Professor Amelia Rumford, (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood) or Emilia Rumford, (PROSE The Stones of Blood audiobook novelisation), was an archaeologist and author of Bronze Age Burials in Gloucestershire.
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Biography
When Rumford went to lecture in New York, she took a policeman's truncheon with her to protect herself in case she was mugged. Although this didn't happen, she did get arrested for carrying an offensive weapon.
Rumford helped the Fourth Doctor and Romana I defeat Cessair, who had been posing as Vivien Fay, her friend and assistant.
She realized afterwards that the Nine Travellers stone circle would have to be surveyed all over again; three of the stones had disappeared as they were really Ogri, and one had been replaced by Vivien after she was turned to stone by the Megara.
The Doctor suggested Rumford write a book about it, which she agreed to, but told Romana she wouldn't put everything down, saying to her "I do have my academic reputation to consider" — and repeating this to herself as she watched the TARDIS dematerialise. (TV: The Stones of Blood)
Behind the scenes
- While the character's name is "Amelia Rumford" in Terrance Dicks's novelisation of Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood and promotional material for its audiobook[1], it has been occasionally presented with the alternate spelling "Emilia Rumford" in certain production materials and promotional materials for the story,[2] as well on the English HoH subtitles for the DVD release and in David Fisher's audiobook novelisation. The episode credits for The Stones of Blood refer to the character as simply "Professor Rumford", leaving the correct spelling unclear.