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Arriving late, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Black Orchid (novelisation)}}) Sergeant Markham was tasked with taking the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] to the [[police station]] and stopped at [[Cranleigh Halt]] so the Doctor could show them [[the TARDIS]] and prove that he was a [[time traveller]]. The TARDIS had been confiscated, however, and the Doctor was unable to prove this until they reached the police station where [[Cummings (Black Orchid)|Constable Cummings]] presented it to Markham. After Sir Robert learnt of the discovery of [[Raymond Digby]]'s body, the Doctor flew him, Markham, Cummings and his [[companion]]s back to Cranleigh Hall. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Black Orchid (TV story)}}) | Arriving late, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Black Orchid (novelisation)}}) Sergeant Markham was tasked with taking the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] to the [[police station]] and stopped at [[Cranleigh Halt]] so the Doctor could show them [[the TARDIS]] and prove that he was a [[time traveller]]. The TARDIS had been confiscated, however, and the Doctor was unable to prove this until they reached the police station where [[Cummings (Black Orchid)|Constable Cummings]] presented it to Markham. After Sir Robert learnt of the discovery of [[Raymond Digby]]'s body, the Doctor flew him, Markham, Cummings and his [[companion]]s back to Cranleigh Hall. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Black Orchid (TV story)}}) | ||
According to one account, Sergeant Markham attempted to stop [[George Cranleigh]] as he kidnapped Nyssa, believing she was [[Ann Talbot]], and called the [[fire brigade]] to deal with the [[fire]] George had started. This account also stated that he stopped Adric from joining the Doctor and Charles in following George, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Black Orchid (novelisation)}}) although another claimed that this was Sir Robert. Sergeant Markham witnessed George falling to his [[death]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Black Orchid (TV story)}}) | |||
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Revision as of 21:39, 27 August 2024
Sergeant Markham was a police officer in Oxfordshire during the 1920s.
Biography
Markham was a country-man (PROSE: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (novelisation)"]) who was working as a police sergeant under Sir Robert Muir by the 1920s. (TV: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"]) On 11 June 1925, Sir Robert summoned him and Dr Hathaway to Cranleigh Hall following James's murder. Sergeant Markham was in Chiddleton dealing with Cooper, who had again been poaching, at the time.
Arriving late, (PROSE: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (novelisation)"]) Sergeant Markham was tasked with taking the Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan Jovanka to the police station and stopped at Cranleigh Halt so the Doctor could show them the TARDIS and prove that he was a time traveller. The TARDIS had been confiscated, however, and the Doctor was unable to prove this until they reached the police station where Constable Cummings presented it to Markham. After Sir Robert learnt of the discovery of Raymond Digby's body, the Doctor flew him, Markham, Cummings and his companions back to Cranleigh Hall. (TV: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"])
According to one account, Sergeant Markham attempted to stop George Cranleigh as he kidnapped Nyssa, believing she was Ann Talbot, and called the fire brigade to deal with the fire George had started. This account also stated that he stopped Adric from joining the Doctor and Charles in following George, (PROSE: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (novelisation)"]) although another claimed that this was Sir Robert. Sergeant Markham witnessed George falling to his death. (TV: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"])
Appearance
Sergeant Markham was a corpulent man with a ruddy face. (PROSE: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (novelisation)"])
