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{{Infobox Individual | {{Infobox Individual | ||
|image = Corporal Palmer.jpg | |image = Corporal Palmer.jpg | ||
|species = Human | |species = Human | ||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
|first | |first = The Three Doctors (TV story) | ||
|appearances = {{Il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]''}} | |appearances = {{Il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]''}} | ||
|actor = Denys Palmer | |actor = Denys Palmer | ||
|affiliation = UNIT | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''[[Corporal]]''', later '''[[Captain]] Dennis Palmer''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]]'') was a [[UNIT]] soldier who served under [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. | '''[[Corporal]]''', later '''[[Captain]] Dennis Palmer''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]]'') was a [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] soldier who served under [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
The character of Palmer was created to fill the role [[Sergeant Benton]] would have played in ''The Three Doctors'', had Benton not been reassigned to fill in for [[Mike Yates]] when [[Richard Franklin]] | * The character of Palmer was created to fill the role [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]] would have played in ''The Three Doctors'', had Benton not been reassigned to fill in for [[Mike Yates|Captain Yates]] when [[Richard Franklin]] became unavailable.{{source}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:20, 18 March 2023
Corporal, later Captain Dennis Palmer (PROSE: Business Unusual) was a UNIT soldier who served under Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Palmer was seconded to UNIT during the Master's attempt to take control of Kronos using TOMTIT. (TV: The Time Monster, PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass)
He defended UNIT HQ from Omega's Gell guards, and witnessed its disappearance when the building was transported to Omega's anti-matter world. (TV: The Three Doctors)
In October 1983 Palmer attended the UNIT reunion with Lethbridge-Stewart. (PROSE: Business Unusual)
By 2001, Palmer had been promoted to Captain and was a prominent figure in UNIT's UK branch. He asked for the Brigadier's insight into strange imps surrounding the village of Turelhampton, witnessed by Claire Aldwych, resulting in the Brigadier, Claire and the Sixth Doctor exposing a branch of the Fourth Reich led by Adolf Hitler's son. (PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The character of Palmer was created to fill the role Sergeant Benton would have played in The Three Doctors, had Benton not been reassigned to fill in for Captain Yates when Richard Franklin became unavailable.[source needed]
