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Colonel Patrick Archer (PROSE: Resurrection of the Daleks) was an officer in the British Army.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Archer was in command of the bomb disposal squad sent with Professor Sarah Laird to investigate a threat discovered in the London docklands — namely strange canisters discovered by builders in a warehouse. This turned out to be samples of the Movellan virus sent by the Daleks to Earth in 1984 for safekeeping.

Archer left the warehouse to find a telephone to call his H.Q. to ask for reinforcements, but was waylaid and killed by Lytton's "policemen". He was replaced by a Dalek duplicate, which was killed fighting Daleks loyal to Davros. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Archer's first name, Patrick, was never mentioned on-screen; it was given only in Eric Saward's novelisation.
Nicholas Ball, Michael Byrne, Tom Chadbon, Peter Firth, Tim Pigott-Smith, Patrick Stewart and David Warner were considered for the role before Del Henney was cast.

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-[[Colonel]] '''Archer''' was an officer in the [[British Army]].
+'''[[Colonel]] Patrick Archer''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (novelisation)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') was an officer in the [[British Army]].
-He was in command of the bomb disposal squad sent with Professor [[Laird (Resurrection of the Daleks)|Laird]] to investigate a threat discovered in the [[London]] docklands — namely strange canisters discovered by builders in a [[warehouse]]. This turned out to be samples of the [[Movellan virus]] sent by the [[Dalek]]s to [[Earth]] in [[1984]] for safekeeping.
+== Biography ==
+Archer was in command of the bomb disposal squad sent with Professor [[Sarah Laird]] to investigate a threat discovered in the [[London]] docklands — namely strange canisters discovered by builders in a [[warehouse]]. This turned out to be samples of the [[Movellan virus]] sent by the [[Dalek]]s to [[Earth]] in [[1984]] for safekeeping.
-Archer was killed by [[Lytton]]'s "policemen" and replaced by [[Archer (Dalek duplicate)|a Dalek duplicate]], which was killed fighting Daleks loyal to [[Davros]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')
+Archer left the warehouse to find a [[telephone]] to call his H.Q. to ask for reinforcements, but was waylaid and killed by [[Gustave Lytton|Lytton]]'s "policemen". He was replaced by [[Archer (Dalek duplicate)|a Dalek duplicate]], which was killed fighting Daleks loyal to [[Davros]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')
+== Behind the scenes ==
+* Archer's first name, Patrick, was never mentioned on-screen; it was given only in [[Eric Saward]]'s novelisation.
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Ball_(actor) Nicholas Ball], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Byrne_(actor) Michael Byrne], [[Tom Chadbon]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Firth Peter Firth], [[Tim Piggott-Smith|Tim Pigott-Smith]], [[Patrick Stewart]] and [[David Warner]] were considered for the role before [[Del Henney]] was cast.{{NameSort}}
-==Behind the scenes==
-* In Eric Saward's [[Resurrection of the Daleks (novelisation)|novelisation]] of the story, Archer's first name is given as Patrick. This was not derived from any information given in the televised version.
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