Tarak Ital

Tarak Ital
Species:	Human
Job:	Athlete, astronaut, physician
Place of origin:	Karachi, Pakistan
Appearance:	The Waters of Mars
Main actor:	Chook Sibtain

Doctor Tarak Ital M.D. (2026-21 November 2059) was a Pakistani astronaut and a member of the crew of Bowie Base One.

Biography

Born in Karachi in 2026, Ital was originally interested in athletics. He spent much of his childhood and adolescence in training for both sprinting and high jump disciplines.

He went on to compete in the 2044 Olympics in Havana, Cuba, where he represented Pakistan in the 400 metres, for which he obtained a gold medal.

Despite his achievements, Ital quit athletics prior to the Paris 2048 Olympics and chose to study medicine at Aga Khan University in Karachi. He received an often venomous reaction from the Pakistani people, who felt that he had turned his back on his country.

This was exacerbated when he chose to continue his studies through an elective at Harvard University, where he focused on space medicine. He moved on to Johnson Space Centre, where he joined the Space Radiation Health Research department. It was there where he befriended Yuri Kerenski, and recommended him as base nurse for Bowie Base One.

In 2059, he was surprised when the Tenth Doctor came to the base as there was no way of getting there. He later assisted the Doctor and Adelaide Brooke in heading to the base's bio-dome after there was some unknown attack. He searched on his own for crew member Andy Stone, only to be infected. He joined Andy in spreading the infection into the base's control hub.

His body was destroyed when Adelaide set the base to self-destruct. (TV: The Waters of Mars)

Behind the scenes

The details of his pre-Bowie Base career can be briefly seen in his obituary.