Joseph Banks was a naturalist and botanist as well as the chief scientist of the Endeavour in 1770. He collected many specimens of flora and fauna. Ian Chesterton thought that he was a time traveller, due to the poem he recited that wasn't written yet. Ian could hear his thoughts after the residual Sensorite telepathy, as this was Susan Foreman transferring Barbara Wright's thoughts. (AUDIO: The Transit of Venus)