Spearhead from space
*Side Note. This
particular episode was the first episode of Doctor Who that would be seen in
colour. It is also the first episode where we learn about the Doctor's binary
vascular system. Small amount of ref info comes from the Invasion episode the
rest from Spearhead from Space. Dealing with U.N.I.T.’s creation and their
first alien encounters of Cybermen and Autons along with 2/3rd doctor
incarnations*.
3rd Incarnation of the
Doctor was present during this particular incident.
Subject U.N.I.T. (Unified
Intelligence Task Force) created in the early 20th century. their first
encounter with this Doctor was at Oxley Woods, his arrival coincided with a
meteor shower.
U.N.I.T forces would be
sent to investigate and find him. He would then be taken to Ashbridge cottage
hospital until his recovery then be transferred to U.N.I.T. HQ.
This particular
organization was created in the early 20th century to replace a failed
organization known only as Longbow. That obsolete organization was disbanded
when it failed to prevent WWII.
One of the early incidents
that the new task force was to come across was The Invasion led by a race known
as Cybermen. During this time the head of the organization one Alistair Gordon
Lethbridge Stewart would come to meet the man known only as The Doctor for the
first time as he was yet to encounter him before this time. The Doctor and his
companions at this time, one Scotsman by the name of Jamie McCrimmon and a
woman named Zoe Heriot with U.N.I.T.’s aid would defeat the incursion of these
creatures called Cybermen upon planet Earth.
U.N.I.T would later learn
that the cybermen were in fact once human beings but that doesn't matter at
present. It would be a long time before Torchwood agents would record the
details for their countless case files.
This particular case file
refers to the spearhead from space incident lead by the 3rd incarnation of the
Doctor during his exile here on planet Earth and because he chose to work
alongside U.N.I.T.
Agents of Torchwood would
be unable to capture or interrogate him. He would also come to work alongside a
woman known as Liz Shaw one of U.N.I.T.'s very own personnel that would for a
short time become his companion. Torchwood infiltrators within the organization
would come to study the Doctor and learn of his binary vascular system, they
would also record how his own people had exiled him to our planet for, as they
put it, defying the laws of his own kind with his perpetual interference when
it was forbidden by his own race. This
particular case pertained to an alien lifeform known as the Nestene
Consciousness. A creature that could take over and control inanimate objects
and give them life such as shop store mannequin’s which would be given the name
Auton's.
Though Torchwood agents
were not allowed to intervene in anything at this time they were there to
record incidents of meteorites and people vanishing from the area including an
attempt to kidnap said Doctor. No, Torchwood was not responsible for this
action though they were thinking about it at the time. The attempted kidnapping
failed and the Doctor joined U.N.I.T. to solve the disappearances.
It also comes to Torchwood’s
attention that a study is made on the Doctor while he was relegated there.
X-rays of him showing his binary vascular system and a Tox screen concerning
his blood. Both of these Torchwood would learn, disappeared from the cottage
hospital along with any other records concerning the Doctor.
Eventually Torchwood would
be there when U.N.I.T. along with the Doctor would go up against the Nestene
Consciousness and its Auton creations over the meteorites among other things.
They would watch and record everything that they were able to including the
Autons demise along with the Nestene. The meteors too would disappear without a
trace. The Doctor would spend the next 2 and a half years working alongside
U.N.I.T. before his exile would be lifted under the alias John Smith. There is
of course a lot of information that Torchwood was unable to either access or
retrieve for their own files but we were able to retrieve other information
such as...
UNIT BASES: Black Archive,
Boat One, C-130 Hercules, North America, Starling, Tower of London, Tulloch,
Underbase 3, UNIT Base 5, UNIT Central Control., UNIT HQ, UNIT Moonbase. UNIT
New York City Base, Valiant (aircraft carrier), The Vault (UNIT), WOTAN 1.
By this time one of our
agents that worked for one Captain Jack Harkness had been recruited by us and
was left to run more than one Torchwood hub from Torchwood India, Torchwood 1
etc. By the above date Captain Harkness had been involved in the take over and
running of our Cardiff hub known as Torchwood 3. also left in charge of
controlling the Rift that runs through that particular city and any and all
alien lifeforms and or technology that is deposited on planet earth via said
rift. All Torchwood members are aware of
exactly who the Captain is and what his true agenda is concerning the Doctor.
until then the Captain refrains from encountering any pre incarnation to the
ones that he was first to encounter namely the 9/10th incarnations.
Case file Closed
