Julius Silverstein: Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
(Adding categories) |
(removing from "Jews) |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
|name= Julius Silverstein | |name= Julius Silverstein | ||
|image=Julius Silverstein.jpg | |image=Julius Silverstein.jpg | ||
|alias= | |alias= | ||
|species=Human | |species=Human | ||
|origin= [[Earth]] | |origin= [[Earth]] | ||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Julius Silverstein''' was a wealthy [[Judaism|Jewish]] businessman and collector of rare artefacts with his own private museum. He purchased a deactivated [[robot Yeti]] from Professor [[Edward Travers]], who had acquired it in [[Tibet]] in [[1935]]. Thirty years later, Travers — having succeeded in reactivating a Yeti [[control sphere]] which later vanished — went to Silverstein and requested that he return the Yeti, warning him of the danger. However, Silverstein refused to listen, and was killed by the reactivated Yeti soon afterwards. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'') | '''Julius Silverstein''' was a wealthy [[Judaism|Jewish]] businessman and collector of rare artefacts with his own private museum. He purchased a deactivated [[robot Yeti]] from Professor [[Edward Travers]], who had acquired it in [[Tibet]] in [[1935]]. Thirty years later, Travers — having succeeded in reactivating a Yeti [[control sphere]] which later vanished — went to Silverstein and requested that he return the Yeti, warning him of the danger. However, Silverstein refused to listen, and was killed by the reactivated Yeti soon afterwards. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'') | ||
==Behind the Scenes== | |||
The character was renamed Emil Julius in ''[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]'' so as to not | |||
in the novelisation version of ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' [[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear|novelisation]] in order to remove the offensive Jewish stereotype.'' | |||
{{NameSort}} | {{NameSort}} | ||
[[Category:Human businesspersons]] | [[Category:Human businesspersons]] | ||
[[Category:20th century individuals]] | [[Category:20th century individuals]] | ||
[[Category:Collectors of alien artefacts]] | [[Category:Collectors of alien artefacts]] | ||
Revision as of 00:09, 20 June 2013
Julius Silverstein was a wealthy Jewish businessman and collector of rare artefacts with his own private museum. He purchased a deactivated robot Yeti from Professor Edward Travers, who had acquired it in Tibet in 1935. Thirty years later, Travers — having succeeded in reactivating a Yeti control sphere which later vanished — went to Silverstein and requested that he return the Yeti, warning him of the danger. However, Silverstein refused to listen, and was killed by the reactivated Yeti soon afterwards. (TV: The Web of Fear)
Behind the Scenes
The character was renamed Emil Julius in Doctor Who and the Web of Fear so as to not
in the novelisation version of The Web of Fear novelisation in order to remove the offensive Jewish stereotype.
