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*[[Martin Trueman]]'s enslavement of almost everyone on the planet. The reporter was herself taken over when Trueman invoked Leo. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Secrets of the Stars]]'')
*[[Martin Trueman]]'s enslavement of almost everyone on the planet. The reporter was herself taken over when Trueman invoked Leo. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Secrets of the Stars]]'')
*The 456's possession of Earth's children and arrival on Earth. ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'')
*The 456's possession of Earth's children and arrival on Earth. ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'')
*[[Barack Obama]] trying to get the Earth out of the recession. ([[DW]]: [[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]])


==Alternative timelines==
==Alternative timelines==

Revision as of 19:18, 25 December 2009

Trinity Wells, possibly known as Mal Loup, was an American newsreader. She reported several alien encounters for an American news network known as "AMNN".

Profile

Based on her Zodiac sign, she was born in July or August. (SJA: Secrets of the Stars)

Stories covered

Alternative timelines

Behind the scenes

Naming Problems

If this caption is to be trusted, this reporter's name is "Mal Loup".

This reporter's name is the subject of some ambiguity. Her name has only been seen in a chyron once. In one account of the Slitheen infiltration of the British government by the Slitheen in World War III, her name was seen as "Mal Loup", a vague French translation for "Bad Wolf". This in-universe citation, however, was only seen on an official, but in-universe, BBC website, not in the episode as broadcast. Likewise, the name "Trinity Wells" comes only from the credits of her appearances in Turn Left onwards, not the episodes themselves. It's possible the appearance of the Mal Loup name in this instance was a manifestation of the Bad Wolf meme. (DW: The Parting of the Ways)

Alternately, in real life it is not uncommon for individuals in the public eye to change their names, either due to marriage or other reason. It's quite possible that the newscaster used the name Mal Loup at one point (possibly influenced by the Bad Wolf meme) and later adopted the name Trinity Wells.