In November 2010, the Shopkeeper, who refused to state his age, told the Ealing Echo that there was an alien in his shop. When Sarah Jane Smith, Clyde Langer, and Rani Chandra saw the paper, they went to the Shopkeeper's shop. He revealed that it was a ploy to get them there to send them through a time window to find three objects throughout history. Sarah Jane was sent to 1889, Clyde was sent to 7 June 1941, and Rani was sent to 19 May 1553. As he monitored their progress, he became increasingly anxious, noting to his parrot Captain that when the sand timer ran out they would be trapped in the past forever.