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Author: Derek JanssenDerek Janssen Date: Sep 16, 2008 16:20
The Wanderer wrote:
>
>>>> I remember a scene from Doctor Who when a giant robot was going
>>>> after a large cache of nuclear missiles, a brigadier general
>>>> explained that the UN had entrusted guarding them to the British,
>>>> and the Doctor drily said, "Of course, the rest were all
>>>> foreigners."
>
>> If it was to the Brigadier, and sounds snooty, it had to be Jon
>> Pertwee. Doc #3.
>
> You sure? The only giant robot I remember which would have been around
> the Brigadier was from the first episode of Tom Baker, the Fourth
> Doctor. Admittedly I don't remember its having anything to do with
> nuclear missiles - it was a sufficiently devastating weapon all on its
> own - but I also don't remember any other candidates.
Actually, that does sound familiar--
Although, being the first Doc #4 episode, they were still in Pertwee
UNIT mode at the time.
Derek Janssen (who just found a new stash of non-DVD episodes on iTunes
Store!) @_@
ejanss1@ verizon.net
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