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From the TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

Steven Taylor is a spaceship pilot. On one of his missions, Steven crash landed on the planet of Mechanus. Having crashed in the jungle, Steven wandered around for days trying to avoid the hostile plant-life. Eventually he was captured by the Mechanoids, and taken to their city. To keep himself active, Steven built a wooden construction rather like a climbing frame, which allows him to climb up to the roof of the city for fresh air. It is here, in his room in the Mechanoid city, that Steven meets the Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki. Steven tells them that he thinks he has been a prisoner for two years.

As Steven never mentions a crew of his ship, it is assumed that he was travelling solo. He appears to have been a military pilot, and asks the travellers “who won the war?” Steven introduces himself as “Steven Taylor, Flight Red Fifty”.

When the travellers want to escape from the Mechanoid City, Steven shows them the way to the roof. Working together they all escape by lowering themselves on power cables. Before leaving, Steven realises that he has left his panda mascot, HiFi, in his room – which is now enveloped in smoke. He risks his life to retrieve HiFi, and still manages to escape. Steven is thrown from a great height when the Mechanoid City is destroyed. Having lost contact with the travellers, he stumbles through the jungle, and through sheer luck finds the TARDIS. Steven stumbles into it, while the Doctor and Vicki are saying goodbye to Ian and Barbara. Before the Doctor and Vicki return to the TARDIS, Steven passes out.

When Steven recovers, he discovers that the TARDIS has materialised in England, in 1066. The Doctor explains, briefly, how the TARDIS works, and that the TARDIS will blend in with it's surroundings. Steven's natural sarcasm shows, as he comments that "That rock over there looks just like a Blue Box". Despite his sarcasm, Steven is good-humoured. He is also independent, and has good leadership skills.


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