Nicholas Skinner

Nicholas Skinner
Species:	Human
Job:	Astronomer
Affiliated with:	Tycho Project
Place of origin:	Earth
Children:	Lucy Skinner
Spouse:	Wife
First appearance:	The Last Sontaran [+]Loading...["The Last Sontaran (TV story)"]
Appearances:	PROSE: The Last Sontaran [+]Loading...["The Last Sontaran (novelisation)"] PROSE: The Nightmare Man [+]Loading...["The Nightmare Man (novelisation)"]
Main actor:	Ronan Vibert

Professor Nicholas Skinner was an astronomer at the Tycho Project's radio telescope in the rural English village of Goblin's Copse.

Biography

Nicholas Skinner was a professor in astronomy. At some point, he was married to a wife with whom he had a daughter, Lucy. The couple would later divorce, and according to Lucy, only ever spoke through lawyers. Nicholas hoped his daughter would follow him into the field of astronomy, instead of being a chemist like her mother. (PROSE: The Last Sontaran ^[+]Loading...["The Last Sontaran (novelisation)"])

In 2009, Professor Skinner was captured by Commander Kaagh, a Sontaran determined to avenge his people's defeat, and forced to do Kaagh's bidding by a neural control implant. He was freed by the actions of Sarah Jane Smith and her friends. (TV: The Last Sontaran ^[+]Loading...["The Last Sontaran (TV story)"])

Professor Skinner and his daughter stayed in contact with Sarah Jane and her team. They went to Luke Smith's second farewell party before he went to the University of Oxford. (PROSE: The Nightmare Man ^[+]Loading...["The Nightmare Man (novelisation)"])