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'''Dobson''' was a senior [[computer]] [[technician]] at [[Space Control]] and [[Bruno Taltalian|Dr Bruno Taltalian]]'s [[chief assistant]] of two years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'') He was a short, thin-faced dark-haired man with a "mournful" face. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')
'''Dobson''' was a senior [[computer]] [[technician]] at [[Space Control]] and [[Bruno Taltalian]]'s [[chief assistant]] of two years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'') He was a short, thin-faced dark-haired man with a "mournful" face. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')


Working with Dr Taltalian and [[George Carrington|General George Carrington]], Dobson pretended to help the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]] decode the [[Alien Ambassador's species|aliens]]' message using a machine sabotaged by Dr Taltalian. When they began to crack the code, he called [[James Quinlan|Sir James Quinlan]] and warned him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')
Working with Dr Taltalian and [[General]] [[George Carrington]], Dobson pretended to help the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]] decode [[Alien Ambassador's species|the aliens]]' message using a machine sabotaged by Dr Taltalian. When they began to crack the code, he called Sir [[James Quinlan]] and warned him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==

Revision as of 19:12, 1 May 2022

Dobson was a senior computer technician at Space Control and Bruno Taltalian's chief assistant of two years. (TV: The Ambassadors of Death) He was a short, thin-faced dark-haired man with a "mournful" face. (PROSE: The Ambassadors of Death)

Working with Dr Taltalian and General George Carrington, Dobson pretended to help the Third Doctor and Liz Shaw decode the aliens' message using a machine sabotaged by Dr Taltalian. When they began to crack the code, he called Sir James Quinlan and warned him. (TV: The Ambassadors of Death)

Behind the scenes

The character was originally named Dawson until a member of the production team realised there had been a character named Dawson in the previous story. (INFO: The Ambassadors of Death)