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After spending much of the following [[March]] attempting to get his life back together, Stevens was commissioned by his friend [[Henry Spencer]], the non-fiction editor of a London-based publishing house to write a book exploring what would have become of JFK if he had not been assassinated in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. He also found employment as a freelance journalist for the magazine ''[[Metropolitan]]''. This gave him the financial freedom to continue his investigation into the Doctor and UNIT for another six months. That [[November]], Stevens attended the demonstration of the [[Keller Machine|Keller Process]] at [[Stangmoor Prison]]. It was at the prison that he saw one of the "Doctor" operatives for the first time. He described this Doctor as "an ageing dandy" with a "hawkish nose," "piercing eyes" and a "lived-in face." He was accompanied by a[[Jo Grant| small, mousy looking woman with a pleasant face]]. Over the course of the next several days, Stangmoor Prison was the scene of two prison riots before it was recaptured by UNIT. Stevens noted that, at the time, UNIT was supposed to have been providing security at the [[World Peace Conference]] and speculated that the Doctor's presence at the demonstration of the Keller Process could signify that UNIT was involved in mind control experiments. | After spending much of the following [[March]] attempting to get his life back together, Stevens was commissioned by his friend [[Henry Spencer]], the non-fiction editor of a London-based publishing house to write a book exploring what would have become of JFK if he had not been assassinated in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. He also found employment as a freelance journalist for the magazine ''[[Metropolitan]]''. This gave him the financial freedom to continue his investigation into the Doctor and UNIT for another six months. That [[November]], Stevens attended the demonstration of the [[Keller Machine|Keller Process]] at [[Stangmoor Prison]]. It was at the prison that he saw one of the "Doctor" operatives for the first time. He described this Doctor as "an ageing dandy" with a "hawkish nose," "piercing eyes" and a "lived-in face." He was accompanied by a[[Jo Grant| small, mousy looking woman with a pleasant face]]. Over the course of the next several days, Stangmoor Prison was the scene of two prison riots before it was recaptured by UNIT. Stevens noted that, at the time, UNIT was supposed to have been providing security at the [[World Peace Conference]] and speculated that the Doctor's presence at the demonstration of the Keller Process could signify that UNIT was involved in mind control experiments. | ||
In [[December]] 1970, Stevens met a young homeless woman named [[Dodo Chaplet]], who had been committed to a sychiatric institution called [[Glasshouse]] after the events of C-Day due to her outlandish claims to have met [[Monoid|one-eyed reptile men]] and [[Wild West]] gunfighters and to have played game with [[The Celestial Toyroom|living dolls]]. Dodo told Stevens that the {{Delgado|n=Director}} of the Glasshouse had subjected her to cruel mind control experiments and continually questioned her about doctors. She was left with [[Amnesia|considerable gaps in her memory]] to the point that she could not even remember her mother. After allowing Dodo to stay at his flat for the night, Stevens quickly grew extremely fond of her and invited her to stay with him on a more permanent basis. They eventually fell in love. | In [[December]] 1970, Stevens met a young homeless woman named [[Dodo Chaplet]], who had been committed to a sychiatric institution called [[Glasshouse]] after the events of C-Day due to her outlandish claims to have met [[Monoid|one-eyed reptile men]] and [[Wild West]] gunfighters and to have played a game with [[The Celestial Toyroom|living dolls]]. Dodo told Stevens that the {{Delgado|n=Director}} of the Glasshouse had subjected her to cruel mind control experiments and continually questioned her about doctors. She was left with [[Amnesia|considerable gaps in her memory]] to the point that she could not even remember her mother. After allowing Dodo to stay at his flat for the night, Stevens quickly grew extremely fond of her and invited her to stay with him on a more permanent basis. They eventually fell in love. | ||
In [[May]] [[1971]], shortly after the broadcast of the disastrous opening of [[Devil's Hump]] on the [[BBC3]] series ''[[The Passing Parade]]'' which resulted in the death of [[Gilbert Horner|Professor Gilbert Horner]], it was announced that a terrorist named {{Delgado|n=Victor Magister}} had been captured in the nearby village [[Devil's End]]. He was charged with Horner's murder as well as causing Black Thursday, the plague outbreak and the failure of the World Peace Conference, among other incidents. Stevens was sceptical that Magister - who was soon dubbed "the Master" by the press as his surname was [[Latin]] for "Master" - could have been responsible for all of these events as no one had ever heard of him until his capture was announced on [[television]]. Furthermore, he believed