Trinity Wells
Trinity Wells, possibly known as Mal Loup, was an American newsreader. She reported several alien encounters for an American news network known as "AMNN".
Profile
Based on her Zodiac sign, she was born in July or August. (SJA: Secrets of the Stars)
For a brief time in 2009, she had been taken over when Martin Trumen invoked Leo. (SJA: Secrets of the Stars) During Christmas 2010, she, along with the rest of the human race, was transformed into a duplicate of The Master during the speech of Barack Obama trying to get Earth out of the recession. (DW: The End of Time)
Stories covered
- The 2006 Slitheen crisis in London. (DW: Aliens of London/World War Three)
- The Sycorax ship flying over London. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)
- Mr Saxon announcing first contact with aliens. (DW: The Sound of Drums)
- Tranducers draining energy from electrical equipment on Earth then drawing energy from everything else including the Sun. (SJA: Revenge of the Slitheen)
- The gas emitted from the cars during the Sontaran attack. (DW: The Poison Sky)
- The Earth being moved into the Medusa Cascade. (DW: The Stolen Earth)
- Martin Trueman's enslavement of almost everyone on the planet. The reporter was herself taken over when Trueman invoked Leo. (SJA: Secrets of the Stars)
- The 456's possession of Earth's children and arrival on Earth. (TW: Children of Earth)
- Barack Obama trying to get the Earth out of the recession. (DW: The End of Time)
Alternate Realities
In the timeline known as Donna's World, she announed the Adipose attack on the United States. She survived the events of this timeline. (DW: Turn Left)
Behind the scenes
- Along with Sarah Jane, Luke and Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, this character is one of only eight fictional humans to appear both in Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures. The other four are French Newsreader, Newsreader (Olivia Hill), Newsreader (Sagar Arya) and Harry Sullivan. Another newsreader has also appeared in both programs, but he is a real-life BBC Wales newsreader, Jason Mohammad, playing himself.
- Trinity Wells is one of only two characters, as well as the only named character, to have appeared in Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. The other one is French Newsreader, played by Anthony Debaeck.
Naming Problems
This reporter's name is the subject of some ambiguity. Her name has only been seen in a chyron once. In one account of the Slitheen infiltration of the British government by the Slitheen in World War III, her name was seen as "Mal Loup", a vague French translation for "Bad Wolf". This in-universe citation, however, was only seen on an official, but in-universe, BBC website, not in the episode as broadcast. Likewise, the name "Trinity Wells" comes only from the credits of her appearances in Turn Left onwards, not the episodes themselves. It's possible the appearance of the Mal Loup name in this instance was a manifestation of the Bad Wolf meme. (DW: The Parting of the Ways)
Alternately, in real life it is not uncommon for individuals in the public eye to change their names, either due to marriage or other reason. It's quite possible that the newscaster used the name Mal Loup at one point (possibly influenced by the Bad Wolf meme) and later adopted the name Trinity Wells.
