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Anne was born on [[28 October]] [[1937]], eighteen months after her brother, [[Alun Travers]]. Her mother died when she was a small child. She took after her mother's side of the family in appearance, but took after her father in personality. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[One Cold Step (short story)|One Cold Step]]'') | Anne was born on [[28 October]] [[1937]], eighteen months after her brother, [[Alun Travers]]. Her mother died when she was a small child. She took after her mother's side of the family in appearance, but took after her father in personality. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[One Cold Step (short story)|One Cold Step]]'') | ||
[[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]] was one of her lecturers at the [[University of Cambridge]]. Her classmates included [[Allison Williams]] and [[Ruth Ingram]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') | |||
Anne and her father helped the [[Second Doctor]] defeat the malevolent entity. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'') But in an alternative timeline where the Doctor was shot by Colonel [[Spencer Pemberton|Pemberton]], Anne's mind was subsumed by the Intelligence and her body used as its host. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacies (short story)|Legacies]]'') | Anne and her father helped the [[Second Doctor]] defeat the malevolent entity. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'') But in an alternative timeline where the Doctor was shot by Colonel [[Spencer Pemberton|Pemberton]], Anne's mind was subsumed by the Intelligence and her body used as its host. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacies (short story)|Legacies]]'') | ||
After the [[London Event]], she was retained by the British Army and sequestered to a secret [[The Vault (UNIT)|vault]] in [[Northumberland]] to help develop new defensive weapons based on the remains of the Great Intelligence's technologies. She devised two machines, one based on the device she developed with the Doctor previously, which interrupted the Great Intelligence's control of Yeti. Another device, labelled a "web destructor" by Major [[Walter Douglas|Douglas]], was able to evaporate the Great Intelligence's web. Both devices were used in the Cornish village of [[Bledoe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') | After the [[London Event]], she was retained by the British Army and sequestered to a secret [[The Vault (UNIT)|vault]] in [[Northumberland]] to help develop new defensive weapons based on the remains of the Great Intelligence's technologies. She devised two machines, one based on the device she developed with the Doctor previously, which interrupted the Great Intelligence's control of Yeti. Another device, labelled a "web destructor" by Major [[Walter Douglas|Douglas]], was able to evaporate the Great Intelligence's web. Both devices were used in the Cornish village of [[Bledoe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') | ||
She became highly suspicious of the Vault and its true agenda, and as acting as a spy inside it for General [[Olivr Hamilton]].([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beast of Fang Rock (novel)|Beast of Fang Rock]]'') | |||
Four years later, Anne and her father visited the [[United States]] for a year, letting out his home in [[London]] to Professor [[Watkins]] and his niece [[Isobel Watkins|Isobel]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'') | Four years later, Anne and her father visited the [[United States]] for a year, letting out his home in [[London]] to Professor [[Watkins]] and his niece [[Isobel Watkins|Isobel]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'') | ||
She succeeded Jensen as chief scientific advisor to the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] in [[1981]], serving in that position for eighteen years. | She succeeded Jensen as chief scientific advisor to the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] in [[1981]], serving in that position for eighteen years. | ||
