Sergeant John Benton is a fictional character in the British science
fiction television series Doctor Who, played by John Levene. He was
the senior NCO of the British contingent of UNIT, an international
organisation that defends the Earth from alien threats. He appeared
semi-regularly on the programme from 1968 to 1975, and was eventually
promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1, holding the post of
Regimental Sergeant Major.Benton first appeared in the Second Doctor
serial The Invasion (1968), when he was just a corporal in UNIT. By
the time of his next appearance in The Ambassadors of Death (1970) he
had been promoted to Sergeant and quickly formed a close relationship
with the Doctor, Captain Mike Yates and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart,
the latter usually calling first for Benton when an order needed to be
carried out. Benton's tour in UNIT also coincided with the tenure of
the Third and Fourth Doctors as its Scientific Advisor, and his
promotion to WO1 occurred immediately prior to Robot
(1974â€"75).During his time with UNIT, Benton faces several alien
invaders, including the Cybermen, the Daleks, and the Nestene forces.
He had many run-ins with the renegade Time Lord known as the Master.
Benton was always a down-to-earth example[according to whom?] of a
British infantryman and non-commissioned officer, being reliable,
loyal, uncomplicated and possessing a good dose of common sense. When
the Doctor asked him if he was going to comment that the TARDIS was
bigger on the inside than on the outside (since everyone else has),
Benton's classic reply was, "Well, that's pretty obvious, isn't it?"
Aside from the regular companions and the Brigadier, Benton is the
only reoccurring character in the classic series to travel in the
TARDIS.While not understanding the specifics of what the Doctor was
doing or any of his explanations, Benton always took the Doctor at his
word and trusted him implicitly. Benton was loyal, not just to the
rank but also to the people he worked with, and was willing to disobey
orders to help them (in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, he encouraged the
Doctor to knock him out and "escape" after the Doctor was falsely
accused). He even willingly offers himself as a test subject for the
Doctor's psychic-scanner, remarking that unlike the Doctor, he is
expendable (Planet of the Spiders).
Sergeant Benton Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter
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