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|name | |name = Blessed | ||
|species = Human | |||
|affiliation = Liverpool City Police | |||
|species | |job = Police officer | ||
|affiliation | |origin = [[United Kingdom]] | ||
|origin | |only = The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story) | ||
|actor = Malcolm Rogers | |||
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'''Blessed''' was a police officer. On [[Christmas Day]], [[1965]], he and his partner [[First policeman (The Daleks' Master Plan)|Welland]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|The Mutation of Time]]'') drove up to their police station to discover their [[station sergeant]] examining [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] in front of their station. The sergeant directed the pair to watch the ill-placed [[police box]] whilst he went inside to refer the matter to the [[Detective-Inspector (The Daleks' Master Plan)|detective-inspector]]. | |||
The policeman doubted his partner's claim that an old man with long white hair had briefly exited the box. The [[First Doctor]] exited again and surrendered to the pair, and they took him inside the station to meet with CID. | The policeman doubted his partner's claim that an old man with long white hair had briefly exited the box. The [[First Doctor]] exited again and surrendered to the pair, and they took him inside the station to meet with CID. However, the two policemen failed to stop the Doctor, [[Sara Kingdom]] and [[Steven Taylor]] from re-entering the TARDIS after Steven managed to free the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') | ||
The | == Behind the scenes == | ||
In [[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|the novelisation]], the constable is given the name Blessed. This is in reference to [[Brian Blessed]], who played a police constable in the series ''[[Z-Cars]]''. During the original production of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', a [[crossover]] with the cast and setting of ''Z-Cars'' had been intended for the police station scenes, until the idea was rejected by ''Z-Cars'' producer {{w|David Rose (producer)|David Rose}}. | |||
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Latest revision as of 06:34, 18 March 2023
Blessed was a police officer. On Christmas Day, 1965, he and his partner Welland (PROSE: The Mutation of Time) drove up to their police station to discover their station sergeant examining the Doctor's TARDIS in front of their station. The sergeant directed the pair to watch the ill-placed police box whilst he went inside to refer the matter to the detective-inspector.
The policeman doubted his partner's claim that an old man with long white hair had briefly exited the box. The First Doctor exited again and surrendered to the pair, and they took him inside the station to meet with CID. However, the two policemen failed to stop the Doctor, Sara Kingdom and Steven Taylor from re-entering the TARDIS after Steven managed to free the Doctor. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the novelisation, the constable is given the name Blessed. This is in reference to Brian Blessed, who played a police constable in the series Z-Cars. During the original production of The Daleks' Master Plan, a crossover with the cast and setting of Z-Cars had been intended for the police station scenes, until the idea was rejected by Z-Cars producer David Rose.
