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|race = [[Human]]
|race = [[Human]]
|home planet = [[Earth]]
|home planet = [[Earth]]
|home era = Early-Mid [[20th century]]
|home era = [[1950s]]
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]''
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]''
|actor = [[Ron Cook]]
|actor = [[Ron Cook]]
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}}
'''Mr. Magpie''' was the owner of a small television shop in [[1953]]. He was used by the alien known as [[the Wire]].
==Profile==
He owned, [[Magpie Electricals]], a business which sold cheap [[television|TV]] sets to many [[London]]ers claiming that it was his "patriotic duty" to allow as many as possible to see [[Queen Elizabeth II]]'s coronation. In reality, Magpie was dominated by the alien criminal the Wire, who fed off the energy of [[Human]] faces. When he was found out by [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]], Magpie fled to [[Alexandra Palace]] to finish the Wire's evil plan but all he ever wanted was peace and the Wire coldly destroyed him, turning his body into dust.([[DW]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]'')


'''Mr. Magpie''' was the owner of a small television shop in [[1953]], ''[[Magpie Electricals]]'', selling cheap [[television|TV]] sets to many [[London]]ers claiming that it was his "patriotic duty" to allow as many as possible to see [[Queen Elizabeth II]]'s coronation. In reality, Magpie was under the fear of [[the Wire]] who fed off the energy of [[Human]] faces. When he was found out by [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]], Magpie fled to [[Alexandra Palace]] to finish the Wire's evil plan but all he ever wanted was peace and the Wire coldly destroyed him, turning his body into dust. When Rose was investigating the wire was on tv screaming out hungry! He told her it was just a creepy television program and later the wire had her as one of her victims. Mr Magpie basically worked for the wire just like Chip worked with Lady Cassandra.  ([[DW]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]'')
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Revision as of 20:45, 15 April 2009

Mr. Magpie was the owner of a small television shop in 1953. He was used by the alien known as the Wire.

Profile

He owned, Magpie Electricals, a business which sold cheap TV sets to many Londoners claiming that it was his "patriotic duty" to allow as many as possible to see Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. In reality, Magpie was dominated by the alien criminal the Wire, who fed off the energy of Human faces. When he was found out by the Doctor, Magpie fled to Alexandra Palace to finish the Wire's evil plan but all he ever wanted was peace and the Wire coldly destroyed him, turning his body into dust.(DW: The Idiot's Lantern)