Edward Grainger Edward Grainger ( 24 June 1906 - 24 June 2006 ) was a human who was visited by the Doctor at various times throughout his life . Biography . Edward was born to Lawrence and Mary Grainger on 24 June 1906 . During childbirth , Edward ' s mother and family were under attack by . The demon wanted to kill Edward to unravel the Doctor ' s timeline . The Eighth Doctor and the future Edward banished the Demon before it caused any harm to the newborn Edward . ( PROSE : " Prologue " ) When Edward was eight , the Third Doctor visited his house to investigate voices that Edward was hearing on his gramophone . The Doctor found an alien had been trapped in the player while it was being made and was trying to escape by screaming for help . The Doctor freed the alien and allowed it to go home . When he left , he told Edward he would lead a very eventful life . ( PROSE : " Echoes " ) During World War I , the Fourth Doctor saved Edward ' s father ' s life from a bomb about to land where he was standing . ( PROSE : " Direct Action " ) His father died in 1924 . ( PROSE : " Direct Action " ) On 25 April 1936 , Edward assisted the Fifth Doctor in capturing an alien that tried to alter Earth history . ( PROSE : " The Church of Football " ) During World War II , Edward was looking for the love of his life , Mai Ling , in Japanese - controlled China . He was captured by the Japanese and put in prison . The Seventh Doctor helped him escape from the prison . After his escape Edward received a letter from the British Government in response to a recommendation from the Doctor for him to become a British operative . ( PROSE : " Log 384 " ) In 1951 , the Sixth Doctor assisted Edward after the birth of Edward ' s son , John . ( PROSE : " Incongruous Details " ) On Edward ' s fiftieth birthday on 25 June 1956 , the Eighth Doctor , Samson and Gemma Griffin arrived at Edward ' s house to get rid of a ghost which had been haunting the family . ( PROSE : " Dear John " ) Edward spent time in West Berlin during 1962 , where he helped the Fourth Doctor stop the Jalaphron from ending the Cold War with the Cuban Missile Crisis . ( PROSE : " Checkpoint " ) On 16 August 1979 , Edward and his granddaughter Linda helped the First Doctor and Susan Foreman stop several Slarvian eggs from gestating near the English Channel . ( PROSE : " Childhood Living " ) In September 1986 , he was invited to a dinner with three of his former Security Service colleagues . ( PROSE : " Old Boys " ) When Edward was 99 and in a nursing home , the Eighth Doctor came to visit him and took him on one last adventure in the TARDIS to the village where he had been born in 1906 . Edward slept in the TARDIS during flight and was called in his dreams to the Eye of Harmony . A voice told him to open the Eye . In doing so Edward released the Master . They encountered him in 1906 , where he was trying to interfere with Edward ' s birth . After they defeated the Master , he fled , and the Doctor and Edward tried to find him . Eventually they returned to the TARDIS , unable to locate him . Soon after , Edward sat down to rest and died in his sleep on 24 June 2006 , his 100th birthday . ( PROSE : " Forgotten " )