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|aka = Maxiassa, Maxine Masters | |aka = Maxiassa, Maxine Masters | ||
|species = Gendar (species) | |species = Gendar (species) | ||
|affiliation | |affiliation = Preternatural Research Bureau{{!}}P.R.O.B.E. | ||
|origin = [[Gendar (planet)|Gendar]] | |origin = [[Gendar (planet)|Gendar]] | ||
|job = Tour guide | |job = Tour guide | ||
|job2 = | |job2 = technician | ||
|first mention | |first mention = Shadows of Doubt (webcast) | ||
|first | |first = The Door We Forgot (short story) | ||
|appearances = [[Maxie Masters - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']] | |appearances = [[Maxie Masters - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']] | ||
}}{{character stub}} | }}{{character stub}} | ||
''' | '''Maxine Masters''', born '''Maxiassaa''' and better-known as '''Maxie Master''', was a [[Gendar (species)|Gendar]]. Forced to leave [[Gendar (planet)|her planet]], she took refuge on [[Earth]]. Confiding in [[Giles]], the [[director]] of [[Preternatural Research Bureau|P.R.O.B.E.]], she ended up becoming P.R.O.B.E.'s [[technician]], residing in a room at [[P.R.O.B.E. HQ]] and putting her knowledge of advanced alien technology to use as the team's tech support. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Maxiassa was a [[tour guide]] on [[Gendar (planet)|Gendar]], | === On Gendar === | ||
Maxiassa was originally a [[tour guide]] on the planet [[Gendar (planet)|Gendar]], as was her friend [[Tiassia]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[She Came From Another World! (short story)|She Came From Another World!]]'') She gave tours of various extraordinary landmarks of Gendar to alien tourists, for example giving guided tours of [[Auteur]]'s [[Auteur's Babbling Bibliothèque|Babbling Bibliothèque]] to [[electromagnetic barnacle]]s. Although it was not her profession or area of expertise, she sometimes tinkered with electronics as a [[hobby]] even then. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Out of the Box (short story)|Out of the Box]]'') One day, after Maxie and Tiassia accidentally stumbled into a meeting they weren't supposed to, Tiassia was [[kill]]ed and Maxiassa had to quickly flee Gendar. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[She Came From Another World! (short story)|She Came From Another World!]]'') | |||
=== Arrival on Earth === | |||
Maxiassa's spaceship landed in [[England]]. [[Giles]], the director of the [[Preternatural Research Bureau]], happened to be on holiday in the area, and went to investigate. When she climbed out of her spaceship, Maxiassa and Giles were attacked by [[Mar'tuth]], and she and Giles defeated the humanoid being with [[mirror]]s. | |||
Two months later, Giles had arranged | Two months later, Giles had arranged a meeting with Sir [[Andrew Williams]] and Maxiassa, now going by the name of Maxine Masters, and the three of them agreed that Maxine could gain asylum on [[Earth]] on the proviso she worked for [[P.R.O.B.E.]] as a [[technician]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[She Came From Another World! (short story)|She Came From Another World]]'') She moved into a room at [[P.R.O.B.E. HQ]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Out of the Box (short story)|Out of the Box]]'') where she also had an office at [[P.R.O.B.E. HQ]], where she catalogued alien artefacts. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Door We Forgot (short story)|The Door We Forgot]]'') | ||
Shortly after arriving on Earth, Maxie spent some time browsing the human [[Internet]]. [[Giles]] also took it upon himself to introduce her to various Earth media, including the movie ''[[Aladdin (film)|Aladdin]]'' and [[The Wizard of Oz|another movie]] which ended with the [[Wicked Witch of the West]] melting. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Out of the Box (short story)|Out of the Box]]'') She liked playing video games like ''[[Super Mario Brothers 3]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Door We Forgot (short story)|The Door We Forgot]]'') After initial friction with [[Agamya Akhtar]], Giles also explained human [[religion]]s to Maxie, who was left rather confused by humans' worship of various contradictory deities whose existence was not a physically-proven fact, in contrast to Gendar's "gods", the [[Sun Builder]]s, whose existence was a historical certainty whether one wanted to worship them or not. However, she slowly came around to better understanding human spirituality. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Out of the Box (short story)|Out of the Box]]'') | |||
