The Shopkeeper (Lost in Time): Difference between revisions

|image = [[File:The Shopkeeper.jpg|250px]]

|alias = Mr. Smalley

|home era = [[21st century]]

|appearances = [[SJA]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]''<br />[[SJA]]: ''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]''

|actor = [[Cyril Nri]]

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'''The Shopkeeper''' along with his [[companion]], a parrot called [[Captain (Parrot)|Captain]], were self-described "servants of the [[Universe]]", who took more direct approaches to putting the universe in order than [[the Doctor]]. The mysterious Shopkeeper attracted [[Sarah Jane Smith]] to his shop in order for her, [[Clyde Langer]], and [[Rani Chandra]] to find three special objects for him to save [[time]] itself. He and his parrot were capable of [[teleportation]] and opening [[time window]]s, but he was "forbidden" to travel through them himself.

In [[November]] [[2010]], the Shopkeeper, who refused to state his age, told the [[Ealing Echo]] that there was an alien in his shop. When [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Clyde Langer]], and [[Rani Chandra]] saw the paper, they went to the Shopkeeper's shop. He revealed that it was a ploy to get them there to send them through a time window to a different time period for each of them, so they could find three special objects. Sarah Jane was sent to [[1889]], Clyde was sent to [[7 June]] [[1941]], and Rani was sent to [[19 May]] [[1553]]. As he monitored their progress, he became increasingly anxious, noting to his parrot Captain that when the sand timer ran out they would be trapped in the past forever.  

[[File:Lostintime13.jpg|thumb|left|The Shopkeeper and [[Captain (Parrot)|Captain]]. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'')]]

In [[2011]], he returned to drop off [[Sky Smith|a baby]] at Sarah Jane's house. This child was initially a weapon created by [[Myers (Sky)|Miss Myers]] of the [[Fleshkind]] to destroy every single [[Metalkind]] in existence. The Shopkeeper felt that the child (named Sky Smith by Sarah Jane) would be safest with Sarah Jane. When the ordeal with Miss Myers was over, he and the Captain appeared in Sarah Jane's attic to confirm it was him who dropped Sky off. He explained that it was his duty to "put things in the right places" and after Sky expressed the desire to stay with Sarah Jane, he and the Captain teleported away telling the former time-traveller she would find out exactly who he was in good time. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]'')

* The Shopkeeper's finale statement to Sarah Jane in ''Sky'' suggests the intent for the character to return in a future episode with more details revealed. Unfortunately, the cancellation of the series following the death of [[Elisabeth Sladen]] prevented this from happening.

* The character displays some characteristics of a [[Time Lord]], including awareness of the [[time vortex]], but the series was cancelled before his true nature could be revealed.

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