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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]]'') 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]]'') | 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]]'') 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]]'') | ||
John was the second of the four Benton children: [[George Benton|George]], the eldest; [[Chris Benton|Chris]]; and the youngest, [[Charlotte Benton|Charlotte]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wartime (novelisation)|Wartime]]'') One of | John was the second of the four Benton children: [[George Benton|George]], the eldest; [[Chris Benton|Chris]]; and the youngest, [[Charlotte Benton|Charlotte]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wartime (novelisation)|Wartime]]'') | ||
One of John's brothers later worked on the [[railway]]s in the [[1970s]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Tunnel (audio story)|Time Tunnel]]'') but it remains unclear as to whether this was George; or if his [[John Benton's mother|mother]] remarried at some point after her husband's death and had another son. | |||
[[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 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. | ||
