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{{Infobox Individual | {{Infobox Individual | ||
|image = Anne Travers.jpg | |image = Anne Travers.jpg | ||
|alias = Anastasia | |alias = Anastasia | ||
|species=Human | |species = Human | ||
|origin= [[Earth]] | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
|job= Scientific advisor | |job = Scientific advisor | ||
|father= Edward Travers | |father = Edward Travers | ||
|mother= Margaret Travers | |mother = Margaret Travers | ||
|brother= Alun Travers | |brother = Alun Travers | ||
|grandparent= Lyndon Travers | |grandparent = Lyndon Travers | ||
|child=Samuel Bishop | |spouse = William Bishop | ||
|first= The Web of Fear (TV story) | |child = Samuel Bishop | ||
|appearances= [[Anne Travers - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']] | |first = The Web of Fear (TV story) | ||
|actor= Tina Packer | |appearances = [[Anne Travers - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']] | ||
|actor = Tina Packer | |||
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[[Dame]] '''Anne Bishop''' OBE (née '''Travers''') was the second child of [[Margaret Travers|Margaret]] and [[Edward Travers]] and [[scientific advisor]] to the [[British Army]] in its fight against the [[Great Intelligence]] and its [[Robot Yeti]] in the [[London Underground]]. | |||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Early life === | |||
Anne was born on [[28 October]] [[1937]], eighteen months after her brother, [[Alun Travers]]. Her mother died in [[1943]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]'') 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 in [[1943]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]'') 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]]'') | ||
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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]]'') She was also friends with [[Liz Shaw]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mind of Stone (novel)|Mind of Stone]]'', ''[[The Enfolded Time (short story)|The Enfolded Time]]'') 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]]'') She was also friends with [[Liz Shaw]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mind of Stone (novel)|Mind of Stone]]'', ''[[The Enfolded Time (short story)|The Enfolded Time]]'') Another one of her teachers was Professor [[Watkins]] who described her as a "brilliant girl". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | ||
=== Career === | |||
Anne and her father helped the [[Second Doctor]] defeat the malevolent entity. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'') [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] subsequently named her as the first [[scientific advisor]] of his [[UNIT|new forces]] dealing with alien threats. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Memories of Tomorrow (audio story)|Memories of Tomorrow]]'') However, she was summoned back by the British Army and sequestered to a secret [[The Vault (The Scales of Injustice)|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]]'') | Anne and her father helped the [[Second Doctor]] defeat the malevolent entity. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'') [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] subsequently named her as the first [[scientific advisor]] of his [[UNIT|new forces]] dealing with alien threats. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Memories of Tomorrow (audio story)|Memories of Tomorrow]]'') However, she was summoned back by the British Army and sequestered to a secret [[The Vault (The Scales of Injustice)|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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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]]'') | 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. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Enfolded Time (short story)|The Enfolded Time]]'', ''[[The Slow Invasion (short story)|The Slow Invasion]]'', ''[[The Two Brigadiers (short story)|The Two Brigadiers]]'', ''[[Avatars of the Intelligence (novel)|Avatars of the Intelligence]]'') | ||
Anne and Bishop were married 1989 and had a son, Samuel. They | === Later life === | ||
Anne and Bishop were married 1989 and had a son, [[Samuel Bishop|Samuel]]. They were still married by 2017. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Enfolded Time (short story)|The Enfolded Time]]'', ''[[The Slow Invasion (short story)|The Slow Invasion]]'', ''[[The Two Brigadiers (short story)|The Two Brigadiers]]'', ''[[Avatars of the Intelligence (novel)|Avatars of the Intelligence]]'') In late 1989, she visited America with her father, leaving the care of [[Owain Vine|Owain Lethbridge-Stewart]] in the hands of [[Liz Shaw]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Enfolded Time (short story)|The Enfolded Time]]'') | |||
On [[31 December]] [[1999]], Dame Anne Travers OBE, believing that [[Ashley Chapel]] was planning to summon the Great Intelligence, attempted to stop him, accidentally causing London to transform into a mystical realm in which she was the "Hierophant Anastasia". She later sacrificed herself to restore London to normal. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]'') | On [[31 December]] [[1999]], Dame Anne Travers OBE, believing that [[Ashley Chapel]] was planning to summon the Great Intelligence, attempted to stop him, accidentally causing London to transform into a mystical realm in which she was the "Hierophant Anastasia". She later sacrificed herself to restore London to normal. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]'') | ||