that the prejudicial reporting of Magister's alleged crimes during the summer of 1971 meant that it was unlikely that he could receive a fair trial in Britain. He appeared on ''The Passing Parade'' with Peter Wise and [[Malcolm Muggeridge]] to discuss whether the situation warranted him receiving a trial in camera. While on the programme, he attempted to reveal the existence of UNIT and C19 to the general public but the broadcast was cut off. The government eventually announced that Magister would receive such a trial and Stevens came to believe that the "massive media overkill" had been engineered to ensure that this would occur. | In [[May]] [[1971]], shortly after the broadcast of the disastrous opening of [[Devil's Hump]] on the [[BBC3]] series ''[[The Passing Parade]]'' which resulted in the death of [[Gilbert Horner|Professor Gilbert Horner]], it was announced that a terrorist named {{Delgado|n=Victor Magister}} had been captured in the nearby village [[Devil's End]]. He was charged with Horner's murder as well as causing Black Thursday, the plague outbreak and the failure of the World Peace Conference, among other incidents. Stevens was sceptical that Magister - who was soon dubbed "the Master" by the press as his surname was [[Latin]] for "Master" - could have been responsible for all of these events as no one had ever heard of him until his capture was announced on [[television]]. Furthermore, he believed that the prejudicial reporting of Magister's alleged crimes during the summer of 1971 meant that it was unlikely that he could receive a fair trial in Britain. He appeared on ''The Passing Parade'' with Peter Wise and [[Malcolm Muggeridge]] to discuss whether the situation warranted him receiving a trial in camera. While on the programme, he attempted to reveal the existence of UNIT and C19 to the general public but the broadcast was cut off. The government eventually announced that Magister would receive such a trial and Stevens came to believe that the "massive media overkill" had been engineered to ensure that this would occur. | ||
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After escaping, Stevens first checked to see that Dodo was alive and well and was gratified to discover that she was. He then contacted his friend [[Vincent Mortimer]], the producer of ''The Passing Parade'', and convinced him to expose the Glasshouse on live television. However, when he returned to the facility with a camera crew, he found that it had been completely cleared out and that there was no evidence to suggest that anyone had been in it in months. Stevens was completely discredited. This humiliation was compounded by the fact that the government produced the Master, claiming that he had been in custody continuously since his capture. Demoralised, Stevens returned home to discover that Dodo had been murdered. He was arrested and charged with her murder but was soon released when it came apparent that she had been killed while he was appearing on live television. While in police custody, he learned that Dodo had been pregnant at the time of her death. | After escaping, Stevens first checked to see that Dodo was alive and well and was gratified to discover that she was. He then contacted his friend [[Vincent Mortimer]], the producer of ''The Passing Parade'', and convinced him to expose the Glasshouse on live television. However, when he returned to the facility with a camera crew, he found that it had been completely cleared out and that there was no evidence to suggest that anyone had been in it in months. Stevens was completely discredited. This humiliation was compounded by the fact that the government produced the Master, claiming that he had been in custody continuously since his capture. Demoralised, Stevens returned home to discover that Dodo had been murdered. He was arrested and charged with her murder but was soon released when it came apparent that she had been killed while he was appearing on live television. While in police custody, he learned that Dodo had been pregnant at the time of her death. | ||
After seeing a report about the Second World Peace Conference at [[Auderly House]] several weeks later, Stevens attempted to enter its grounds clandestinely but was soon attacked by an [[Ogron|ape creature]]. However, the Doctor saved his life. He was taken into UNIT custody and was shown the ape creature's body by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. Stevens realised that it was an alien and that all the reports of alien invasion over the course of the previous two years. Furthermore, he came to understand that the Doctor and UNIT were fighting these incursions and were in no way malevolent. | After seeing a report about the Second World Peace Conference at [[Auderly House]] several weeks later, Stevens attempted to enter its grounds clandestinely but was soon attacked by an [[Ogron|ape creature]]. However, the Doctor saved his life. He was taken into UNIT custody and was shown the ape creature's body by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. Stevens realised that it was an alien and that all the reports of alien invasion over the course of the previous two years had been true. Furthermore, he came to understand that the Doctor and UNIT were fighting these incursions and were in no way malevolent. | ||
