Bingato

**Bingato** was a member of an unknown species; whose members all developed individual abilities as they grew up. His powers was heat manipulation, which he could focus into his hands. In his killing spree, he utilised this by literally burning out the victims' eyes with his fingers. He was the father of a child who accidentally became stranded on Earth and stalked Welwyn Garden City when he returned, but could not find her.

## Biography

Hailing from on a planet outside the Milky Way, Bingato boarded a spaceship alongside his child, 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. She tried to get home, eventually being taken back by the Seventeenth Doctor. (TV: *A Grand Day Out*)

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. In his anger, he killed a random passerby, but came to realise that he could use what he had done to his advantage. He conducted many more random murders around Welwyn and believed the mystery of this serial killer, where all the victims were missing their eyes, would bring an unsuspecting Doctor from out of the shadows to solve the mystery. He used the alias of Ted Shipman to blend into his surroundings.

A month passed and the Doctor had not shown up. In his growing frustation from the lack of Doctor appearance, Bingato kidnapped Suki and Cory Lóng, intending to use them as leverage against the Doctor. In reality, the Doctor and his companions had simply not returned to Welwyn after the murders had begun and thus never knew they had a mystery to solve. Two days after Suki and Cory's kidnap, the Doctor, Luna and Taylor finally arrived in Welwyn only to discover their disappearance. Although the three managed to follow the clues to Holy Grail Adventure Park, Suki and Cory couldn't be found and were eventually joined by the Doctor in captivity.

Bingato planned to kill many more people in revenge towards the Doctor, angered that he had taken so long to reveal himself - as well as, in his eyes, refusing to tell him where his daughter was - and hoped that it would torture the Doctor in knowing that all those lives lost were his own fault, before he finally killed him.

However, Luna and Taylor ultimately proved to Bingato that the Doctor was innocent and his daughter was safe, leading him to free the Doctor, Suki and Cory. After rounds of failed negotiations, they did this by convincing him to connect to the TARDIS's psychic circuits, which showed him the Doctor taking her back to their home planet.

Bingato conceded and realising the destruction he had caused for no reason, returned home to atone for his crimes. Taylor questioned why the Doctor had let him go or why the child hadn't just told him about her father in the first place. He replied stating that he truly believed that he would be atoning - but would also visit the planet to make sure later on. He also believed that the child simply thought that going home would be the best place to find her father again, as she would not know where he had gone. (TV: *The Man Around Town*)