Horatio Lynk Horatio Lynk was a thief from the spaceport Cornucopia . He assisted the Eleventh Doctor in defeating the Crime Lord s and the Promethean s . Biography . Due to a radiation storm caused by the Ziggurat of Cornucopia , the city was taken over by the Crime Lords , led by Granny Solasta , head of ThiefCorp . Horatio was one of Solasta ' s students , quickly becoming a skilled thief . He had his eyes on one of Granny ' s takings : The Star of Solitude , which he believed to be connected to the Ziggurat . He eventually broke away from Granny and gained a reputation as the best thief in Cornucopia . During this time he created a cosmic radiation battery in preparation for obtaining the Star , and also helped the exceptionally poor , such as when he helped Mrs Mintus get her child food and vaccinations . Later , Lynk broke into Granny ' s collection and successfully stole the star and replaced it with a fake while going unnoticed . However , his cover was blown when the Doctor , Amy Pond and Rory Williams arrived . Unwilling to watch her being attacked by the guards , he rescued her and escaped by hover - board . In the air , they were attacked by the Hijackers Guild . After they attempted to flee , the hijackers opened fire , destroying the board and knocking Lynk unconscious . As they fell Amy saved both their lives by using his wrist - gadget to swing them both to safety . After waking him with a bucket of water , they travelled to the city centre towards his home . As Amy asks for his help finding the Doctor and Rory , they are stopped by the Kidnappers Federation . Lynk fights them off but is once again saved by Amy , who accidentally knocks them out with a somna - net . When they reached his house , he used the cosmic radiation battery and the star to teleport onto the Ziggurat with Amy , where they found the Doctor , Rory and the Crime Lords . Granny ordered her men to kill him and gave chase , demanding the Star . Upon entering the cockpit , he realised that the Star is the ignition key . Before he could use it the Doctor tackled him to the ground . The Crime Lords , realising that only one could take the Ziggurat ' s treasures , turned on each other , leaving Granny the only one left alive . Granny held Amy at gunpoint and Horatio gave up the star . However , the Doctor had switched it with the fake , and destroyed it , accidentally activating a self - destruct in the process . With Granny refusing to leave , the Doctor , Amy , Rory , Horatio and Granny ' s assistant , Miss Ghost , escaped in the TARDIS before it exploded . Horatio then watched the clear skies with Amy and Rory , commenting that now that the rad - storm had cleared up , Cornucopia could become a spaceport again . He then kissed Amy , to Rory ' s horror , and left . ( COMIC : " The Cornucopia Caper " ) He kept an eye on Miss Ghost , who went into port authorities . A year later , when the Hunters attacked Cornucopia , he rescued the Doctor and Ian Chesterton from the Prometheans . He agreed to help them search for Barbara Wright by breaking into Miss Ghost ' s apartment . After deactivating the security protocols and encountering Patrick Lake , he was knocked unconscious when a hole was blasted in the side of the building by the Hunters . The Doctor , Ian and Patrick were taken , leaving Horatio behind . ( COMIC : " Hunters of the Burning Stone " )