Andrew Staines
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Captain Andrew Staines was a British Army officer and government official.
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1965, Staines was involved in a deal with the alien race known as the 456, on behalf of the British government. Staines acted as a radio operator, and along with Jack Harkness, Michael Sanders, and Ellen Hunt, agreed to deliver to the 456 twelve young orphans as a "gift" at a meeting point in Scotland. In exchange for the children, the unseen aliens gave them a cure for a new strain of an Indonesian influenza that the aliens claimed would mutate and kill twenty-five million people without it. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)"], Children of Earth: Day Four [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)"], PROSE: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])
Later that year, Staines left the Scots Guards and began retraining as a teacher. He took his first post at Reading Grammar School.
Staines retired in 1992. At some point, he married his wife and the couple had four children together. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)"])
As a result of his involvement in the first 456 trade, Staines was ordered killed through a blank page by the Home Office in 2009 ahead of the 456's return. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)"])
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Stuart Wooddisse was uncredited for his appearance as Andrew Staines. His image was used to depict Staines as both young and old.
