Samuel Loomis

* 1978
* 1988

### Left the Doctor because

Wished to save the life of Jamie Lloyd and prevent Michael Myers, her uncle, from murdering her

## Behind the Scenes

### Secondary Actor/Actress

Malcom McDowall (2021)

"It's time, Michael. You came home." - Loomis as he blows himself and Michael up in an explosion

**Dr. Samuel Loomis** is a companion of the Eighth Doctor, who first appeared in Halloween and last appeared in Goodbye to a World. He is a doctor at Smith's Grove Sanitarium and the doctor of Michael Myers.

## Biography

### Before the Doctor

Dr. Samuel Loomis worked at Smith's Grove Sanitarium along with Marion Chambers. Since 1963, he has been the psychiatrist of Michael Myers, a deranged and psychotic killer who murdered his sister on Halloween when he was six years old. 15 years later, in 1978, Michael broke himself and the other prisoners out of a sanitarium van. He stole his sister's gravestone, rope, a Halloween mask, and a few knives, as Loomis was told by the sheriff. On Halloween Day that year, Loomis waits and watches over the house that Michael used to live in, believing that Michael will return to his home. He begins combing the streets where he finds the two children that Laurie Strode was babysitting running frantically from a house. Loomis investigates and sees Michael attacking Laurie. When she pulls Michael's mask off, he stops to re-apply it, giving Loomis the opportunity to shoot his former patient six times, knocking him to and off the balcony of the two-story house. Laurie is taken to the hospital, and Loomis follows.

### Meeting the Doctor

Millie Malencia and the Eighth Doctor landed their TARDIS in front of the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital. It had been a few hours since Michael had killed Laurie's friends. Samuel Loomis and Laurie Strode kept running back into the hospital, deeper and deeper inside. Millie and the Doctor seperate, as Millie goes to get the police. Loomis races to Laurie's aid as Michael attacks and, once again, fired multiple gunshots to Michael, which expectedly does not stop him. Loomis and Laurie run to a nearby operating room where Loomis attempts to destroy Michael with a bullet to the head. Not realizing his gun is empty, Loomis fires an empty chamber, and Michael angrily stabs him in his stomach with a surgical scalpel, causing Loomis to collapse. Before he can get to Laurie, she finds two of Loomis' rounds and loads the gun, shooting Michael's eyes out, blinding him. Loomis recovers, and he and Laurie fill the room with oxygen and ether. As she runs away, Loomis stays behind. Right as the Doctor enters the room, Loomis tells Michael that "it's time" and proceeds to blow himself up with Michael, killing himself, and, presumably, Michael. The Doctor was wounded but later taken to another hospital. After this, he went back in time to save Loomis the moment before the explosion occurred, saving him. Loomis panics over the TARDIS and is completely terrified of it. (TV: *Halloween*).

The Doctor introduced Loomis to the galaxy and briefly made him forget about Michael Myers, however Loomis reminded The Doctor that Millie had gone missing. They attempted to search for her, but became caught up in a strange case in which an author whom published a book every single day had stalled, and not published a book for three days, despite being alive. It was eventually revealed that a Dalek had taken control of his body. Loomis blew the Dalek up like he did Michael. (TV: The Absent Author)

Loomis and the Doctor later took a trip on the Titanic. (TV: *What Happened on April 15th, 1912?*)

Sometime around now, the Doctor paused their search to participate in the destruction of the Haureyn Temple, a threat to the universe itself. (TV: *Trust Me On This!*)

Eventually, The Doctor and Loomis tracked Millie down to a house in Haddonfield. However they were two weeks late, and they found her corpse impaled on a pantry door. Both were horrified until Michael attacked Loomis, severely injuring him. The Doctor used his Sonic Screwdriver to render him unconscious, saving Loomis. Loomis took Michael Myers' mask. They eventually took Millie's body to her mother and father, whom were absolutely mortified at their daughter's death. As they are leaving, Loomis finds the mark of the constellation and rune, Thorn, on the Malencia's front door. Perplexed, Loomis had an uneasy feeling and told The Doctor he would be leaving after Millie's funeral. The Doctor gave him some items to take with him, including a Psychic Paper. After attending the funeral, Loomis left, as he did not want Michael to remain alive, especially due to the fact that Michael's niece, Jamie, and his sister, Laurie, were both still alive. (TV: *Goodbye to a World*)

### After the Doctor

After Loomis left the Eighth Doctor, Loomis succeeded twice in stopping Michael from killing Jamie Lloyd. The first time, 1988, they push Michael down a mineshaft and try to blow him up with explosives, and the second, a year later, 1989, they imprisoned him, however he was broken out by colleague Dr. Wynn, who also kidnapped Jamie. (AUDIO: *The Return of Michael Myers*)

Six years later, in 1995, a fifteen year old Jamie Lloyd was supposedly raped and became pregnant with Steven Lloyd-McAdam. Soon after childbirth, she put Steven with Loomis before running into a barn. Michael later killed her on a Corn thresher, with Loomis finding her body mulched and gutted. Loomis went to a telephone booth to call 91, but when they got there, the barn had already caught fire and Jamie's body was burnt.

