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|individual name= Dobson
|image            = DobsonTAOD.jpg
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|species          = Human
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|job              = Technician
|race= [[Human]]
|affiliation      = Space Control
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|origin            = [[Earth]]
|home era= [[1970s]]
|only              = The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]''
|main actor       = Juan Moreno
|actor= [[Juan Moreno]]
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'''Dobson''' was a scientist at Space Control who helped [[Liz Shaw]] decode an alien message. He was secretly working for General [[Carrington]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[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]]'')


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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 ==
The character was originally named Dawson until a member of the production team realised there had been a character named [[Phyllis Dawson|Dawson]] in the [[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|previous story]]. ([[INFO]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')
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Latest revision as of 10:27, 18 March 2023

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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)

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