=== As P.R.O.B.E. technician === | |||
{{Section stub}}After [[Archie MacTavish]] died, Maxie and Tasha took it in turns to buy Giles breakfast because they were worried about him. ([[WC]]: ''[[Manchester (webcast)|Manchester]]'') | |||
On [[14 February]] [[2019]] Maxie was able to create a concoction to counteract the effect that [[Stacey Facade]] had on Giles. ([[WC]]: ''[[Stacey Facade (webcast)|Stacey Facade]]'') | On [[14 February]] [[2019]] Maxie was able to create a concoction to counteract the effect that [[Stacey Facade]] had on Giles. ([[WC]]: ''[[Stacey Facade (webcast)|Stacey Facade]]'') | ||
Shortly after [[Azacca Dixon|Az]] joined the team, the full P.R.O.B.E. team defeated [[Morch'aliach]] with the help of [[Origin Zero]] and of the time-travelling [[Ganeida]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Honeycomb of Souls (short story)|A Honeycomb of Souls]]'') | |||
In [[November]] [[2019]], Maxie spotted one of the items on the high-security "[[Dr Smith shelf]]" giving off a flash of green light. After she spoke about it with [[Giles]], he explained that the device was [[Box (When to Die)|Box]], the portable supercomputer of the [[Liz Shaw|old director]], which had been damaged a few years prior. He allowed her to take Box off the shelf and try to repair her. After she stayed up all night working on the matter, he brought her a cup of cocoa. After she spilled the cocoa on Box, reversing much of her progress, she spent a few days doing field work with Giles and the rest of the team, but soon sank back into the work, which consumed most of her attention. | |||
[[Agamya Akhtar]], with whom Maxie had been having trouble getting along, spoke to her and Giles about her fear that the Box A.I. was malevolent and should not be awakened; although she continued her work, Maxie was rattled by these concerns, and ended up procrastinating, working slowly and avoiding any real breakthroughs to delay the possible catastrophe. Eventually, Giles forced her to come along on a mission to [[Bildbriain Dairies]] to get her out of H.Q. and help her clear her head. She took Box along, and, after the team found themselves captured by [[the Greth]], Box, now able to communicate through text messages on her screen, convinced Agamya to vouch for her and let Maxie take the risk of fully "freeing" Box, if she thought the possibility of Box saving them was worth the risk. Maxie agreed, bluffing the Greth by playing on her [[Gendar (species)|Gendar]] heritage and getting it to let her connect Box to the [[internet]] — though not before ensuring the rest of the team would not overhear her confessing to her nonhuman parentage, which she was still unwilling to share. After Box indeed saved the day, Maxie and Agamya had a talk, agreeing they were [[Friendship|friends]] from now on. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Out of the Box (short story)|Out of the Box]]'') | |||
She kept a [[time detector]] in her office. With it, she was able to detect [[Faction Paradox]] activity in [[London]] on [[28 March]] [[2021]]. However, after P.R.O.B.E. came close to cracking the Faction's scheme, the Faction went back in time and stole the time detector from Maxie, preventing her from ever having found out about their presence. Due to her species' sensitivity to time anomalies, however, she got a [[headache]] from the temporal manipulation to which she had fallen victim. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Daylight Savings (home video)|Daylight Savings]]'') | |||
== Appearance == | == Appearance == | ||
Maxie originally appeared humanoid, but with [[purple]] [[hair]], [[eye]]s, and [[blood]]. Her skin was completely [[white]]. | Maxie originally appeared humanoid, but with [[purple]] [[hair]], [[eye]]s, and [[blood]]. Her skin was completely [[white]]. | ||
However, after her arrival on Earth, she was given contacts to make her eyes brown. Her hair was also dyed brown and she was given a layer of makeup. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[She Came From Another World! (short story)|She Came From Another World]]'') | However, after her arrival on Earth, she was given contacts to make her eyes brown. Her hair was also dyed brown and she was given a layer of makeup. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[She Came From Another World! (short story)|She Came From Another World]]'') She usually wore a long coat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Out of the Box (short story)|Out of the Box]]'') | ||
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