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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Cummings was under the command of Sir [[Robert Muir]], the Chief Constable.
By [[1925]], Cummings was a [[constable]] under the command of [[Robert Muir|Sir Robert Muir]]. He was on duty at the [[police station]] on [[11 June]] of that year when [[the TARDIS]] was confiscated from [[Cranleigh Halt]] and moved it to the [[police station]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Black Orchid (TV story)}}) where he called in the [[army]] from [[Crowshott]] to try to get inside of it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Black Orchid (novelisation)}})


On [[11 June]] [[1925]], Cummings discovered [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] on the north platform of the [[Cranleigh Halt]] [[train]] station and, believing it to be a genuine [[police box]], had it moved to police headquarters. There, he discovered none of their police box [[key]]s would open the door.
According to one account, Cummings met [[Markham (Black Orchid)|Sergeant Markham]], who returned with Sir Robert, the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Tanner]], outside of the police station and told his superior about the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Black Orchid (TV story)}}) According to another, he met the group inside the station and began to book the Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan for being drunk and disorderly based on them being in [[costume]]s before showing Markham to the TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Black Orchid (novelisation)}})
 
The Doctor, under arrest on suspicion of murder, produced his [[TARDIS key|key]] and easily opened the TARDIS doors. He exonerated himself by allowing Muir, Cummings and Markham to enter and briefly travel in the TARDIS back to [[Cranleigh Hall]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Black Orchid (TV story)}})


The [[Fifth Doctor]], under arrest on suspicion of murder, was taken to the police station, where he produced his [[TARDIS key|key]] and easily opened the TARDIS doors. He exonerated himself by allowing Muir, Cummings and [[Markham (Black Orchid)|Sergeant Markham]] to enter and briefly travel in the TARDIS back to [[Cranleigh Hall]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'')
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Revision as of 19:49, 29 August 2024

Constable Cummings was a police officer in Oxfordshire during the 1920s.

Biography

By 1925, Cummings was a constable under the command of Sir Robert Muir. He was on duty at the police station on 11 June of that year when the TARDIS was confiscated from Cranleigh Halt and moved it to the police station (TV: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"]) where he called in the army from Crowshott to try to get inside of it. (PROSE: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (novelisation)"])

According to one account, Cummings met Sergeant Markham, who returned with Sir Robert, the Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa, Tegan Jovanka and Tanner, outside of the police station and told his superior about the TARDIS. (TV: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"]) According to another, he met the group inside the station and began to book the Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan for being drunk and disorderly based on them being in costumes before showing Markham to the TARDIS. (PROSE: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (novelisation)"])

The Doctor, under arrest on suspicion of murder, produced his key and easily opened the TARDIS doors. He exonerated himself by allowing Muir, Cummings and Markham to enter and briefly travel in the TARDIS back to Cranleigh Hall. (TV: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"])

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