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Dr '''Evelyn Smythe''' (later '''Rossiter'''; b. [[1945]]) was an accomplished academic, rather closer to the end of her long career than the beginning. As a [[professor]] of history, she was very interested in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]' [[time travel]] capabilities. Like [[Barbara Wright]] before her, she occasionally found theories to which she had devoted much of her career proven wrong by examining events first-hand. | Dr '''Evelyn Smythe''' (later '''Rossiter'''; b. [[1945]]) was an accomplished academic, rather closer to the end of her long career than the beginning. As a [[professor]] of [[history]], she was very interested in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]' [[time travel]] capabilities. Like [[Barbara Wright]] before her, she occasionally found theories to which she had devoted much of her career proven wrong by examining events first-hand. | ||
Her history with [[the Doctor]] was complicated. She was the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s active companion and made several visits long after she had departed. | Her history with [[the Doctor]] was complicated. She was the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s active companion and made several visits long after she had departed. | ||
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As a child, she was called "Evey" by her family. She had a sister named Mary who was her mother's favourite. Her parents and Mary had all died by [[2000]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Arrangements for War]]'') | As a child, she was called "Evey" by her family. She had a sister named Mary who was her mother's favourite. Her parents and Mary had all died by [[2000]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Arrangements for War]]'') | ||
[[File:Doctor and Evelyn.jpg|thumb|The Doctor and Evelyn meet. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy]]'')]] | [[File:Doctor and Evelyn.jpg|thumb|The Doctor and Evelyn meet. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy]]'')]] | ||
When Evelyn met the [[Sixth Doctor]] in 2000, she was a history lecturer at [[Sheffield Hallam University]] with a particular interest in [[Tudor]] politics. Most of her working life had been focused almost totally on academic research, so much so her [[marriage]] had broken down after a row with her husband about her attending an academic conference on their [[wedding]] anniversary. Part of her work included extensive investigation of her family tree and the life of one of her ancestors, [[John Whiteside-Smith]], an adviser at the court of [[Elizabeth I]]. | When Evelyn met the [[Sixth Doctor]] in 2000, she was a [[history]] [[lecturer]] at [[Sheffield Hallam University]] with a particular interest in [[Tudor]] politics. Most of her working life had been focused almost totally on academic research, so much so her [[marriage]] had broken down after a row with her husband about her attending an academic conference on their [[wedding]] anniversary. Part of her work included extensive investigation of her family tree and the life of one of her ancestors, [[John Whiteside-Smith]], an adviser at the court of [[Elizabeth I]]. | ||
It was the sudden disappearance of her family from history — including her [[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] relative — that led the Doctor to identify her as a temporal nexus point who threatened the time stream. He appeared in Sheffield in 2000 and took her to [[January]] [[1555]] to try to save her life by correcting the interference. This turned out to be a paradoxical result of her own actions in encouraging an attempt on the life of Elizabeth's half-sister and predecessor, [[Mary I]]. With this averted, she insisted on joining the Doctor on his travels; she would not pass up the opportunity to travel through time and explore history firsthand. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy]]'') | It was the sudden disappearance of her family from history — including her [[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] relative — that led the Doctor to identify her as a temporal nexus point who threatened the time stream. He appeared in Sheffield in 2000 and took her to [[January]] [[1555]] to try to save her life by correcting the interference. This turned out to be a paradoxical result of her own actions in encouraging an attempt on the life of Elizabeth's half-sister and predecessor, [[Mary I]]. With this averted, she insisted on joining the Doctor on his travels; she would not pass up the opportunity to travel through time and explore history firsthand. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy]]'') | ||
