Paternoster Gang
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Soon after, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] arrived in Victorian London to retire after losing his most beloved friends with the Paternoster Gang soon becoming known as 'the Doctor's friends'. They had tried to convince the Doctor to return to his universe-saving career but he would not listen to them. Soon after, on 24 December [[1892]] the three of them along with the Doctor and [[Clara Oswin Oswald]] defeated the [[Great Intelligence]] and stopped his plan to take over the Earth using telepathic snow. During this adventure, Clara died which snapped the Doctor to a sense of his old self and he went about travelling across time and space. (Episode: The Snowmen) | Soon after, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] arrived in Victorian London to retire after losing his most beloved friends with the Paternoster Gang soon becoming known as 'the Doctor's friends'. They had tried to convince the Doctor to return to his universe-saving career but he would not listen to them. Soon after, on 24 December [[1892]] the three of them along with the Doctor and [[Clara Oswin Oswald]] defeated the [[Great Intelligence]] and stopped his plan to take over the Earth using telepathic snow. During this adventure, Clara died which snapped the Doctor to a sense of his old self and he went about travelling across time and space. (Episode: The Snowmen) | ||
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| + | In [[1893]], a man called Mr Thursday contacted Vastra to ask her to investigate the murder of his brother Edmund. Vastra, with Jenny and Strax, investigated Edmund's dead body, and found out a strange optogram in his eye — an image of the Doctor. Jenny was sent to Sweetville to see what was happening there, only to find the Doctor fossilised in an odd red liquid. The Doctor instructed Jenny how to heal him, and once it was done, the pair went out to find Clara. They found her as a puppet inside a glass dome. The group was confused at seeing Clara, now the Doctor's companion, alive after seeing her die the previous Christmas. After Clara was recovered, the Doctor, Jenny and Clara were caught by Winifred Gillyflower, the project's manager. They were soon saved by Vastra and Strax. Then the Paternoster Gang, along with the Doctor and Clara, stopped Gillyflower's plan to launch a rocket containing a red leech poison which would wipe out humanity. Eventually, Strax shot Gillyflower, who fell to the floor and died. (Episode: The Crimson Horror) | ||
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| + | Jenny was called to talk to a serial killer, Clarence DeMarco, who had killed fourteen women. (HOMEVID: Clarence and the Whispermen) He told her about the Doctor's biggest secret, and gave her space-time coordinates in exchange for his life. Vastra accepted the deal and arranged a psychic conference call with Jenny, Strax, Clara and River Song. There, she told them what Clarence had told her, but the call was soon disturbed by the '''Whisper Men''' who attacked the sleeping investigators. Jenny was murdered by them, but Vastra and Strax managed to wake up in time. Clara also woke up, and after telling the Doctor what was happening, the two travelled to the coordinates Clara remembered. The coordinates led to a ruined Trenzalore. Vastra and Strax were also brought to Trenzalore by the Whisper Men where Strax managed to resuscitate Jenny. Whilst there, the [[Great Intelligence]], who controlled the Whisper Men, opened the Doctor's tomb. He jumped into the Doctor's time stream, and began to alter his history, erasing Jenny from reality. Because of the Great Intelligence's actions, Vastra and Strax no longer knew each other. Strax attacked Vastra, and she shot and killed him. Clara reversed the recent occurrences, including Jenny's and Strax's deaths, by entering the timeline after the Intelligence, saving the Doctor wherever he went. The Doctor then decided to save Clara by entering his timeline himself, telling the Paternoster Gang that the TARDIS could return them home with the fast return protocol if he did not return. (Episode: The Name of the Doctor) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*The Paternoster Gang was created by Steven Moffat where they featured in the setting of the Doctor Who universe. | *The Paternoster Gang was created by Steven Moffat where they featured in the setting of the Doctor Who universe. | ||
| + | *In Doctor Who Magazine v1 #480 (2016), it was revealed in an interview that Steven Moffat derived the name Paternoster Gang from The Brilliant Book 2012 where Clayton Hickman referred to their base as Paternoster Row. | ||
==In other media== | ==In other media== | ||
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===Novels=== | ===Novels=== | ||
Latest revision as of 05:41, 3 November 2023
The Paternoster Gang are a team that features in Doctor Who.
