Child (A Grand Day Out)

## Child

An **alien child** was a member of an unknown species; whose members all developed individual abilities as they grew up. Her powers were electricity manipulation and the ability to cause anyone not protected against it who touched her to melt away. The exact amount of control she had over these abilities was debatable, but it was generally assumed she had no command over them and had merely drawn the short straw.

## Biography

Born on a planet outside the Milky Way, the child boarded a spaceship alongside her father, Bingato, who wanted to show her the wonders of the universe whilst she was still young, so that the experiences could positively influence her childhood and she would have good memories to remember as she grew up and became an adult. Travelling past Earth cryogenically frozen in a ship, the child was accidentally teleported down to the planet below, when an unexpected solar flare interfered with the systems - (TV: *The Man Around Town*) and landed on the outskirts of Welwyn Garden City.

Unsure about what to do, the child was attracted to the Holy Grail Adventure Park due to the mass amount of people there and believing she could find help there. However, her abilities had only recently manifested whilst in cryogenic sleep - so when she called people over to ask for help and they slowly began to turn blue, then melt away after a single touch; she merely thought that this was how humans behaved. The next day, the child persisted in trying to find help due to only having two hours previously before the park closed and everyone left, sleeping overnight up a tree. She met Taylor Bennett's work colleague just before the park opened as she was going to the toilet; who was killed by the child taking her hand to take her to the spot where she had teleported onto Earth - hoping that she would be able to teleport her back somehow.

Later wandering around the park, trying to ascertain the correct person to talk to and avoid any more time-wasting meltings, the child watched the Seventeenth Doctor get on a roller coaster attended by Taylor, who noticed her looking at him as he got off the ride. The Doctor then realised Taylor was also looking at the two of them and walked away, the girl creeping off as well. After accidentally killing someone who she surmised looked "sciency" - which the Doctor witnessed, having secretly followed her after his suspicions were aroused - she then hid in some bushes and saw Luna Feng strolling around the park with a Pepsi in hand. By this point, the Doctor knew the child was trouble and when she called out to Luna, asking for help, he intervened and Luna looked away at him, distracted.

The girl then fled, not liking the presence of the Doctor anymore. The Doctor had enlisted the help of Luna to help him track this child down, after explaining her abilities and that he couldn't do it alone due to the vast number of children in the park; with Luna getting Taylor to assist them as well. Growing desperate after getting it into her head that the Doctor only wanted to find her to hurt her, the child upped the ante and kept trying to drag away many people; one attempt of which was noticed by the Doctor, Taylor and Luna via CCTV in the staff room, having gone there to gather some maps - which immediately eliminated any doubts the two had as to whether or not the Doctor was lying.

After an extensive cat-and-mouse game, the girl was found and lashed out when the Doctor cornered her, demonstrating that her abilities extended to being able to make electricity go haywire. This was the reason as to why electrical equipment throughout the park seemed like they were all going on the blink and refused to work properly. Her emotional outburst caused electrical explosions across the park, which injured many people, including Taylor. The Doctor told Luna to take Taylor away to get medical attention whilst he dealt with the girl; as this moment of vulnerability allowed the Doctor's question as to what she really wanted to finally be answered - she cried that she just wanted to go home.

The Doctor promised that he could help her - and she eventually grew to trust him after lowering her hands which were covering her face to protect them and seeing his kindly face. He led the child into the TARDIS and used the psychic circuits to pinpoint the location of her planet, taking her back home. (TV: *A Grand Day Out*)

Meanwhile, Bingato later woke up to find his daughter missing and found that she had been accidentally teleported to Earth, where he examined the situation and determined that the Doctor was holding her hostage. (TV: *The Man Around Town*)