Martin Dunkly (Silver)

Martin in "One Man's Rubbish"

**Martin Dunkly** was the version of Martin from the Silver World.

## Biography

Like his counterparts from the Blue, Red and Yellow Worlds, he was a pompous, obnoxious bully who delighted in belittling other people and making their lives miserable.

While not in school, he helped his mother Olive run Dunkly's Techno-Porium and often tested products before they were put on sale.

Una dated Martin for some time as she thought that he was the only interesting person in their version of Werrinup other than her younger sister Due. When he attempted to impress Una, Due, Melinda and Tiffany with demonstrations on a new mountain bike, Martin was humiliated as Francis Zapmeister surreptiously placed glue on the pedals.

Una was attracted to Francis Zapmeister as soon as they met, having realised almost immediately that he was not the Francis that she knew. Consequently, she dumped Martin and began dating Francis.

As Due had goaded Martin on when she knew that Francis Zapmeister had put glue on the bike pedals, he deliberately prevented her from going home during a storm, knowing full well that she was terrified of lightning. She was extremely upset when Una found her several minutes later. This was one of a series of incidents across the Parallax that inspired the gang to exact revenge on the Martins. They each lured one of the Martins to a hut in the Green World where the four of them came face to face. All four Martins were terrified at meeting their counterparts. They were subsequently told that it was all done with mirrors but they all had their suspicions that something else was going on.

Having "borrowed" the Gemini 7 that Betti had originally given Francis Zapmeister, Una bought four others from Dunkly's Techno-Porium and had Martin set each of them to the same frequency. This allowed the Gemini 7s to communicate across the Parallax. Martin commented that it was a very unusual frequency and that he didn't recall anyone ever asking for it before. Taking the Gemini 7s, Una retorted that she didn't recall asking him. An amused Francis Zapmeister made a whip cracking sound as the two of them left the shop. This gave him further reason to dislike Francis.

Several days later, Martin witnessed Francis talking to Una and snitched to Enforcement Officer Garcia. Believing him to be his Silver World counterpart who had been blandished by Betti, Garcia was about to arrest Francis on the charge of being a truant minor and staging his own disappearance. However, Stefan Raddic and Jeremy Johnson intervened on his behalf and Francis was able to escape. They distracted Garcia so thoroughly that he did not realise that he was right next to the river and walked directly into it. When Martin asked him if he was alright, Una screamed "Snitch!" in his ear and he fell into the water in fright.

He was terrified when the Krellicks invaded Werrinup. After the attack was over, he witnessed Mr. Short disappear into water vapour after drinking from a bottle of blandished water and was astonished. The next day, he heckled Enforcement Officer Garcia while he was trying to give a speech telling people to remain calm in the wake of the mass disappearances in Werrinup since the attack.

After the blandishing of his world began, Martin shared his mother's happiness that so-called disruptive elements who exhibited discordant behaviour had been routed out of Werrinup and supported her declaration of a Day of Enterprise to mark the occasion.

As with his counterparts from the Blue, Green and Red Worlds, he was recruited by Betti as part of her Martin spy network across the Parallax. He was given a black baseball cap to distinguish him from the others. Martin was able to tell Betti that Ben had still been alive after the Krellick attack on his Werrinup as his mother had seen him several days later. Betti took Martin and Mrs. Dunkly out for a meal in the hope that his mother would have more up to date information about Ben's location. When it turned out that she didn't, Betti told a furious Martin that his services were no longer required.

## Appearances

* "One Man's Rubbish"
* "The Martin Crimes"
* "Too Many Chiefs"
* "Dad Meets Dad"
* "The Krellick War"
* "The Reluctant Guardian"
* "Seek and You Shall Find"
* "Martinmania"

## Behind the Scenes

All versions of Martin were played by Kazimir Sas.