Tanner
Tanner was Charles Cranleigh's chauffeur in the 1920s.
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By 1925, Tanner was working as Charles Cranleigh's chauffeur (TV: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"]) and identified completely with his employer's activities in a feudalistic way. (PROSE: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (novelisation)"]) He was sent to pick up Smutty Thomas's replacement for a cricket match from Cranleigh Halt on 11 June and assumed that the Fifth Doctor was the man he was waiting for.
Tanner was surprised by Nyssa's resemblance to Ann Talbot, (TV: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"]) but did not elaborate on his confusion out of politeness. (PROSE: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (novelisation)"]) He proceeded to drive the Doctor, Nyssa, Adric and Tegan Jovanka to Cranleigh Cricket Club, (TV: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"]) showed them to the marquee on Charles's order and provided the Doctor's companions with deck chairs to watch the match. (PROSE: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (novelisation)"])
Following James's murder, Charles told Robert Muir that Tanner would drive him to the police station. (TV: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"]) Tanner drove Robert and Dr Hathaway (PROSE: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (novelisation)"]) and stopped at Cranleigh Halt when the Doctor persuaded Sergeant Markham to let him prove the existence of the TARDIS, only to continue the journey when the TARDIS was found to have vanished. (TV: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"])
