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'''Earth Security''' was a [[police]] force in operation on [[Earth]] by at least the year [[2540]]. It was a global police force which tended to the security needs of the state headed by the civilian [[President of Earth]]. In practice, however, it may have been under the operational control of the military. ([[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'') | '''Earth Security''' was a [[police]] force in operation on [[Earth]] by at least the year [[2540]]. It was a global police force which tended to the security needs of the state headed by the civilian [[President of Earth]]. In practice, however, it may have been under the operational control of the military. ([[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'') | ||
:''According to [[Doctor Who and the Space War|the novelisation]] only, Earth Security was a somewhat sinister organization, which denied its prisoners even basic civil rights. | :''According to [[Doctor Who and the Space War|the novelisation]] only, Earth Security was a somewhat sinister organization, which denied its prisoners even basic civil rights. [[Gardiner|Captain Gardiner]], for instance, expressed great misgivings about being anywhere close to an Earth Security Cell. While slightly ambiguous in the televised version, the novel makes it clearer that Earth Security is definitively at the service of the military. It explicitly points out that [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant|Jo]] end up in an Earth Security cell because of a military tribunal in which there was "no legal representation" and judgments of the court were "final and binding, against which there [was] no appeal". | ||
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Revision as of 21:58, 31 January 2010
Earth Security was a police force in operation on Earth by at least the year 2540. It was a global police force which tended to the security needs of the state headed by the civilian President of Earth. In practice, however, it may have been under the operational control of the military. (DW: Frontier in Space)
- According to the novelisation only, Earth Security was a somewhat sinister organization, which denied its prisoners even basic civil rights. Captain Gardiner, for instance, expressed great misgivings about being anywhere close to an Earth Security Cell. While slightly ambiguous in the televised version, the novel makes it clearer that Earth Security is definitively at the service of the military. It explicitly points out that the Doctor and Jo end up in an Earth Security cell because of a military tribunal in which there was "no legal representation" and judgments of the court were "final and binding, against which there [was] no appeal".
