Sean Flannigan

Sean Flannigan (alternatively spelt Flanagan) was a technician aboard the Wheel.

Biography
Sean Flannigan, (TV: The Wheel in Space) alternatively spelt Flanagan, (PROSE: The Wheel in Space) was of Irish origin. (TV: The Wheel in Space) By 2000, (TV: The Mind Robber; AUDIO: Prison in Space) 2079 (AUDIO: The Dying Light) or later, (PROSE: The Indestructible Man) he was working on the Wheel as a technician. (PROSE: The Wheel in Space)

He was guarding the Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon in the medical bay when Kemel Rudkin was killed. When Jamie went to the door and tried to investigate, Flannigan told them they couldn't come out of the medical bay.

He encountered Elton Laleham and Armand Vallance after their space-walk but didn't know they were being controlled by the Cybermen. Vallance tried to kill Flannigan but accidentally shot and killed Laleham instead. Flannigan was then hypnotised by the Cybermen.

He was freed from the Cybermen's mind control when Leo Ryan put a metal plate on the back of his neck. He and Jamie then freed Vallance from the Cybermen's control. (TV: The Wheel in Space)