Edward Grainger
Edward Grainger (25 June 1906 - 25 June 2006) was a human who was visited by the Doctor at various times throughout his life.
Biography
Edward was born on 25 June 1906. During childbirth, Edward's mother and family were under attack by a demon. The Demon wanted to kill Edward to unravel the Doctor's timeline. The Eighth Doctor and the future Edward banished the Demon before it caused any harm to the newborn Edward. (ST: Prologue)
When Edward was eight, the Third Doctor visited his house to investigate voices that Edward was hearing on his gramophone. The Doctor found an alien had been trapped in the player while it was being made and was trying to escape by screaming for help. The Doctor freed the alien and allowed it to go home. When he left, he told Edward he would lead a very eventful life. (ST: Echoes)
During World War I, the Fourth Doctor saved Edward's life from a bomb about to land where he was standing. (ST: Direct Action)
On 25 April 1936, Edward assisted the Fifth Doctor in capturing an alien that tried to alter Earth history. (ST: The Church of Football)
In 1941, the Sixth Doctor assisted Edward after the birth of Edward's son, John. (ST: Incongruous Details)
During World War II, Edward was looking for the love of his life, Mai Ling, in Japanese-controlled China. He was captured by the Japanese and put in prison. The Seventh Doctor helped him escape from the prison. After his escape Edward received a letter from the British Government in response to a recommendation from the Doctor for him to become a British operative. (ST: Log 384)
On Edward's fiftieth birthday on 25 June 1956, the Eighth Doctor, Samson and Gemma Griffin arrived at Edward's house to get rid of a ghost which had been haunting the family. (ST: Dear John)
On 16 August 1979, Edward and his granddaughter Linda helped the First Doctor and Susan Foreman stop several Slarvian eggs from gestating near the English Channel. (ST: Childhood Living)
In September 1986, he was invited to a dinner with three of his former Security Service colleagues. (ST: Old Boys)
When Edward was 99 and in a nursing home, the Eighth Doctor came to visit him and took him on one last adventure in the TARDIS to the village where he had been born in 1906. Edward slept in the TARDIS during flight and was called in his dreams to the Eye of Harmony. A voice told him to open the Eye. In doing so Edward released the Master. Leading into the events of the prologue set in 1906, and directly following on, the Doctor and Edward tried to find the Master. Eventually they returned to the TARDIS, unable to locate him. Soon after, Edward sat down to rest and died in his sleep on 25 June 2006, his 100th birthday. (ST: Forgotten)