After this, he was captured by the Cult of Thorn and kept hostage. Luckily, she had given Steven back to Laurie Strode and her half-sister Carah Shrood. After trying to talk to Michael Myers and reason with him, Loomis handed Steven over, but tricked him. Danny Shrood (Carah's son) jumped on Michael from behind and stunned him, allowing Loomis to douse Michael in gasoline, kerosene and acid. Carah, Laurie, Danny and Steven all ran out as Loomis beat Michael with a pipe, and finally throwing in a match, blowing them both up. (COMIC: *Curse of the Thorn*)

#### Later years

Apparently, Loomis managed to survive with only minor burns on the right side of his face, becoming crippled. Yet he still practiced psychiatry. By 1998, he was already seventy-six years old and showing early signs of dementia/senility. Apparently on October 31, 1998, Michael Myers attacked Laurie Strode again. This time he was decapitated, permanently ending his life. If that was not enough, Laurie threw his body into a shredder. Once this occurred, Loomis retired and attended a party in Haddonfield. (TV: *Evil Dies Tonight*).

Sometime around 2009, Loomis' dementia had progressed so bad that his granddaughters Taylor Loomis and Lauren Loomis took care of him in his hilltop mansion, where he mostly stayed in the library. Laurie, Steven, and Laurie's daughter Karen sometimes visited him.

### Reuniting with the Fifteenth Doctor and death

By 2021, Fifteenth Doctor's TARDIS crashed near Loomis' house. She managed to get up the hill from the river to the manor, where she was met by Lauren and a dog. Lauren asked "Are you here to see my grandfather?" and lead the Fifteenth Doctor to the Library. A very old and ill ninety-nine year old Loomis, confined to a mobile armchair, had to be convinced that this was the same Doctor as the Eighth Doctor he had met years ago. Eventually, he was convinced after the Fifteenth Doctor mentioned. The Doctor left, but returned a month later at the end of the episode, where Loomis was in a bed, nearing death. They had a brief exchange of words, where Loomis would say "Still round the corner, there may wait a new road or a secret gate. And if Time Travel is possible...where are the tourists from the future? Doctor, tell me...what is your name?." So late in his life, Loomis finally learnt the Doctor's biggest secret. Before leaving, The Doctor said that she was going to visit Laurie Strode again. Loomis told the doctor goodbye, and gave her an eerie warning - "This is probably our last meeting. As mine is, your time is heading to its end. Nothing is forever. No regeneration, no life. Beware of the forces that mass against you… and their master." (TV: *Ascension of the Cybermen*)

A few weeks after this, Loomis asked Lauren if she could make tea. Upon coming back from the kitchen with the tea, she discovered that Loomis was dead. Along with his family, Laurie Strode, Steven Lloyd, Marion Chambers, Karen Nelson, Carah Shrood, Danny Shrood, and Karen's daughter, Allyson Nelson attended Loomis' funeral, and Laurie gave the sermon, stating that "he managed to achieve his life's goal". (PROSE: *Death of Doctor Loomis*)

## Appearances

### Season 31

* Halloween
* The Absent Author
* What Happened on April 15, 1912?
* Goodbye to a World

### Season 57

* Ascension of the Cybermen
* *Trust Me On This!* (briefly/CGI)

## Appearance

#### Donald Pleasance (1994 Performance)

In the Season 31 performance, the seventy-one year old doctor has a bald head, blue eyes, and a beard with dark brown graying hair. He wears a white button-up shirt, black tie, and a dark brown suit with a light tan overcoat, although sometimes he changed his attire.

#### Malcom McDowell (2021 Performance)

In the Season 57 performance, the ninety-nine year old's hair is completely white and somewhat overgrown yet bald on top, with a massive beard. The face is incredibly wrinkled. He wears blue plaid slippers and pants, a white tank top, a dark red silk-ish long sleeved shirt, and a long blue lounge-jacket. This appearance was accomplished via makeup.

## Trivia

* Donald Pleasence died less than a year after Season 31 finished.
* Since he is a doctor, a lot of his lines in the script say "DOCTOR" this lead several to get confused on set.
* Malcom McDowell wanted to play Loomis for much longer, but it would be impossible due to the amount of makeup on his face, and an overly unconvincing act.