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'''Mark''', formerly known as '''John Crichton''', was a [[British]] athlete who jumped 2.6362 [[metre]]s in one of the [[Olympic Games]]. He was one of the people selected by [[Sir]] [[Charles Grover]] to colonise [[New Earth (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)|New Earth]]. [[Sarah Jane Smith]] convinced them that they were not aboard a [[spacecraft]] at all. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
'''Mark''', formerly known as '''John Crichton''', was a [[British]] athlete who jumped 2.6362 [[metre]]s in one of the [[Olympic Games]].  


== Biography ==
Mark was one of the people selected by [[Sir]] [[Charles Grover]] to colonise [[New Earth (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)|New Earth]], along with [[Ruth (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)|Ruth]] and [[Adam (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)|Adam]].
When [[Sarah Jane Smith]] convinced them that they were not aboard a [[spacecraft]] at all,. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]''), Mark, Ruth and Adam confronted Grover and the scientist [[Whitaker (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)|Whitaker]] who accidentally sent themselves into the past.
== Behind the scenes ==
* In [[Malcolm Hulke]]'s [[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion (novelisation)|novelisation]] of the story, Mark is mentioned by Sarah as having run the three-minute mile rather than being an Olympic athlete.
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Mark, formerly known as John Crichton, was a British athlete who jumped 2.6362 metres in one of the Olympic Games.

Biography

Mark was one of the people selected by Sir Charles Grover to colonise New Earth, along with Ruth and Adam.

When Sarah Jane Smith convinced them that they were not aboard a spacecraft at all,. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs), Mark, Ruth and Adam confronted Grover and the scientist Whitaker who accidentally sent themselves into the past.

Behind the scenes

  • In Malcolm Hulke's novelisation of the story, Mark is mentioned by Sarah as having run the three-minute mile rather than being an Olympic athlete.