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[[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]] was one of her [[lecturer]]s at the [[University of Cambridge]]. Her classmates included [[Allison Williams]] and [[Ruth Ingram]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') Another one of her teachers was Professor [[Watkins]] who described her as a "brilliant girl". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | [[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]] was one of her [[lecturer]]s at the [[University of Cambridge]]. Her classmates included [[Allison Williams]] and [[Ruth Ingram]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') Another one of her teachers was Professor [[Watkins]] who described her as a "brilliant girl". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | ||
Anne and her father helped the [[Second Doctor]] defeat the malevolent entity. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'') | Anne and her father helped the [[Second Doctor]] defeat the malevolent entity. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'') | ||
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]]'') | ||
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She built a healthy friendship with Sally Wright, and was there to support her following the end of Sally's relationship with Lethbridge-Stewart. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dreamer's Lament (novel)|The Dreamer's Lament]]'') | She built a healthy friendship with Sally Wright, and was there to support her following the end of Sally's relationship with Lethbridge-Stewart. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dreamer's Lament (novel)|The Dreamer's Lament]]'') | ||
Three years later, Anne and her father visited the [[United States]] for a year, letting out his home in [[London]] to | Three 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 (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') Part of the reason for the trip was the help establish the scientific arm of the US side of UNIT, working alongside Major [[Adrienne Kramer]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]'') | ||
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. | ||
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