Josh Townsend

Joshua Richard Townsend was a friend of Sarah Jane Smith. He protected her on her adventures. Josh was an only child, raised in the city, and his parents were divorced. His mother seems to have remarried. Josh stayed in touch with his father, Sir Donald Wakefield, and was strongly influenced by him despite nobody knowing of their connection. Like his father, he was a member of the White Chapter of the Orphans of the Future. His mother and step-father ran a ski resort in the Swiss Alps.

As a young man, Josh set several buildings afire and apparently was good at it until he got caught. He later became involved with some unsavoury fringe groups, and spent eight months in Feltham Prison. After apparently cleaning up his act a bit and moving from one dead-end job to another, Josh found his calling protecting Sarah from her enemies.

He had never handled a gun until he met Sarah, but killed to save her life on several occasions. He was her travelling companion, running around for her and sometimes using his credit card, provided by Nat, to sort out their transport.

When Sarah and Josh boarded the Dauntless space tourism flight, a member of the Crimson Chapter had infiltrated the spacecraft, and attempted to kill Sarah. However, Josh shot and killed the agent, but not before receiving a fatal gunshot wound to the stomach. Josh used his dying words to ask for forgiveness from Sarah, for not revealing his identity as an undercover agent for the White Chapter beforehand. She did forgive him, and he died shortly after. (AUDIO: Dreamland)