Mr Peabody

 was part of the staff at the Contingency club. He initiate the new candidates to the club. He had the Fifth Doctor and his friends ejected from the club on the Red Queen's orders. The Red Queen realised that they were alien to this time and asked him to find them. He hypnotised George Augustus to find out what had happened to the Doctor. He was a stage mesmerist. (AUDIO: The Contingency Club)