Daniel Matthews

Daniel Matthews was a UNIT containment specialist working with Lockwood. They were called to the UNIT facility of scientific researcher Dr. Sally Arnold when she had rediscovered a Nestene pod placed in storage many years earlier, and exposed it to deep-space transmissions, re-establishing contact with the Nestene Consciousness. With the building placed under quarantine and searched by UNIT operatives led by Lockwood, Matthews and Sergeant Ramsay, Arnold helped the team find a hidden room containing more Nestene pods and also 'Doctor John Smith's UHF transmitter from a previous encounter (DW: Spearhead from Space). However, though the transmitter was useful in destroying the original pod, unsealing the doors allowed the reactivation of a second pod and also of the Autons still held in the warehouse, causing serious injury to Matthews. The second pod was able to escape through an air vent and evade capture for a further two years (BBV: Auton).

Matthews continued to work with Lockwood and Arnold for some time, attempting to track down the missing alien, but about six months before the discovery of the creature on Sentinel Island, he had left the team to carry out archaeological research in Africa (BBV: Auton 2: Sentinel).