Changes: Thomas Edison

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Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor. (COMIC: Dead Man's Hand, PROSE: Wardenclyffe)

Edison lived in New York City and owned Edison Machine Works, where Helena was a personal secretary. (PROSE: Wardenclyffe) He also hired inventor Nikola Tesla to dig trenches for the company. After Edison made a comment about offering "$50,000" to the man that could fix his generator, Tesla took it seriously and worked on the device for a full year until he did so. Edison, however, offered him a small raise instead. This angered Tesla and led to him leaving the company to work independently, (TV: Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror) reportedly on 30 March 1884. (PROSE: Wardenclyffe)

According to Professor Celeste Rivers, Thomas Edison had strong interests in the paranormal. (TV: The Lost Boy)

Edison invented the light bulb. When the Monks invaded Earth, they created a false history. They used fake news to brainwash humanity into believing that they were with him when he made the breakthrough. (TV: The Lie of the Land)

Behind the scenes

Edison was portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in the film The Current War.

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 |species           = Human
 |job               = Inventor
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 |first mention     = The Lost Boy (TV story)
 |first             = Wardenclyffe (short story)
-|appearances       = [[TV]]: ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Dead Man's Hand (comic story)|Dead Man's Hand]]''
+|appearances       = [[COMIC]]: ''[[Dead Man's Hand (comic story)|Dead Man's Hand]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (TV story)|Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror]]''
+|actor             = Robert Glenister
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-'''Thomas Alva Edison''' was an [[American]] [[inventor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Dead Man's Hand]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Wardenclyffe (short story)|Wardenclyffe]]'')
+'''Thomas Alva Edison''' was an [[American]] [[inventor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Dead Man's Hand (comic story)|Dead Man's Hand]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Wardenclyffe (short story)|Wardenclyffe]]'')
-Edison lived in [[New York City]] and owned [[Edison Machine Works]] where [[Helena (The Last Pharaoh)|Helena]] was personal secretary. On [[30 March]] [[1884]] he had a falling out with his fellow inventor, [[Nikola Tesla]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wardenclyffe (short story)|Wardenclyffe]]'')
+Edison lived in [[New York City]] and owned [[Edison Machine Works]], where [[Helena (The Last Pharaoh)|Helena]] was a personal secretary.  ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wardenclyffe (short story)|Wardenclyffe]]'') He also hired inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] to dig trenches for the company. After Edison made a comment about offering "$50,000" to the man that could fix his generator, Tesla took it seriously and worked on the device for a full year until he did so. Edison, however, offered him a small raise instead. This angered Tesla and led to him leaving the company to work independently, ([[TV]]: ''[[Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (TV story)|Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror]]'') reportedly on [[30 March]] [[1884]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wardenclyffe (short story)|Wardenclyffe]]'')
-According to Professor [[Celeste Rivers]], Thomas Edison had strong interests in the paranormal. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'')
+According to Professor [[Celeste Rivers]], Thomas Edison had strong interests in the paranormal. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]'')
+[[File:ThomasEdison.JPG|thumb|Thomas Edison in the [[Monk (species)|Monks]] [[Truth (transmission)|false history]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'')]]
 Edison invented the [[light bulb]]. When the [[Monk (species)|Monks]] invaded [[Earth]], they created a [[Truth (transmission)|false history]]. They used fake news to brainwash humanity into believing that they were with him when he made the breakthrough. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'')
+== Behind the scenes ==
+Edison was portrayed by [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] in the film ''The Current War''.
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+[[Category:Humans who have been inside the Doctor's TARDIS]]
+[[Category:Human businesspersons]]