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On his forty-fifth birthday, Henry decided he wanted to finally purchase a living alien creature rather parts of now deceased ones. Using his influence, he learned one such creature was in the hands of a private collector [[Hiram Duchesne]], a middle-aged businessman in the ice cream industry. Henry offered the man twenty-five million dollars for the creature, but Duchesne refused. Angered, Henry bought out the man's company and left him bankrupt but Duchesne still refused to sell despite needing the money. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'') By [[2006]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Operation London (short story)|Operation London]]'') Duchesne was ill with cancer and, having heard rumours Henry's scientists had used alien technology to create a cure, he finally agreed to sell the creature to Henry. By now Henry was fifty-three years old. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'') | On his forty-fifth birthday, Henry decided he wanted to finally purchase a living alien creature rather parts of now deceased ones. Using his influence, he learned one such creature was in the hands of a private collector [[Hiram Duchesne]], a middle-aged businessman in the ice cream industry. Henry offered the man twenty-five million dollars for the creature, but Duchesne refused. Angered, Henry bought out the man's company and left him bankrupt but Duchesne still refused to sell despite needing the money. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'') By [[2006]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Operation London (short story)|Operation London]]'') Duchesne was ill with cancer and, having heard rumours Henry's scientists had used alien technology to create a cure, he finally agreed to sell the creature to Henry. By now Henry was fifty-three years old. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'') | ||
That same year, [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] noticed that something called "the Object" was sold at an [[auction]], and, while UNIT couldn't afford the Object at the auction, they tried to identify the seller and buyer; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Object Auction (short story)|Object Auction]]'') the buyer was van Statten, who was invited to the auction, which had a [[$]][[1000000 (number)|1000000]] entry [[fee]]; according to this account, the Object was already called "the Metaltron". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'') UNIT had been tracking the Dalek for years, but they lost track of it in Utah. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Object Auction (short story)|Object Auction]]'' | That same year, [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] noticed that something called "the Object" was sold at an [[auction]], and, while UNIT couldn't afford the Object at the auction, they tried to identify the seller and buyer; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Object Auction (short story)|Object Auction]]'') the buyer was van Statten, who was invited to the auction, which had a [[$]][[1000000 (number)|1000000]] entry [[fee]]; according to this account, the Object was already called "the Metaltron". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'') UNIT had been tracking the Dalek for years, but they lost track of it in Utah. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Object Auction (short story)|Object Auction]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'') [[Sven (Sven and the Scarf)|Sven]] tidied the museum in preparation of van Statten's purchase. ([[WC]]: ''[[Sven and the Scarf (webcast)|Sven and the Scarf]]'') Van Statten tried to make the Metaltron talk through torture, but all it did was scream. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | ||
In [[2007]], while the [[Tenth Doctor]] was researching [[H.C. Clements]], several websites relating to van Statten were seen, including his [[GEOCOMTEX website]] and his interview on the [[Defending the Earth!]] website. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') | In [[2007]], while the [[Tenth Doctor]] was researching [[H.C. Clements]], several websites relating to van Statten were seen, including his [[GEOCOMTEX website]] and his interview on the [[Defending the Earth!]] website. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') | ||
