Wednesday 13 September 2023

M is for... McMillan, DI


Detective Inspector McMillan had for several months been hunting a notorious cat burglar. When she stole the Cup of Athelstan from London's International Gallery he thought that he had finally caught her. Her accomplice had been arrested and she had been forced to flee on a No.200 bus. McMillan set up roadblocks to stop the vehicle in a road tunnel under the Thames. Unfortunately, when the tunnel was searched the bus was found to have disappeared. It had passed through a wormhole, and McMillan found his crime scene taken over by UNIT.
The Doctor eventually helped bring the bus back from the alien planet to which it had been transported. He declined to take the thief - Lady Christina de Souza - with him in the TARDIS, but wasn't prepared to see her arrested either. He allowed her to escape in the bus, which had been converted to fly with anti-gravity attachments. McMillan was furious and attempted to arrest the Doctor as another accomplice, but he left the scene in the TARDIS.

Played by: Adam James. Appearances: Planet of the Dead (2009).
  • James was an old friend of David Tennant, the pair having been at drama school together. They subsequently performed in Shakespeare plays together, on stage and on radio.
  • He is the son of Polly James, of The Liver Birds fame, who played school teacher Jane Hampden in The Awakening.
  • His godfather was Jon Pertwee.

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