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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
Major Blake is only addressed as "Major" in dialogue and the credits for ''The Christmas Invasion'' simply call him "Major Blake". The first name "Richard" comes from the secure section of the [[UNIT website]] when you type in the password "[[Bad Wolf meme|badwolf]]". <ref>{{cite web |url=http://unit.org.uk/secure/guin.shtml |title=Operations board: Guinevere One |author= |date of source= |website name=[[UNIT website]] |accessdate=28 October 2013}}</ref>
Major Blake is only addressed as "Major" in dialogue and the credits for ''The Christmas Invasion'' simply call him "Major Blake". The secure section of the [[UNIT website]], accessed through the password "[[Bad Wolf meme|badwolf]]" calls him Richard<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unit.org.uk/secure/guin.shtml |title=Operations board: Guinevere One |author= |date of source= |website name=[[UNIT website]] |accessdate=28 October 2013}}</ref>, whereas the [[The Christmas Invasion (novelisation)|novelisation]] gives him the name Thomas.


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==

Revision as of 21:58, 12 April 2018

Major Blake was the UNIT officer in charge of the Tower of London branch of UNIT. On 24 December 2006, he briefed Harriet Jones and Daniel Llewellyn on the protocols of dealing with extraterrestrial beings as the Sycorax invaded Earth. He was with them when all three were teleported aboard the Sycorax ship. After the death of Llewellyn, Blake tried to protect Harriet Jones and Alex by protesting Llewellyn's cold blooded death, but died when the Sycorax leader struck him with his energy whip. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)

Behind the scenes

Major Blake is only addressed as "Major" in dialogue and the credits for The Christmas Invasion simply call him "Major Blake". The secure section of the UNIT website, accessed through the password "badwolf" calls him Richard[1], whereas the novelisation gives him the name Thomas.

Footnotes

  1. Operations board: Guinevere One. UNIT website. Retrieved on 28 October 2013.