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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a second lieutenant in the [[Parachute Regiment]], 3rd Battalion during the [[Korean War]], where he met and mentored the young private, [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]]. He was instrumental in instilling in Lethbridge-Stewart a desire to become an officer. He became known to those under his command as "Old Spence". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambush! (short story)|The Ambush!]]'') | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a second lieutenant in the [[Parachute Regiment]], 3rd Battalion during the [[Korean War]], where he met and mentored the young private, [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]]. He was instrumental in instilling in Lethbridge-Stewart a desire to become an officer. He became known to those under his command as "Old Spence". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambush! (short story)|The Ambush!]]'') | ||
By the late [[1960s]] he and Lethbridge-Stewart were firm friends, and when the Special Forces Support Group (1 PARA) were sent in to deal with the [[London Event]], Colonel Pemberton requested Lethbridge-Stewart's help — he was promptly brought in from [[Libya]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambush! (short story)|The Ambush!]]'', ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') Pemberton died at the hands of a [[Robot Yeti]]. Captain [[Knight (The Web of Fear)|Knight]] served under him for some time, and considered him a good commanding officer. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') In an alternative timeline, Pemberton never died and continued to lead the fight against the Great Intelligence, but was convinced to put time right by Tess, a manifested form of the TARDIS. He saved Lethbridge-Stewart at Tooting Bec, and felt time resetting itself as he faded away into nothing. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacies (short story)|Legacies]]'') His body was interred in the mortuary of St Mark's Hospital in Kenton during the clear up after the London Event, alongside other soldiers such as Captain Knight and Staff Sergeant [[Arnold (The Web of Fear)|Arnold]], and later buried with full honours. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') Lethbridge-Stewart visited Pemberton's wife, Joan, and their adult son, David, to inform them of Pemberton's death, wishing it had been him who had died instead. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacies]]'') | By the late [[1960s]] he and Lethbridge-Stewart were firm friends, and when the Special Forces Support Group (1 PARA) were sent in to deal with the [[London Event]], Colonel Pemberton requested Lethbridge-Stewart's help — he was promptly brought in from [[Libya]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambush! (short story)|The Ambush!]]'', ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') Pemberton died at the hands of a [[Robot Yeti]]. Captain [[Knight (The Web of Fear)|Knight]] served under him for some time, and considered him a good commanding officer. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') In an alternative timeline, Pemberton never died and continued to lead the fight against the Great Intelligence, but was convinced to put time right by Tess, a manifested form of the TARDIS. He saved Lethbridge-Stewart at Tooting Bec, and felt time resetting itself as he faded away into nothing. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacies (short story)|Legacies]]'') His body was interred in the mortuary of St Mark's Hospital in Kenton during the clear up after the London Event, alongside other soldiers such as Captain Knight and Staff Sergeant [[Arnold (The Web of Fear)|Arnold]], and later buried with full honours. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') Lethbridge-Stewart visited Pemberton's wife, Joan, and their adult son, David, to inform them of Pemberton's death, wishing it had been him who had died instead. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacies (short story)|Legacies]]'') | ||
Pemberton's descendants continue to be important, with close ties to the Lethbridge-Stewart family. By the year [[5.5/Apple/26]] Dorcas Lethebridge-Stuart (nee Pemburton) is one of the founders of [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]], while her husband, Ezekiel Spens Lethebridge-Stuart is the President of the [[National Trust]]. (PROSE: ''[[Legacies]]'') | Pemberton's descendants continue to be important, with close ties to the Lethbridge-Stewart family. By the year [[5.5/Apple/26]] Dorcas Lethebridge-Stuart (nee Pemburton) is one of the founders of [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]], while her husband, Ezekiel Spens Lethebridge-Stuart is the President of the [[National Trust]]. (PROSE: ''[[Legacies (short story)|Legacies]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Revision as of 21:05, 31 August 2016
Spencer Pemberton was a second lieutenant in the Parachute Regiment, 3rd Battalion during the Korean War, where he met and mentored the young private, Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart. He was instrumental in instilling in Lethbridge-Stewart a desire to become an officer. He became known to those under his command as "Old Spence". (PROSE: The Ambush!)
By the late 1960s he and Lethbridge-Stewart were firm friends, and when the Special Forces Support Group (1 PARA) were sent in to deal with the London Event, Colonel Pemberton requested Lethbridge-Stewart's help — he was promptly brought in from Libya. (PROSE: The Ambush!, The Forgotten Son) Pemberton died at the hands of a Robot Yeti. Captain Knight served under him for some time, and considered him a good commanding officer. (TV: The Web of Fear) In an alternative timeline, Pemberton never died and continued to lead the fight against the Great Intelligence, but was convinced to put time right by Tess, a manifested form of the TARDIS. He saved Lethbridge-Stewart at Tooting Bec, and felt time resetting itself as he faded away into nothing. (PROSE: Legacies) His body was interred in the mortuary of St Mark's Hospital in Kenton during the clear up after the London Event, alongside other soldiers such as Captain Knight and Staff Sergeant Arnold, and later buried with full honours. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son) Lethbridge-Stewart visited Pemberton's wife, Joan, and their adult son, David, to inform them of Pemberton's death, wishing it had been him who had died instead. (PROSE: Legacies)
Pemberton's descendants continue to be important, with close ties to the Lethbridge-Stewart family. By the year 5.5/Apple/26 Dorcas Lethebridge-Stuart (nee Pemburton) is one of the founders of New Earth, while her husband, Ezekiel Spens Lethebridge-Stuart is the President of the National Trust. (PROSE: Legacies)
Behind the scenes
The character was only referenced on TV in The Web of Fear, and was named after script editor Victor Pemberton.
His full name was given in The Ambush!, and author Andy Frankham-Allen stated on his blog, "As a tribute to Pemberton's life-partner I christened the character with the full name of Spencer David Pemberton (Victor's partner was actor/producer David Spenser, who died in July 2013)." [1]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Welsh-Londoner: Origin of Ancestry https://frankhamallen.wordpress.com/2015/03/18/origin-of-the-ancestry/
