Raine Cunningham

Raine, as she appears in A School for Glory

The Doctor (godfather)

**Raine Cunningham** was a cat burglar and safecracker, who was a companion to the Seventh and Eighth Doctors. Whilst the Doctor had visited her throughout much of her life, she only really started travelling with him after meeting him at a garden party, where the two of them stopped Maxim Felnikov from starting World War III. She helped The Doctor's new incarnation adjust, and joined him on many travels.

Her travels ended when she was killed by the Grail exploding, with her death greatly affecting the Doctor.

## Biography

### Early Life

Raine was born to Raina Kerenskaya and Sam Cunningham on a Martian vessel in 1967. She was delivered by the Doctor, and taken away from Raina, who was then under the influence of Sezhyr by Sam and the Doctor. (TV: *Ice Time*)

The Doctor visited Raine many times throughout her early life. Sam named him her godfather. (TV: *Ice Time, Crime of the Century*)

### Travels with the Seventh Doctor

Raine encountered the Seventh Doctor in 1988, when she snuck away from a garden party to crack a safe. When she cracked it, the Doctor came out, asking her what took so long. He recruited her to help him take back alien technology that had fallen into the hands of the USA and the Soviet Union, all the while setting up a charade that it was a UN meeting. Raine managed to steal a sample of the technology from the Americans, with the Doctor managing to work out that it belonged to the Metatraxi. After Felnikov stood down, and let the Doctor take the technology back to the Metatraxi, the Doctor asked Raine to join him on his travels, which she accepted. (TV: *Crime of the Century*)

Soon after exiting the TARDIS on her first trip, Raine fell into a lake. The Doctor took her to a cabin to recover, where she witnessed the aftermath of a series of murders. She managed to trace the murders back to Major Dickens, who revealed his reasons for doing so. She then helped the Doctor in going through the Bartholomew Clock to kill Sue O'Neil before the academics could complete their experiment. However, she could not bring herself to do so, instead leaving with the Doctor. (TV: *Night Thoughts*)

On the planet Alixion, Raine and the Doctor joined a tour group, with the Doctor being taken to one side. Suspicious, Raine snuck away from the group to find out where the Doctor was, only to discover a man being killed by being placed inside a draining pod. She went back and told the other tourists what she saw when the monks went off to 'attend sermons', and even took them to see for themselves. In doing so, she managed to create a mob, who attacked the monks when they returned, though some joined the tourists' cause, and told Raine that the Doctor was in the Abbot's office. She managed to take the mob up there, and free the Doctor from the draining pod he was in, pushing the Abbot back in when he tried to escape. She escorted the Doctor back to the TARDIS, where he explained regeneration to her, and watched him regenerate into his next incarnation. (TV: *Alixion*)

### Travels with the Eighth Doctor

Upon the TARDIS landing in Arkham, Raine helped the new Doctor learn how to walk again, and gave him some money to buy a new suit for himself. They were then attacked by the townsfolk, who believe the Doctor to be Merlin, and ended up barricading themselves in a museum. Upon the body-snatchers revealing themselves, Raine helped the townsfolk defeat the dead, before sneaking away and sabotaging the machinery the body-snatchers were using. She then helped the Doctor in helping the town recuperate. (TV: *Avatar*)

The Doctor decided to take Raine to find out what happened to the Seven Planets of the Althosian System. However, they are captured by the robot Spike, who believed them to be criminals. The Doctor was transported away, whilst Raine and Spike had to retreat from Spike's own teammates. She managed to clear her name, allowing Spike to explain everything to her. Raine nearly got attacked by Butler, and fell in some quicksand, only to be rescued by Ell. She remained suspicious of Ell as she was taken to a building that is revealed to be a cultists' chamber. After Ell's death, Raine tried to protest the system's destruction, but accepted that it is a fixed point in time. (TV: *Hostage*)

Landing on an alternate Earth, Raine helped the Doctor embrace the Merlin identity, becoming the Lady of the Lake herself. She alerted Arthur to the Doctor's disappearance. She then helped Arthur's forces against the S'Rax, and defeated the Destroyer after she and the Doctor briefly left the battle to create some silver chains and bullets. (TV: *The Herald*)

Raine was on Gallifrey when the Doctor uncovered his origins as the Other, and helped to reveal Glospin as a killer. (TV: *Lungbarrow*)

The Doctor and Raine landed at a country house during the First World War, where they were arrested as spies. Raine was put to work as a housekeeper and befriended Joseph Sayles, who told her that they believe Field Marshal Bentley to be a spy. She found out that Field Marshal Bentley is the Master, and learned of his plan with Ailix. She tried to let the Doctor know, only for the phone lines to be cut. She reveals what she knows instead to Sayles, and stole the Master's Tissue Compressor Eliminator before he could threaten the soldiers with it. When phone lines were re-established, she managed to relay the information back to the Doctor. (TV: *A School for Glory*)

### Death

Gaining a distress call from Guinevere, the Doctor and Raine landed in Carbury and alerted Brigadier Bambera. She and the Doctor entered Arthur's dimension, and engaged in talks with the Green Knight, who revealed to her, the Doctor and Guinevere his alliance with the Sontarans and his acquiring of the Grail. Raine helped the Doctor, Guinevere and Bambera come up with an attack strategy, and went with the Doctor to shut down the Grail. She confronted the Green Knight directly, and attacked him, eventually getting him to stab the controls of the grail, causing them to short-circuit. The ensuing explosion killed both herself and the Green Knight. The Doctor was left broken after her death, but Guinevere helped him recover. (TV:*The Green Knight*)

## Personality

Raine believed that she had an innate ability to read people. She did not like people that she termed "cocky smartarses", whilst noting that she was closely related to some. (TV: *Alixion*)

Raine had a strong sense of right and wrong (TV: *Hostage*), and was not against directly attacking others. (TV: *Alixion*, *Lungbarrow*, *The Green Knight*) She was also fairly slow to trust in some cases, though she was immensely caring towards those who earned it. (TV: *A School for Glory*)

### Skills

Raine was a keen safecracker (TV: *Crime of the Century*), and was also a good pickpocket. (TV: *A School for Glory*) She usually stole things "for the hell of it" (TV: *Crime of the Century*) She also proved herself a skilled saboteur on numerous occasions. (TV: *Alixion*, *Avatar*, *Lungbarrow*, *A School for Glory*, *The Green Knight*)

Raine was both capable of swimming and shooting to a commendable degree, (TV: *The Herald*) and was a respectable fistfighter. (TV: *Alixion*)

## Appearances

### Season 27

* *Ice Time* (Cameo)
* *Crime of the Century*
* *Night Thoughts*
* *Alixion*

### Season 28

* *Avatar*
* *Hostage*
* *The Herald*
* *Lungbarrow*

### Season 29

* *A School for Glory*
* *The Green Knight*