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History
The Paternoster Gang were a group of detectives active in Victorian London named after Paternoster Row, the street on which their de facto headquarters were located. (Episode: The Great Detective) It was comprised of the female Silurian Madame Vastra, a human female named Jenny Flint and a Sontaran named Strax. (Episode: The Snowmen) The groups origins were traced to the Victorian era when a group of Silurians including Vastra awoke during the construction of part of the London Underground and had wanted to take revenge on innocent tunnel workers for the deaths of her 'sisters'. After Vastra had slaughtered at least five commuters, the Doctor convinced her not to give in to rage. At some point, she hired Jenny Flint as her maid where during the course of their relationship the pair entered into a romance. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War, The Snowmen)
They were chosen by the Eleventh Doctor to help him save Amy Pond from Madame Kovarian and the Order of the Headless Monks at Demons Run. (Episode: A Good Man Who Goes to War)
Soon after, the Eleventh Doctor arrived in Victorian London to retire after losing his most beloved friends with the Paternoster Gang soon becoming known as 'the Doctor's friends'. They had tried to convince the Doctor to return to his universe-saving career but he would not listen to them. Soon after, on 24 December 1892 the three of them along with the Doctor and Clara Oswin Oswald defeated the Great Intelligence and stopped his plan to take over the Earth using telepathic snow. During this adventure, Clara died which snapped the Doctor to a sense of his old self and he went about travelling across time and space. (Episode: The Snowmen)
In 1893, a man called Mr Thursday contacted Vastra to ask her to investigate the murder of his brother Edmund. Vastra, with Jenny and Strax, investigated Edmund's dead body, and found out a strange optogram in his eye — an image of the Doctor. Jenny was sent to Sweetville to see what was happening there, only to find the Doctor fossilised in an odd red liquid. The Doctor instructed Jenny how to heal him, and once it was done, the pair went out to find Clara. They found her as a puppet inside a glass dome. The group was confused at seeing Clara, now the Doctor's companion, alive after seeing her die the previous Christmas. After Clara was recovered, the Doctor, Jenny and Clara were caught by Winifred Gillyflower, the project's manager. They were soon saved by Vastra and Strax. Then the Paternoster Gang, along with the Doctor and Clara, stopped Gillyflower's plan to launch a rocket containing a red leech poison which would wipe out humanity. Eventually, Strax shot Gillyflower, who fell to the floor and died. (Episode: The Crimson Horror)
Jenny was called to talk to a serial killer, Clarence DeMarco, who had killed fourteen women. (HOMEVID: Clarence and the Whispermen) He told her about the Doctor's biggest secret, and gave her space-time coordinates in exchange for his life. Vastra accepted the deal and arranged a psychic conference call with Jenny, Strax, Clara and River Song. There, she told them what Clarence had told her, but the call was soon disturbed by the Whisper Men who attacked the sleeping investigators. Jenny was murdered by them, but Vastra and Strax managed to wake up in time. Clara also woke up, and after telling the Doctor what was happening, the two travelled to the coordinates Clara remembered. The coordinates led to a ruined Trenzalore. Vastra and Strax were also brought to Trenzalore by the Whisper Men where Strax managed to resuscitate Jenny. Whilst there, the Great Intelligence, who controlled the Whisper Men, opened the Doctor's tomb. He jumped into the Doctor's time stream, and began to alter his history, erasing Jenny from reality. Because of the Great Intelligence's actions, Vastra and Strax no longer knew each other. Strax attacked Vastra, and she shot and killed him. Clara reversed the recent occurrences, including Jenny's and Strax's deaths, by entering the timeline after the Intelligence, saving the Doctor wherever he went. The Doctor then decided to save Clara by entering his timeline himself, telling the Paternoster Gang that the TARDIS could return them home with the fast return protocol if he did not return. (Episode: The Name of the Doctor)
Overview
In Victorian England, they were based in a house on 13 Paternoster Row that belonged to Madame Vastra. (Episode: The Snowmen)
Members
- Madame Vastra :
- Jenny Flint :
- Strax :
Notes
- The Paternoster Gang was created by Steven Moffat where they featured in the setting of the Doctor Who universe.
- In Doctor Who Magazine v1 #480 (2016), it was revealed in an interview that Steven Moffat derived the name Paternoster Gang from The Brilliant Book 2012 where Clayton Hickman referred to their base as Paternoster Row.
In other media
Comic Books
Novels
Audio Books
Appearances
- Doctor Who:
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