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'''The Wire''' was a criminal from the planet [[Hermethica]]. Sentenced to death and executed by its people, it managed | '''The Wire''' was a criminal from the planet [[Hermethica]]. Sentenced to death and executed by its people, it managed preserve itself as an energy being that eventually escaped to Earth in 1953, through the communications device of one of its executioners, who was illegally recording the execuation. | ||
It concealed itself in [[television]] signals, transferring itself from set to set. It fed off the mental signals of the brains of [[Human]]s, paralysing them and then sucking out their energy with electrical tendrils ([[DW]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]''). This process would leave the victim mindless, as well as faceless. [[Rose Tyler]] suffered this fate when she started investigating the phenomenon. The victim's consciousness was retained intact, as seen when The Wire showed the Doctor a sampling of its victims on the televisions in Magpie's shop. The Wire used the image of a female [[wikipedia:Continuity Announcer|BBC continuity announcer]] to communicate with the outside world. It hoped to use this energy to manifest itself in | It concealed itself in [[television]] signals, transferring itself from set to set. It fed off the mental signals of the brains of [[Human]]s, paralysing them and then sucking out their energy with electrical tendrils ([[DW]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]''). This process would leave the victim mindless, as well as faceless. [[Rose Tyler]] suffered this fate when she started investigating the phenomenon. The victim's consciousness was retained intact, as seen when The Wire showed the Doctor a sampling of its victims on the televisions in Magpie's shop. The Wire used the image of a female [[wikipedia:Continuity Announcer|BBC continuity announcer]] to communicate with the outside world. It hoped to use this energy to manifest itself in its corporeal form once more. | ||
The Wire stole the face of [[Mr Magpie]], who owned an [[Magpie Electricals|electrical shop]], and gave it back to him, giving him plans for then-future technologies (such as a portable television small enough to carry in one hand) and promising freedom to him after the completion of its simple two-phase plan: First, have Magpie sell cheap [[television]] sets all over [[North London]] so it could feed. Second, have Magpie connect the Wire (inside the portable television) to the television transmission tower at [[Alexandra Palace]] on [[Queen Elizabeth II]]'s coronation day, [[June 2]], [[1953]]. Connected to the tower, the Wire could both transmit itself to the estimated three million viewers watching in the vicinity and transmit back energy it could use to re-constitute its body. | The Wire stole the face of [[Mr Magpie]], who owned an [[Magpie Electricals|electrical shop]], and gave it back to him, giving him plans for then-future technologies (such as a portable television small enough to carry in one hand) and promising freedom to him after the completion of its simple two-phase plan: First, have Magpie sell cheap [[television]] sets all over [[North London]] so it could feed. Second, have Magpie connect the Wire (inside the portable television) to the television transmission tower at [[Alexandra Palace]] on [[Queen Elizabeth II]]'s coronation day, [[June 2]], [[1953]]. Connected to the tower, the Wire could both transmit itself to the estimated three million viewers watching in the vicinity and transmit back energy it could use to re-constitute its body. | ||
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The Wire resurfaced some 30 years later, in another attempted invasion though television. This was known as the "[[Bee-Tee Incident]]", but it has never been officially confirmed or denied. | The Wire resurfaced some 30 years later, in another attempted invasion though television. This was known as the "[[Bee-Tee Incident]]", but it has never been officially confirmed or denied. | ||
:''All additional information is recorded on page 92 of the book [[Creatures and Demons]].'' | :''All additional information is recorded on page 92 of the book [[Creatures and Demons]].'' | ||
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Revision as of 14:19, 30 August 2009
Now, are you sitting comfortably? Good, then we'll begin.
The Wire was a criminal from the planet Hermethica. Sentenced to death and executed by its people, it managed preserve itself as an energy being that eventually escaped to Earth in 1953, through the communications device of one of its executioners, who was illegally recording the execuation.
It concealed itself in television signals, transferring itself from set to set. It fed off the mental signals of the brains of Humans, paralysing them and then sucking out their energy with electrical tendrils (DW: The Idiot's Lantern). This process would leave the victim mindless, as well as faceless. Rose Tyler suffered this fate when she started investigating the phenomenon. The victim's consciousness was retained intact, as seen when The Wire showed the Doctor a sampling of its victims on the televisions in Magpie's shop. The Wire used the image of a female BBC continuity announcer to communicate with the outside world. It hoped to use this energy to manifest itself in its corporeal form once more.
The Wire stole the face of Mr Magpie, who owned an electrical shop, and gave it back to him, giving him plans for then-future technologies (such as a portable television small enough to carry in one hand) and promising freedom to him after the completion of its simple two-phase plan: First, have Magpie sell cheap television sets all over North London so it could feed. Second, have Magpie connect the Wire (inside the portable television) to the television transmission tower at Alexandra Palace on Queen Elizabeth II's coronation day, June 2, 1953. Connected to the tower, the Wire could both transmit itself to the estimated three million viewers watching in the vicinity and transmit back energy it could use to re-constitute its body.
However, the Doctor was able to trap the Wire on a Betamax tape using a makeshift video recorder. The Wire's victims were then restored to normality. The Doctor seemed confident that the Wire would remain trapped, but said that he would tape over it, just to be safe. (DW: The Idiot's Lantern)
The Wire resurfaced some 30 years later, in another attempted invasion though television. This was known as the "Bee-Tee Incident", but it has never been officially confirmed or denied.
- All additional information is recorded on page 92 of the book Creatures and Demons.
