Barbara Wright: Difference between revisions

She was the first to realise that she and Ian might be able to return home in the [[Dalek time machine]]. Determined to get home, she was willing to risk her life in the Dalek ship. On returning home, Barbara and Ian were thrilled to have safely arrived. Once they had left the Dalek ship, and it had self-destructed, the two friends realised that they had some explaining to do, as they had arrived home in [[1965]] — two years after they had left. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') Barbara and Ian claimed to have been missionaries in Africa to account for the time gap. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'')

When the attackers (known as "the Hunters of the Burning Stone") attacked, the Doctor got their attention by claiming to possess the item they sought, allowing Ian to attack their leader from behind (And finally convincing him that he really was the same man he once knew). Barbara was then kidnapped by [[Patricia Lake|Miss Ghost]], and  transported to her ship. There, Barbara learned that Miss Ghost was actually [[Patricia Lake]], an acquaintance of the Doctor's from [[20th century]] [[Prague]].  

Using Patricia's ship, they flew to the Prometheans' ship, narrowly escaping the Hunters (who were revealed to be the [[Tribe of Gum]]) and saved the Doctor, Ian and Patricia's father, [[Patrick Lake]]. Unfortunately, they could not prevent the Prometheans from using their "Neural Extractor" to regress humanity to a neanderthal mindset. On Patricia's ship, Ian and Barbara encouraged the Doctor to think of a plan, and he finally hit upon one, taking the TARDIS to the past.  

As the Tribe of Gum instructed the primitive humans to worship the Prometheans, the Doctor returned, having planted the image of the TARDIS throughout human history, and using that image to alter the neural platform, reversing the effect, destroying the platform, and "locking" the minds of the human race from being altered again. Incensed, the Tribe of Gum, at the Prometheans' urging, attacked the Doctor. Barbara and Ian landed their ship on a fragment of the neural platform, and convinced the Tribe to stop by telling them of love and sacrifice, and how the Doctor protected the people of Earth for years. When the Tribe of Gum ceased their assault, the Prometheans attacked Barbara and Ian. The Tribe of Gum then turned on the Prometheans. Both sides were destroyed in the ensuing struggle. Barbara and Ian returned to their own time, and married, with the Doctor attending their wedding. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'')

Barbara began a career as a university lecturer, specialising in Aztec history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') The couple had a child, [[Johnny Chess|John Alydon Ganatus Chesterton]] who grew up to be a famous musician under the name [[Johnny Chess]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'', ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'')