Franz

dutiful resilient professional

Franz works as a technician on Moonbase, the International Space Command's lunar weather control station under Commander Hobson. He handles Gravitron maintenance and external repairs like antenna fixes, ensuring critical systems endure crises. Alongside crewmates Ralph, Evans, and Jim, he commits to operational integrity despite invasions and health threats, embodying the base's frontline resolve.

5 appearances

Moonbase Gravitron Operations

Franz's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

5 moments

S4E24 · The Moonbase Part 2

Cybermen ambush Jules and Franz

Shocked and overwhelmed (immediately before unconsciousness), followed by a state of unconscious helplessness (post-attack).

Franz, working alongside Jules to repair the antennae, is equally caught off-guard by the Cybermen’s sudden appearance. A Cyberman’s metallic limb strikes him violently on the head, knocking him unconscious …

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S4E24 · The Moonbase Part 2

Hobson confronts the Doctor’s stalled progress

Not directly observable, but the context implies he may be under stress or compromised, given the base’s crisis and the need to locate him.

Franz, like Jules, is mentioned but absent, his status similarly uncertain. His inclusion in Hobson’s order to Benoit highlights the escalating concern over the crew’s well-being and the base’s deteriorating …

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S4E24 · The Moonbase Part 2

Benoit finds abandoned spacesuits on surface

Presumed terror or resignation (implied by the violent circumstances of his disappearance)

Franz is absent from the scene, his presence only implied through the discarded spacesuit lying near the damaged antennae. The suit’s empty state and removed helmet suggest he was ambushed …

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S4E25 · The Moonbase Part 3

Cybermen complete human assimilation

Emotionally blank; will and identity overridden by Cybermen control

Franz, a technician on the moonbase, is fitted with a metal headpiece and subjected to Cyberman 3's mechanical commands ('Raise your left arm'). His autonomy is erased, reducing him to …

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S4E25 · The Moonbase Part 3

Companions disrupt Cybermen with solvent attack

None (unconscious), but inferred trauma from forced mind-control and sudden liberation.

Evans, one of the mind-controlled humans, has a metal helmet forcibly removed by Ben, Jamie, and Polly. The sudden liberation from Cyberman control causes him to collapse unconscious, his autonomy …

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Affiliation

Moonbase Human Crew

Lunar Weather Control Operations and Cybermen Defense