Later life ===
 
Toos was the first person to extract [[memory|memories]] from the dead on [[Kaldor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Robots of Life (audio story)|The Robots of Life]]'') [[Skellen]] handed [[SV39]] over to her. She assured him that they would get along very well. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Love Me Not (audio story)|Love Me Not]]'')
After SV7 left, the Doctor contacted Toos to warn her that the [[Sandminer robot]]s were responsible for the killings. She was reluctant to believe such as thing possible, but agreed to round up the others and bring them to the control deck. However, when she opened her cabin door, she found [[V6]] on the other side. After it disregarded her order to return to its duties, she closed the door, trapping its hand. Toos struck its hand, which V6 de-attached from its arm.
 
It gained access and, despite her pleas, began chocking her. She was saved when SV7 contacted V6, ordering it to move to [[section J]]. As this was a priority call, it released Toos and left. [[D84]] found her, and Leela came along shortly after, with the latter comforting Toos by holding her.
 
Leela assisted Toos to walk towards the control deck. On the way, they hid inside a [[hopper]]. The acting Commander contacted SV7, unaware of its conversion to [[Taren Capel]]'s creed, and was asked to report her location. Leela convinced her to lie, and she told it she was in her cabin. Toos remarked that SV7 had failed to identify her voice, which was unusual given it was in the command program. Leela explained this as proof the [[Super-Voc]] had been tampered with. They arrived upon the control deck and Toos told the Doctor she accepted his claim of a "[[robot revolution]]". Uvanov was also on deck, resuming his role as Commander and explaining to the group the circumstances of his supposed murder, as reported by Poul, where the victim had been a sufferer of [[Grimwade's Syndrome|robophobia]] who had run into trouble.
 
[[File:Choking.jpg|right|thumb|[[V6]] chokes Toos in her cabin. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'')]]
The Doctor enquired if blasting powder was kept aboard the sandminer and Toos replied that "half a dozen [[z-9 electron pack]]s" were available. The Time Lord explained that, by passing "a positive charge through the metal plate, you'd be able to magnetise them and have [[anti-robot bomb]]s". The Doctor and Leela left Toos and Uvanov on the deck to produce these weapons. When Dask, who was in fact [[Taren Capel]], pleaded with them through the door to let him in, Uvanov moved to do so, put Toos blocked his way and persuaded him otherwise. They finished crafting the bombs and used one to destroy [[V5]].
 
Toos and Uvanov left the deck and moved through the sandminer. They evaded SV7 by hiding behind an art piece but encountered it again after it had killed Capel, not recognising his commanding voice due to the presence of [[helium]]. Repeating the phrase "kill the humans", SV7 turned on the newcomers, beating Uvanov to the ground. It began to choke Toos, but the Doctor thrust a [[laserson probe]] through its head, deactivating it and saving her. With a rescue ship on its way to collect Toos and Uvanov, the Doctor and Leela left. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'')
 
She later became the captain of ''[[Storm Mine Seven]]''. She was regarded by the [[Kaldor City Company]] as one of their best captains. She refused to have robots on her control deck. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Corpse Marker (novel)|Corpse Marker]]'')
 
She was the first person to extract [[memory|memories]] from the dead on [[Kaldor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Robots of Life (audio story)|The Robots of Life]]'')


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Revision as of 20:13, 11 June 2020

Lish Toos was a sandminer pilot and, later captain. She first met the Fourth Doctor aboard Storm Mine 4 where she helped him defeat Taren Capel.

Biography

Murder on the sandminer

Toos was second-in-command of Storm Mine 4, working on the control deck and identifying rich veins of ore. Following Chub's murder, she was dissuaded by Dask from joining Borg and Cass in their search for the Fourth Doctor and Leela. Once the pair had been captured, Toos agreed that the Doctor's claims that he was not responsible were plausible given that "as a lie [it was] pretty feeble". After Kiy Uvanov was found over Zilda's body, Toos became commander, although she was sceptical about Anders Poul's belief that Uvanov had killed her.

V6 chokes Toos in her cabin. (TV: The Robots of Death)

She did not believe the Doctor when he claimed that the robots were responsible for the killings until V6 tried to choke her. She was saved by SV7, who was later converted to Taren Capel's creed, forcing her to accept the claims of a robot revolution, and stopped being active commander once Uvanov was cleared of suspicion. The two worked together on the bridge to produce anti-robot bombs per the Doctor's suggestion, one of which they used to destroy V5. Toos encountered SV7 after it had killed Capel and was choked by it before the Doctor deactivated it using a laserson probe. With a rescue ship on its way to collect Toos and Uvanov, the Doctor and Leela left. (TV: The Robots of Death)

Robot attacks in Kaldor City

Following the events aboard the Storm Mine 4, Toos refused to work with robots, something that the Kaldor City Company tolerated only because of her skill. She became the wealthy captain of Storm Mine Seven. In 2887, she returned from a successful tour and threw a party where she was saved from a robot attack by her pilot, Mor Tani, who took her to the Sewerpits. Tani revealed that he was an undercover Company agent.

Toos was reunited with the Doctor, Leela and Poul at a Tarenist compound. She was attacked when she crossed the Sewerpits' border and inadvertently helped the Doctor discover that the anti-robot boundary was meant to trap malfunctioning robots in the Sewerpits. Toos went with the Doctor, Poul and Padil to the central robotics facility where they learnt that SASV1 believed itself to be Taren Capel. They also learnt that Carnell had planned to kill Toos and Uvanov and frame Poul for it. (PROSE: Corpse Marker)

Later life

Toos was the first person to extract memories from the dead on Kaldor. (AUDIO: The Robots of Life) Skellen handed SV39 over to her. She assured him that they would get along very well. (AUDIO: Love Me Not)

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