Bev Tarrant A native of the 42nd century , Bev Tarrant was a member of an illegal salvage team sent to investigate a mysterious ziggurat on Kar - Charrat , actually a Dalek hibernation unit . While the rest of her team were killed , she met the Seventh Doctor and Ace during the mission . She survived the encounter with the Daleks and the destruction of the Kar - Charrat library . ( AUDIO : " The Genocide Machine " ) Afterwards she headed off on her own . She made a living as an art thief until ending up stranded on Duchamp 331 , a dustball of a planet , after her ship ' s hyperdrive burnt out . Here she once again encountered the Doctor and Ace . She helped them to defeat the Doctor ' s old foe , , before leaving with them aboard the TARDIS . ( AUDIO : " Dust Breeding " ) She travelled with them for some time , before eventually being " dumped " in the 26th century . She resumed her old ways as a thief . She made her way through the galaxy this way for almost a decade , striking up various brief partnerships with other thieves ( AUDIO : " The Judas Gift " ) until she took one particular job that had unexpected consequences . While visiting the planet Bellotron to steal a burial urn , she was captured and examined by Rutan s , one of whom took on her appearance and used her identity . She met Professor Bernice Summerfield , and when they both discovered their mutual acquaintance with the Doctor , Bev accompanied Bernice back to the Braxiatel Collection . ( AUDIO : " The Bellotron Incident " ) Bev developed a sense of belonging during the Collection ' s occupation by the Fifth Axis . ( PROSE : " Life During Wartime " ) She became a member of the resistance , plotting against the Fifth Axis and undergoing torture after she was captured . She was rescued by Joseph the Porter . ( AUDIO : " Death and the Daleks " ) After the occupation Bev became a member of the staff , serving at first as a P . A . to Irving Braxiatel himself , before eventually replacing him as Director of the Collection when the Time Lord was forced to leave . ( AUDIO : " The Tartarus Gate " ) Her tenure as Director was fraught with problems and many of the staff felt she was not up for the job , which was not entirely her own fault , since the Collection was tied to Braxtiatel in ways no one really understood . ( PROSE : " Collected Works " ) When there was an infection on the Collection she strode around the collection naked due to the heat . She had to negotiate with many different powers . She used the infection as a way to intimated the other powers by thinking they were debauched and kissed Benny in front of them . ( AUDIO : " Summer of Love " ) She tried to step into his shoes and negotiate a truce between the warring Draconian s and the Mim , but was unsuccessful , eventually forced to accept the help of the Collection ' s founder . ( AUDIO : " The Judas Gift " ) Bev ' s time at the Collection came to an abrupt end when the Draconians sent an diplomatic party to supposedly foster an alliance with them . It was actually a ploy to deliver a ceremonial item . The item , a gauntlet later revealed to be the " Judas Gift " , was presented to Bev and after putting it on , she fell into a brief coma and was forced to relive her memories of her time as a thief . She had fallen in love with a man named Ethan , only to be betrayed by him , and she had left him to die . It was revealed that the Draconian ambassador , Kothar , had familial ties with Ethan and was seeking revenge . Bev faked her own death aboard a shuttle and escaped the Collection , leaving a farewell message to everyone aboard the Collection , warning them that someone was using the Draconians for their own ends . She left a goodbye for her lover , Adrian Wall , asking Bernice to meet her at a specific place . Braxiatel discovered this message but neglected to pass it on , since it was his own manipulations that were affecting the whole Draconian / Mim conflict . ( AUDIO : " The Judas Gift " ) Bev assisted Bernice Summerfield in fleeing the Collection with her son Peter , following the death of her husband Jason Kane . ( AUDIO : " The Wake " ) She rescued Adrian Wall , who was being held captive by Braxiatel , and the two went into business together . She sent Bernice a message to help on a daring raid on Vingus Bank and Braxiatel ' s personal vault . She had to pretend to be a pornographic actress to get in the bank . In the safety deposit box , she was almost caught but her role playing meant she could think of the number of the actress ' box . She was the notorious criminal the Matted Stoat and was raiding utility firms in order to cut the bank off to get into the vault . ( AUDIO : " Glory Days " ) When Braxiatel ' s mechanoids began kidnapping people around the galaxy Bev joined Adrian , Bernice , Peter and Robyn in their search for the truth . They traced the kidnappings back to a hidden location on the Moon and discovered that Doggles was responsible for controlling the mechanoids . Bev was knocked unconscious by Robyn when the android discovered what Braxiatel ' s plans were . ( AUDIO : " Resurrecting the Past " ) Bev then took a responsibility on the Collection too look after the refugees so that they were protected from the Deindum . She with Adrian , Benny , Peter and Doggles went to the Deindum ship to rescue Brax from their clutches so that they could use his knowledge to defeat them . ( AUDIO : " Escaping the Future " ) In the wake of the Deindum war , Bev and Adrian got married , spending their honeymoon on Valentine ' s World . They set up and became the leaders of a refugee camp on the planet . She later became pregnant with several Killoran pups . ( PROSE : " Adorable Illusion " ) Appearance . Bev had scars from her torture by the Fifth Axis . She grew her hair and fingernails in order to hide them . ( PROSE : " Misplaced Spring " )