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|species = Human | |species = Human | ||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
|brother = Chris Benton{{!}}Christopher Benton | |brother = George Benton | ||
|brother2 = Chris Benton{{!}}Christopher Benton | |||
|father = John Benton's father{{!}}Father | |father = John Benton's father{{!}}Father | ||
|mother = John Benton's mother{{!}}Mother | |mother = John Benton's mother{{!}}Mother | ||
|sister = | |sister = Charlotte Benton | ||
|spouse = Mavis (Doctor Who and the Dæmons) | |spouse = Mavis (Doctor Who and the Dæmons) | ||
|spouse2 = Margery Phipps | |spouse2 = Margery Phipps | ||
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John Benton's grandfather met the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] in the trenches of [[World War I]] in [[1914]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') | John Benton's grandfather met the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] in the trenches of [[World War I]] in [[1914]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') | ||
[[ | John was the second of the four Benton children: George, the eldest; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wartime (novelisation)|Wartime]]'') [[Chris Benton|Chris]]; and the youngest, [[John Benton's sister|Charlotte]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wartime (novelisation)|Wartime]]'') | ||
[[John Benton's father|John's father]] also served in the military. As a boy, John wanted to be just like him, while his younger brother Chris did not want to be a soldier, despite being more favoured than John in their father's eyes. | |||
John had another brother who worked on the railways in the [[1970s]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Tunnel (audio story)|Time Tunnel]]'') and a | In [[1944]], while his father was on embarkation leave, John, his parents and Chris had a picnic in the woods outside [[Bolton]], while George stayed at home to look after baby Charlotte. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wartime (novelisation)|Wartime]]'') While the boys were playing, Chris fell from the high wall of a ruined tower to his death. John tried to save him, but failed and blamed himself ever after. Some time later, his father was killed in the [[Normandy landings]] by a [[grenade]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Wartime (home video)|Wartime]]'') | ||
John had another brother who worked on the railways in the [[1970s]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Tunnel (audio story)|Time Tunnel]]'') and a younger sister, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]''), Charlotte. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wartime (novelisation)|Wartime]]'') | |||
He also had an aunt, who was supposedly a [[Psychic|medium]] and died in the late [[1960s]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant (novel)|The Eye of the Giant]]'') | |||
=== Military career === | === Military career === | ||
