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|first = Spearhead from Space (TV story)}}'''Major General Scobie''' was an officer in the [[British Army]]. | |first = Spearhead from Space (TV story)}}'''Major-General Scobie''' was an officer in the [[British Army]]. | ||
== Biography == | |||
Scobie had been posted to [[Burma]] during [[World War II]] and [[Singapore]] in the [[1950s]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') [[The Brigadier]] knew of him in [[1969]] and considered him a blowhard. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Showstoppers (novel)|The Showstoppers]]'') | |||
In the [[1970s]], he was assigned as the liaison officer between [[UNIT]] and the regular army. The [[Nestene]] replaced him with [[Scobie (Auton)|an Auton duplicate]] and placed him in [[Madame Tussauds]] in a form of suspended animation. He was eventually freed when the [[Third Doctor]] short-circuited his duplicate. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') | In the [[1970s]], he was assigned as the liaison officer between [[UNIT]] and the regular army. The [[Nestene]] replaced him with [[Scobie (Auton)|an Auton duplicate]] and placed him in [[Madame Tussauds]] in a form of suspended animation. He was eventually freed when the [[Third Doctor]] short-circuited his duplicate. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') | ||
Revision as of 14:54, 29 May 2021
Major-General Scobie was an officer in the British Army.
Biography
Scobie had been posted to Burma during World War II and Singapore in the 1950s. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice) The Brigadier knew of him in 1969 and considered him a blowhard. (PROSE: The Showstoppers)
In the 1970s, he was assigned as the liaison officer between UNIT and the regular army. The Nestene replaced him with an Auton duplicate and placed him in Madame Tussauds in a form of suspended animation. He was eventually freed when the Third Doctor short-circuited his duplicate. (TV: Spearhead from Space)
Later that year, Scobie had a budget meeting with the Brigadier and Sir John Sudbury. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice)
In October 1983, General Scobie attended a UNIT reunion party. (PROSE: Business Unusual)
