Real Name: Unknown
THE MODERATOR
Real Name: Unknown
Identity/Class: Extra-dimensional (Earth-Who) extra-terrestrial, technology user .
Occupation: Interstellar bounty hunter
Affiliations: (former) hired by Josiah W. Dogbolter, through his assistant Hob,
Enemies: the Doctor, Gus Goodman, Hob, Josiah W. Dogbolter
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: mobile throughout the universe.
First Appearance: Doctor Who Monthly#84
Powers/Abilities: Armour capable of deflecting energy particles, and apparently of providing full life support, sustenance and waste disposal for at least three weeks (see notes). He has a spaceship capable of interstellar travel, equipped with hyper-drive, powerful scanning tools, an A.I. computer, and extremely heavy weapons (such as nuclear missiles).
History: (DWM#87, bts) Dogbolter hires the Moderator to track down the Doctor and recover the TARDIS.
(DWM#84, fb) The Moderator drops his ship out
of hyper-drive and slips into orbit around Magellan. He has a song in his
head he couldn't shift, and it is annoying him. He spots some Zyglots grazing
in the great dust clouds of the system. Knowing that they are considered
the rarest and most beautiful creatures in the galaxy, he rams his ship through
one, just for the hell of it. Having scanned the system for his quarry, and
turned up nothing, he sets off on his hunt once more.
A little later he is flying through an asteroid field, the song in his head still bugging him, when his ship's sensors detect a structure on a planet's surface that is bigger on the inside than the outside. However it doesn't fit the description his employer Dogbolter has given him of being a blue box with a light on top of it. Just in case it is the target in disguise he drops a 20 megaton warhead on it.
(DWM#86) An alien called Malcolm is phoning home to his mother from a public call box located on a small asteroid. He apologises for not calling earlier, but he couldn't find a phone box that was still standing. As he mentions this, the Moderator's ship shoots past, blowing up the asteroid without slowing, leaving Malcolm floating in empty space. The Moderator asks his ship what the score is on targets matching the description he is looking for, and it tells him "Eleven down, three hundred to go".
(DWM#87, fb) The Moderator has been hunting for the TARDIS for three weeks, and is getting tired off it. Then the computer spots another target, and this time it comes up as a positive match. He lands and attacks the Doctor and his companion on foot, as they are just stepping out of the TARDIS on a small Pacific island. His blaster shots strike Gus repeatedly, but the airman manages to push his friend out of the line of fire, and shoots back with his service revolver. The Moderator's armour is designed to deflect energy particles, but proves useless against simple lead projectiles. As the injured bounty hunter crashes to the ground, shot through the abdomen, and his helmet knocks loose. It is only then that he realises that the song that has been annoying him for some time hasn't been in his head - it was a stuck recording repeatedly playing through his helmet speakers. Meanwhile Gus passes away in his friend's arms, and the Doctor picks up his pistol, tears streaming down his face, and fires off two shots in the Moderator's direction.
(DWM#87, bts) Having
put two bullets through the killer's headpiece to shut the noise off, the
Doctor takes the injured bounty hunter to the nearest civilised outpost for
medical treatment.
(DWM#87) Having just related his story to Dogbolter's assistant, Hob, the Moderator then mentions the medics tell him he will now pull through, although he is currently on life-support. However Hob has other orders; Mr. Dogbolter has said he doesn't want the Moderator disturbed by anyone after Hob has seen him. Hob switches off the life-support, rips out the wiring, and walks away as the Moderator starts screaming from his death bed.
Comments: Created by Steve Parkhouse and Steve Dillon.
After blowing up one structure, the Moderator sky-writes his calling card, which is "Cosmic Hits - Call Ultra 311597"
The Moderator isn't too smart - hired to recover the TARDIS, he keeps blowing up every structure he comes across that might be his target. If he blows up the real one, Dogbolter wouldn't be too happy with him. Mind you, he's also so thick that he can't figure out that the annoying song is coming through his helmet speakers (and this presumably means he didn't remove the helmet for three weeks, which I guess means he didn't remove any part of the suit for that time either!).
CLARIFICATIONS: The Moderator should not be confused with:
by Loki
Last updated: 11/03/03
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