In 1665 Lord Marchwood employed an alchemist named Erasmus Darkling to produce gold from base metals. Darkling was invited to come and stay at Ashen Hill Manor, where he set up a laboratory in the cellars. Marchwood lived at the manor with his young children - Joseph and Elizabeth.
It soon became apparent to the nobleman that Darkling could not do what he promised. It transpired that he was simply using Marchwood's hospitality for his own ends. He was an alien from an alternative universe, stranded on Earth. In his laboratory he had created a machine to get home, but this malfunctioned - causing everyone who lived in the house over the centuries to vanish into another dimension. They would later appear as ghostly visions - leading Professor Rivers and her assistant Toby to come and investigate the "haunted house" in 2009. She in turn invited Sarah Jane Smith along.
Lord Marchwood was able to warn Sarah about Darkling, and helped her to destroy him. With his machine broken up, the trapped people were released, able to die at last.
Just as she and Rivers were about to leave, Sarah spotted Lord Marchwood and his children watching her from a window - suggesting that they were real ghosts after all...
Played by: Callum Blue (Lord Marchwood), Rhys Gear (Joseph) and Amelia Clarkson (Elizabeth). Appearances: SJA 3.4 The Eternity Trap (2009).
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