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Staff Sergeant '''George Albert Arnold''' was a senior NCO in the Royal Engineers Corp, 21 Regiment. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') | Staff Sergeant '''George Albert Arnold''' was a senior NCO in the Royal Engineers Corp, 21 Regiment. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Arnold grew up poor in [[London]] and, as a child, he was sometimes forced to steal food due to lack of money. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') | Arnold grew up poor in [[London]] and, as a child, he was sometimes forced to steal food due to lack of money. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') | ||
Arnold was a kindly man but didn't like this to be known among the ranks, and would sometimes affect a harsher manner.([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]'') | Arnold was a kindly man but didn't like this to be known among the ranks, and would sometimes affect a harsher manner. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]'') | ||
=== Death === | === Death === | ||
Arnold took part in [[London Event|the fight]] against the [[Great Intelligence]] and its [[robot Yeti]] in the [[London Underground]]. To the other soldiers, he was seen as a brave and stalwart NCO who kept [[Stephen Weams|Craftsman Weams]] on track. Unfortunately, he was the unwitting puppet of the Intelligence, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'') having been shot in the back early in the fighting ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') and his corpse reanimated and possessed by the Intelligence so it could sabotage operations against it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') | Arnold took part in [[London Event|the fight]] against the [[Great Intelligence]] and its [[robot Yeti]] in the [[London Underground]]. To the other soldiers, he was seen as a brave and stalwart NCO who kept [[Stephen Weams|Craftsman Weams]] on track. Unfortunately, he was the unwitting puppet of the Intelligence, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'') having been killed by a shot in the back early in the fighting ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') and his corpse reanimated and possessed by the Intelligence so it could sabotage operations against it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') Most of the time, Arnold acted like his normal self and was apparently unaware that he was possessed by the Intelligence. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]'') | ||
In a brief moment of mental freedom, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') Arnold warned Colonel [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] that it was "as if [the fungus] knew what [they] were up to", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') but the Intelligence tightened its grip on him soon after. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') Arnold was finally destroyed when the Intelligence was defeated, his body burned and charred beyond recovery. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') | In a brief moment of mental freedom, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') Arnold warned Colonel [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] that it was "as if [the fungus] knew what [they] were up to", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') but the Intelligence tightened its grip on him soon after. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') Arnold was finally destroyed when the Intelligence was defeated, his body burned and charred beyond recovery. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* Staff Sergeant Arnold's full name was revealed in [[Downtime (novelisation)|the novelisation]] of the video ''[[Downtime (home video)|Downtime]]'', and again in ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]''. | * Staff Sergeant Arnold's full name was revealed in [[Downtime (novelisation)|the novelisation]] of the video ''[[Downtime (home video)|Downtime]]'', and again in ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]''. | ||
* In the TV story, Arnold is called "Staff" but the novelisation simplifies it as "Sarge". | * In the TV story, Arnold is called "Staff" but the novelisation simplifies it as "Sarge". | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:19, 9 March 2023
Staff Sergeant George Albert Arnold was a senior NCO in the Royal Engineers Corp, 21 Regiment. (TV: The Web of Fear)
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Arnold grew up poor in London and, as a child, he was sometimes forced to steal food due to lack of money. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son)
Arnold was a kindly man but didn't like this to be known among the ranks, and would sometimes affect a harsher manner. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Web of Fear)
Death[[edit] | [edit source]]
Arnold took part in the fight against the Great Intelligence and its robot Yeti in the London Underground. To the other soldiers, he was seen as a brave and stalwart NCO who kept Craftsman Weams on track. Unfortunately, he was the unwitting puppet of the Intelligence, (TV: The Web of Fear) having been killed by a shot in the back early in the fighting (PROSE: The Forgotten Son) and his corpse reanimated and possessed by the Intelligence so it could sabotage operations against it. (TV: The Web of Fear) Most of the time, Arnold acted like his normal self and was apparently unaware that he was possessed by the Intelligence. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Web of Fear)
In a brief moment of mental freedom, (PROSE: The Forgotten Son) Arnold warned Colonel Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart that it was "as if [the fungus] knew what [they] were up to", (TV: The Web of Fear) but the Intelligence tightened its grip on him soon after. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son) Arnold was finally destroyed when the Intelligence was defeated, his body burned and charred beyond recovery. (TV: The Web of Fear)
Post-mortem[[edit] | [edit source]]
Like many other dead soldiers (including Colonel Pemberton), Arnold was, for a time, interred at the mortuary of St Mark's hospital in Kenton during the clear up following the London Event. His corpse was resurrected by the Great Intelligence and walked out of the morgue, making its way to Bledoe, Cornwall, causing people to zone out and walk in circles as he passed. Arnold possessed some of his memories and tended to think of himself by his middle name of Albert. While he believed he was free and off to fight the Intelligence, he was actually bringing a fragment of it to the rest so it can regain full strength. In the end, Lethbridge-Stewart shot him through the head to defeat the Intelligence. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son)
His body was stored in the Vault's deep freeze. (PROSE: Beast of Fang Rock)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Staff Sergeant Arnold's full name was revealed in the novelisation of the video Downtime, and again in The Forgotten Son.
- In the TV story, Arnold is called "Staff" but the novelisation simplifies it as "Sarge".
