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[[Image:Teazer.jpg|right|thumb|Ben with a ''Teazer'' cap]]
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'''HMS ''Teazer''''' was the [[British]] Navy vessel to which [[Ben Jackson]] was assigned. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]''; [[DWN]]: ''[[The Smugglers (novelisation)|The Smugglers]]'')  
[[File:Teazer.jpg|right|thumb|[[Ben Jackson|Ben]] wearing his HMS ''Teazer'' cap. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'')]]
:''Details as to the class of ship or Ben's precise function on the ship were never made clear.  Never referred to in dialogue, or in [[The War Machines (novelisation)|the novelisation of ''The War Machines'']], it was identified by the uniform cap that Ben wore.
'''HMS ''Teazer''''' was the [[Royal Navy]] [[Boat|vessel]] to which [[Ben Jackson]] was assigned as a [[radar]] plot third class.
 
== History ==
In July [[1966]], HMS ''Teazer'' had recently departed Britain en route to the [[West Indies]], leaving Ben seconded to a shore posting and most disappointed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Smugglers (novelisation)|The Smugglers]]'')
 
== References ==
Later, during Ben Jackson's time travelling with the [[Second Doctor]], he coincidentally ended up being taken prisoner and forced to work aboard another ship called the ''[[Teazer (The Roundheads)|Teazer]]'' in [[1648]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* Neither the ship's name nor Ben's rate (speciality) was referred to in dialogue nor in [[The War Machines (novelisation)|the novelisation of ''The War Machines'']]. Both were shown on Ben's uniform. The rate badge of a radar plot third class was worn on his right sleeve, and his ship was identified on his cap embroidery. Details as to the class of ship were never made clear.
* The most recent ship to bear the name, {{w|HMS Teazer (R23)|HMS ''Teazer'' (S23)}}, was a {{w|Type 16 frigate|Type 16}} {{w|Anti-submarine weapon|anti-submarine}} [[frigate]], which had been converted from a {{w|S and T class destroyer|T-class destroyer}} (as R23) in 1952. She was decommissioned in September 1961 and scrapped on 7 August 1965, nearly a year before her DWU counterpart set sail for the West Indies without Ben. It cannot be another HMS ''Teazer'' to which Ben was assigned, as it is illegal for two ships to have the same name, so it can only be assumed that the decommissioning never took place in the ''Doctor Who'' universe.
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Latest revision as of 14:54, 20 April 2024

Ben wearing his HMS Teazer cap. (TV: The War Machines)

HMS Teazer was the Royal Navy vessel to which Ben Jackson was assigned as a radar plot third class.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

In July 1966, HMS Teazer had recently departed Britain en route to the West Indies, leaving Ben seconded to a shore posting and most disappointed. (TV: The War Machines; PROSE: The Smugglers)

References[[edit] | [edit source]]

Later, during Ben Jackson's time travelling with the Second Doctor, he coincidentally ended up being taken prisoner and forced to work aboard another ship called the Teazer in 1648. (PROSE: The Roundheads)

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

  • Neither the ship's name nor Ben's rate (speciality) was referred to in dialogue nor in the novelisation of The War Machines. Both were shown on Ben's uniform. The rate badge of a radar plot third class was worn on his right sleeve, and his ship was identified on his cap embroidery. Details as to the class of ship were never made clear.
  • The most recent ship to bear the name, HMS Teazer (S23), was a Type 16 anti-submarine frigate, which had been converted from a T-class destroyer (as R23) in 1952. She was decommissioned in September 1961 and scrapped on 7 August 1965, nearly a year before her DWU counterpart set sail for the West Indies without Ben. It cannot be another HMS Teazer to which Ben was assigned, as it is illegal for two ships to have the same name, so it can only be assumed that the decommissioning never took place in the Doctor Who universe.