Sandra Parry

**Sandra Parry** was an actress from 21st century Cardiff and a companion of the Fourteenth Doctor.

Despite being a long-time actress with a passion for theatre and film, Sandra never quite reached that breakout role to propel her into becoming a household name. As her career faced increasingly diminishing returns as she got older, she joined the Doctor following an incident with a Mire adrenaline mine so that she could finally see what was out there.

An early adventure on an expedition to find the Shevek Cro'taq ultimately proved itself to be more important than either her or the Doctor had originally realised, as it was eventually discovered to be an artefact constructed by the Klucuin who used it as a vessel to create their Elemental Universe. During both the run-up to the Time Lord/Klucuin war and the actual fighting, she met both Elias Danielsen and the Wells Master.

However, Sandra was forced back to 2020 Cardiff by the Klucuin's time wave - where, not knowing whether the Doctor was dead or not, she reignited her acting career across the course of three years. After foiling a Zygon plot - during which, she was reunited with the Doctor; she chose to quit travelling and instead, live in the 41st century with Elias.

## Biography

### Early life

Sandra was born in Wales in 1966. Growing up to develop an interest in the performing arts, Sandra eventually became a professional actress - however, despite her best efforts, even though her career was long, it was rarely fruitful and she was often delegated to supporting roles.

### Meeting the Doctor

One day in early 2020, this was all about to change as she managed to secure a new, leading role in a brand new BBC TV show. On the first day of filming in Cardiff, Sandra arrived on set only to soon find a land mine, planted by the Mire. It detonated, causing an audio signal which triggered a rush of adrenaline and testosterone within the people of Cardiff, leading to riots in the streets. Sandra, though, was only affected for a short time, having been so close to the land mine that all negative effects were so intense, with them rushing out of her system quickly - unable to sustain itself.

It was from here that she met the Fourteenth Doctor who had been in town at the time and was also unaffected by the blast, it not being designed for her Time Lord biology. Working together, Sandra and the Doctor successfully countered the Mire's signal, ending the riots and drove the Mire off planet.

Afterwards, with production on her show halted and nowhere else to go, Sandra was invited onboard the TARDIS by the Doctor and they set off into space. (TV: *Chaos in Cardiff*)

With Sandra wanting to explore the stars, the Doctor soon caught wind of an expedition in search of the source of unknown energy ripples, coming from an uncharted section of space. Gaining access to the expedition using psychic paper, the two soon met Karina Wells as the expedition began its journey, (TV: *A Most Perilous Quest*) which eventually found itself at the Nexus Point, a pocket dimension constructed by the Shevek Cro'taq, an artefact constructed of pure elemental energy, so it could survive the destruction of its universe. However, the Shevek Cro'taq was then accidentally destroyed when its removal was attempted. The expedition had come to an end and Sandra and the Doctor parted ways with Karina and the others. (TV: *Legends of the Shevek Cro'taq*)

Visiting Egypt in 2261 B.C, Sandra and the Doctor discovered that two Krynoid seedlings had landed nearby and had been picked up by Naunet, a florist who believed them to be some form of blessing from the God Ra. They helped prevent the spreading of the Krynoid by dousing the infected hosts in a makeshift pesticide created by the Doctor and Naunet. (TV: *Curse of the Krynoid*)

On the colony planet Azura, the General of Azura placed the planet under martial law in an attempt to prepare the planet for war against the Algak. Not believing him, Sandra and the Doctor disposed of the General and reintroduced normality into the colony, but soon after, Azura sensors detected the entire Algak fleet and war broke out in the colony. (TV: *Fallen From Grace*) Placing their trust into the General and re-established his authority, Azura was able to fully combat the Algak in battle and ultimately defeated them, leaving them decimated. (TV: *The Enemy of Trust*)

