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|affiliation = Space Station Camera | |affiliation = Space Station Camera | ||
|origin = [[Third Zone]] | |origin = [[Third Zone]] | ||
|only | |only cs = The Two Doctors (TV story) | ||
|main actor = Laurence Payne | |main actor = Laurence Payne | ||
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[[Professor]] '''Joinson Dastari''' was a [[geneticist]] and [[Head of Projects]] on | [[Professor]] '''Joinson Dastari''' was a [[geneticist]] and [[Head of Projects]] on [[Space Station Camera]]. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Joinson Dastari lived in the [[Third Zone]] ([[TV]]: | Joinson Dastari lived in the [[Third Zone]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (TV story)}}) and was, in his youth, a champion [[sampola wrestling|sampola wrestler]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (novelisation)}}) He became a pioneer of [[genetic engineering]], earning himself a number of qualifications which resulted in his name being followed by a great many letters. He became [[Head of Projects]] on [[Space Station Camera]] and met and befriended [[the Doctor]] at the [[space station]]'s inauguration. | ||
Dastari worked out the [[Theory of Parallel Matter]] in [[pen]] and [[ink]] at his [[desk]] on Space Station Camera, hating [[computer]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (TV story)}}) The [[Second Doctor]] left [[Zoe Heriot]] in his care when she fell into a [[coma]] for twenty-three years ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dream a Little Dream for Me (short story)}}) and Dastari, at some point, heard of him falling out of favour with the [[Time Lord]]s. Using [[technological augmentation]], he turned [[Chessene of the Franzine Grig]] into a genius. | |||
Dastari walked in on Chessene as she lapped up the [[blood]] of the [[Sixth Doctor]], who had come to rescue his past self. Faced with this evidence, Dastari was forced to concede what the Doctor had tried to tell him earlier; regardless of her augmented intellect, Chessene was still fundamentally an animal at heart. Although he attempted to free the Doctor and [[Peri Brown]], when Chessene discovered his treachery, she shot and killed him. ([[TV]]: | With Chessene, a [[Kartz-Reimer module|prototype time machine]] and an unaltered Androgum, [[Shockeye o' the Quawncing Grig]], Dastari abducted the [[Second Doctor]] from the space station. Having landed in the city of [[Seville]] on the [[planet]] [[Earth]], he worked to find the secret of the [[Symbiotic nucleus|symbiotic nuclei]] for the [[Sontaran]] [[Stike]]. He later supervised the partial genetic transformation of the Doctor into an Androgum. | ||
Dastari walked in on Chessene as she lapped up the [[blood]] of the [[Sixth Doctor]], who had come to rescue his past self. Faced with this evidence, Dastari was forced to concede what the Doctor had tried to tell him earlier; regardless of her augmented intellect, Chessene was still fundamentally an animal at heart. Although he attempted to free the Doctor and [[Peri Brown]], when Chessene discovered his treachery, she shot and killed him. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (TV story)}}) | |||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
By the [[40th century]], the [[Dastari Prize]] had been named in his honour. The prize was won by the [[Javaman]] in two consecutive years. ([[PROSE]]: | By the [[40th century]], the [[Dastari Prize]] had been named in his honour. The prize was won by the [[Javaman]] in two consecutive years. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Turnabout is Fair Play (short story)}}) | ||
== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
Dastari was a genius who believed that the people of the [[Third Zone]] had become effete and hoped to ensure progress continued through [[Androgum-T.A.]]s. He detested [[computer]]s and instead used [[pen]] and [[ink]]. The Second Doctor told Dastari that he was a "stupid, stubborn, irrational and thoroughly objectionable old idiot". ([[TV]]: | Dastari was a genius who believed that the people of the [[Third Zone]] had become effete and hoped to ensure progress continued through [[Androgum-T.A.]]s. He detested [[computer]]s and instead used [[pen]] and [[ink]]. The Second Doctor told Dastari that he was a "stupid, stubborn, irrational and thoroughly objectionable old [[idiot]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (TV story)}}) | ||
== Appearance == | == Appearance == | ||
Dastari was a handsome man with fine, ascetic features and short, iron-grey hair. ([[PROSE]]: | Dastari was a handsome man with fine, ascetic features and short, iron-grey hair. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (novelisation)}}) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* "Dastari" is an anagram of "A [[TARDIS]]". | * "Dastari" is an anagram of "A [[TARDIS]]". | ||
* The reference book ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'' speculates, based on Dastari's knowledge of [[Gallifrey]], that he hails from [[Minyos]] ([[TV]]: | * The reference book ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'' speculates, based on Dastari's knowledge of [[Gallifrey]], that he hails from [[Minyos]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Underworld (TV story)}}) or [[Dronid]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Shada (TV story)}}) | ||
* | * {{w|Joss Ackland}}, [[Bernard Archard]], [[George Baker]], [[James Bree]], [[Michael Craig]], [[Peter Cushing]], [[Anton Diffring]], [[Neil Hallett]], {{w|Bernard Hepton}}, [[Peter Jeffrey]], {{w|Freddie Jones}}, {{w|Jeremy Kemp}}, [[Clifford Rose]], [[Nigel Stock]] and [[John Woodnutt]] were considered for the role before [[Laurence Payne]] was cast. | ||
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