The revelation that he had ruined his life and gotten Dodo killed based on a misconception caused Stevens to contemplate suicide. However, before he could shoot himself, he was contacted by the Doctor, who sympathised with him regarding Dodo's death. Stevens informed the Doctor of Cleary's plan to go back in time and prevent Kennedy's assassination using a metal bracelet which Stevens had taken from him. The Doctor told him that it was a [[Time Ring]] and instructed him to travel back in time and prevent the Master's plan from coming to fruition. | The revelation that he had ruined his life and gotten Dodo killed based on a misconception caused Stevens to contemplate suicide. However, before he could shoot himself, he was contacted by the Doctor, who sympathised with him regarding Dodo's death. Stevens informed the Doctor of Cleary's plan to go back in time and prevent Kennedy's assassination using a metal bracelet which Stevens had taken from him. The Doctor told him that it was a [[Time Ring]] and instructed him to travel back in time and prevent the Master's plan from coming to fruition. | ||
In the book's final chapters, which he noted in the prologue "would seem like science fiction" to many of its readers, Stevens described being sent back in time to Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963 and immobilising Cleary before he stop [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] from shooting President Kennedy. He learned that the Master had ordered Cleary to wear a Soviet military uniform in order to fool the [[United States of America]] into thinking that the [[Soviet Union]] was responsible for the attempt on Kennedy's life, thus leading to a [[nuclear war]] in which hundreds of millions would die. Looking through the rifle's sights, Stevens saw that there was a second shooter on the grassy knoll and was astonished to discover that it was an older version of himself. Using the Time Ring, Stevens returned to his own time, [[September]] 1971, and brought Cleary with him. However, Cleary's mind had been permanently damaged by the Master's mind control experiments. | In the book's final chapters, which he noted in the prologue "would seem like science fiction" to many of its readers, Stevens described being sent back in time to Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963 and immobilising Cleary before he could stop [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] from shooting President Kennedy. He learned that the Master had ordered Cleary to wear a Soviet military uniform in order to fool the [[United States of America]] into thinking that the [[Soviet Union]] was responsible for the attempt on Kennedy's life, thus leading to a [[nuclear war]] in which hundreds of millions would die. Looking through the rifle's sights, Stevens saw that there was a second shooter on the grassy knoll and was astonished to discover that it was an older version of himself. Using the Time Ring, Stevens returned to his own time, [[September]] 1971, and brought Cleary with him. However, Cleary's mind had been permanently damaged by the Master's mind control experiments. | ||
In the epilogue, which was written in April 1996, Stevens noted that [[UNIT dating controversy|many of the dates had been changed prior to the book's publication]]. He claimed that he had managed to get his life back together since the early 1970s. After his former father-in-law Lord Howarth's death in [[1986]], he was able to build a relationship with his son William. He began teaching journalism. His favourite students were [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Ruby Duvall]]. After spending most of the previous 24 years in a coma with only occasional moments of lucidity, Cleary died in his mother's arms on [[5 April]] [[1995]] at the age of 46. Stevens kept the Time Ring in his safe deposit book and used it to return to Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963 and kill Kennedy, as his younger self had seen him do almost 25 years earlier in his personal timeline. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | In the epilogue, which was written in April 1996, Stevens noted that [[UNIT dating controversy|many of the dates had been changed prior to the book's publication]]. He claimed that he had managed to get his life back together since the early 1970s. After his former father-in-law Lord Howarth's death in [[1986]], he was able to build a relationship with his son William. He began teaching journalism. His favourite students were [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Ruby Duvall]]. After spending most of the previous 24 years in a coma with only occasional moments of lucidity, Cleary died in his mother's arms on [[5 April]] [[1995]] at the age of 46. Stevens kept the Time Ring in his safe deposit book and used it to return to Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963 and kill Kennedy, as his younger self had seen him do almost 25 years earlier in his personal timeline. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | ||
