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'''The Shopkeeper''' along with his [[companion]], a parrot called [[Captain (Lost in Time)|Captain]], were self-described "servants of the [[universe]]", who took more direct approaches to putting the universe in order than [[the Doctor]]. | '''The Shopkeeper''' along with his [[companion]], a parrot called [[Captain (Lost in Time)|Captain]], were self-described "servants of the [[universe]]", who took more direct approaches to putting the universe in order than [[the Doctor]]. He and his parrot were capable of [[teleportation]] and opening [[time window]]s, but he was "forbidden" to travel through them himself. | ||
On [[23 November]], [[2010]], the Shopkeeper, who refused to state his age, told the [[Ealing Echo]] that there was an alien in his shop. When Sarah Jane, Clyde and Rani saw the paper, they went to the Shopkeeper's shop. He revealed that it was a ploy to get them there to send them through a time window to find three objects throughout history. Sarah Jane was sent to [[1889]], Clyde was sent to [[7 June]] [[1941]], and Rani was sent to [[19 May]] [[1553]]. As he monitored their progress, he became increasingly anxious, noting to his parrot Captain that when the sand timer ran out they would be trapped in the past forever.[[File:Lostintime13.jpg|thumb|left|The Shopkeeper and [[Captain (Lost in Time)|Captain]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'')]] | == Biography == | ||
On [[23 November]], [[2010]], the Shopkeeper, who refused to state his age, told the [[Ealing Echo]] that there was an alien in his shop. When [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Clyde Langer]] and [[Rani Chandra]] saw the paper, they went to the Shopkeeper's shop. He revealed that it was a ploy to get them there to send them through a time window to find three special objects for him throughout history to save [[time]] itself. Sarah Jane was sent to [[1889]], Clyde was sent to [[7 June]] [[1941]], and Rani was sent to [[19 May]] [[1553]]. As he monitored their progress, he became increasingly anxious, noting to his parrot Captain that when the sand timer ran out they would be trapped in the past forever.[[File:Lostintime13.jpg|thumb|left|The Shopkeeper and [[Captain (Lost in Time)|Captain]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'')]] | |||
When the sands expired, he tried to close the time window but it would not shut. If left open it would destroy the entire planet. He watched as Rani and Clyde obtained their objects and returned. Sarah Jane returned empty-handed, but [[Angela Price (Lost in Time)|Angela Price]], the granddaughter of Sarah Jane's companion in the past, gave her the final object and the Shopkeeper took it, and with the others closed the time window. He then bade farewell to the Bannerman Road gang, saying Captain's work was done, and he and the parrot teleported away. ([[TV]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'') | When the sands expired, he tried to close the time window but it would not shut. If left open it would destroy the entire planet. He watched as Rani and Clyde obtained their objects and returned. Sarah Jane returned empty-handed, but [[Angela Price (Lost in Time)|Angela Price]], the granddaughter of Sarah Jane's companion in the past, gave her the final object and the Shopkeeper took it, and with the others closed the time window. He then bade farewell to the Bannerman Road gang, saying Captain's work was done, and he and the parrot teleported away. ([[TV]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'') | ||