Arriving in Sacramento during September 1999, in desire of a break after Azura, Sandra and the Doctor stayed at the Doctor’s apartment in the city for a number of months, experiencing Halloween and Christmas. On New Year’s Day, 2000, coming back from a restaurant they had visited for New Year’s, Sandra and the Doctor witnessed the Mlerki begin their attack on the city - during which the Doctor was kidnapped by the Mlerki. Following the Doctor’s instructions to flee, Sandra arrived back at their apartment block, where she met Lisa McCabe, a detective for the Sacramento Police Department. Enlisting her help to locate the Doctor - as well as Lisa’s own friend, Clair, who had also been kidnapped - the two located the Mlerki’s base of operations deep inside the sewers. There, they found the Doctor and Clair trapped inside pods but soon came across the Mlerki Queen who chased them out. The Doctor attempted to return, trying to establish dialogue but the Mlerki did not respond and so the four were forced to drown out the Mlerki using sewer waters after recalling the Mlerki Drones who were out in the city, using a signal device from the meteor that they had arrived in. (TV: *The Great Web of Sacramento*)

Sandra and the Doctor later travelled to the planet Dur where they were forced to end the war between the Ahrad and the Kuliari, (TV: *Evacuation of the Depraved*) Constantinople, 673, where they witnessed history with the Byzantine Empire’s first attempts at using Greek Fire, an incendiary weapon used by the Empire to combat its foes (TV: *Greek Fire*) and London, 1866, where they worked to solve murders committed by a Weeping Angel, (TV: *Autumn of Terror*) but not before the Doctor was forced to send Sandra out on her own due to her being hunted by the Police. (TV: *Stone Cold Killer*)

### The Klucuin arrive

With a Dalek ship buried deep underneath the waves off the coast of Cornwall, it was up to Sandra and the Doctor to defeat them. Afterwards, drinking orange juice and having biscuits outside a small cafe, portals began opening up all across the land. (TV: *Shipwreck of the Daleks*) Hopping through the portals, Sandra and the Doctor came across an enigmatic force which was also travelling through the portals, razing cities to the ground whilst in search of something of great value to them - later realised to be the Shevek Cro’taq.

Meeting up with Karina Wells again, the trio reached the Nexus Point once again and came face to face to the Klucuin - who had found the now reformed Shevek Cro’taq. It was at this point that Karina revealed her true identity as the Master, and seized the Shevek Cro’taq for herself, before throwing Sandra and the Doctor through a portal. (TV: *Nexus Point*)

The two arrived in Dawn, a pocket dimension under attack from creatures from alternate dimensions, who managed to reach Dawn via the portals opened by the Klucuin. Stranded, Sandra and the Doctor taught the Dawn residents how to defend themselves against the creatures before a new portal opened and they could return to N-Space. (TV: *Nightfall*)

## Personality

Being a long-time theatrical actress, Sandra was eccentric, off the wall, upbeat, humorous yet wise in her own way. Once she began travelling with the Doctor, she grew delighted to be able to escape the confines of Wales and see what's out there.

Raised in Cardiff, Sandra is a dreamer, often thinking to herself that she was born in the wrong time. She is eccentric, upbeat, and humorous, but wise in her own way. She provides a unique perspective to her travels in the TARDIS, delighting most in travels to the distant past and the far future.

Refusing to return home when given the chance, being unwilling to leave the Doctor to face what's coming alone, Sandra has adapted to the severity of the situation with as level-headed an attitude as could be expected. Still able to provide a sense of lightness when necessary, her role has primarily transitioned to stopping the Doctor from overworking herself, and suggesting new places to visit to try take their minds off of things. Still, Sandra can't help but worry deep down, as is only natural given the circumstances...

## Appearance

Sandra resembled a short, mature woman in her fifties with lightly coloured skin, deep brown eyes and long, curly and bushy gingery-brown hair (TV: *Chaos in Cardiff*) which she did note sometimes tended to get a little too extreme and therefore got in the way from time to time. (TV: *Evacuation of the Depraved*)

She could often be found dressing much more boldly and extravagantly upon travelling with the Doctor, being more than willing to take a gander through the TARDIS's expansive wardrobe in her spare time.