Name:
Charles Crichton
Name:
Human
Affiliated With:
UNIT
The Forge
Place of Origin:
Earth
First Seen In:
The Five Doctors
Appearances:
Downtime
Project: Valhalla
Main Actor:
David Savile
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Charles Crichton was a careerofficer in the British Army and UNIT. In his later life, he was deputy directorof the Forge.
In his early days as an officer, he was friends with William Dalton and Archie Brimmicombe-Wood. Coincidentally, their sons would also become colonels and take command of UNIT. (Project Valhalla)
As Colonel Crichton, he took overoperations of UNIT in the United Kingdom following Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart’s retirement. (The Five Doctors)
By 1990, Crichton was a Brigadier. On 1 January, humanity subconsciously realised that there had been temporal discrepancies in the last two decades. Crichton attended a secret briefing with Amara Essy and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in Geneva to establish a dating protocol for the 1970s and 1980s. (The Enfolded Time)
In 1995, Crichton was called to assist in the defeat of the Great Intelligence. (Downtime)
By 1997, Crichton had left UNIT and was replaced by Winifred Bambera as its leader. (Battlefield) He transferred to the Forge – which had a competing remit with his old employers – and was Deputy Director. (Project: Valhalla) During his time at the Forge, he often bragged about meeting the Second Doctor. (Twilight’s End)
He had a wife and two sons, but by 2002 they had been separated for a while, he kept their photo despite this. (Project: Valhalla)
Sometime before November 2004, Crichton retired and was assassinated by his successor, Nimrod. (Project: Valhalla)
LEGACY
In the 2020s, the Forge named their base the Crichton Building. (Project: Destiny)
During her travels with the Seventh Doctor, Lysandra Aristedes remembered Crichton as one of her dead colleagues. (Project: Nirvana)
Position: Head of the British division of UNIT
Years: 1976 – 1995 (estimated?)
Preceded by: Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
Succeeded by: Winifred Bambera