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|appearances= [[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice]]'' | |appearances= [[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice]]'' | ||
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}}'''Michael Wagstaffe''' was a journalist who worked as defence correspondent of the ''[[Daily Chronicle]]''. He questioned [[ | }}'''Michael Wagstaffe''' was a journalist who worked as defence correspondent of the ''[[Daily Chronicle]]''. He questioned [[James Munro|Captain Munro]] and then [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] about the [[Oxley Woods]] [[meteorite]] shower and the [[Third Doctor]]'s identity, and later asked [[Channing]] if he could vacate the phone box so that the reporters could make some calls. | ||
Wagstaffe's theory was that the Doctor had found one of the [[Nestene]] [[meteorite]]s and wouldn't tell [[UNIT]] where he'd hidden it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') | Wagstaffe's theory was that the Doctor had found one of the [[Nestene]] [[meteorite]]s and wouldn't tell [[UNIT]] where he'd hidden it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') | ||
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Wagstaffe is never named on screen in ''Spearhead''; his name is only given in the closing credits. His first name of Michael is only given in the novel. | Wagstaffe is never named on screen in ''Spearhead''; his name is only given in the closing credits. His first name of Michael is only given in the novel. | ||
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Revision as of 04:52, 7 December 2018
Michael Wagstaffe was a journalist who worked as defence correspondent of the Daily Chronicle. He questioned Captain Munro and then Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart about the Oxley Woods meteorite shower and the Third Doctor's identity, and later asked Channing if he could vacate the phone box so that the reporters could make some calls.
Wagstaffe's theory was that the Doctor had found one of the Nestene meteorites and wouldn't tell UNIT where he'd hidden it. (TV: Spearhead from Space)
Later that year, Wagstaffe was killed in the assassination attempt on Sir John Sudbury. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice)
Behind the scenes
Wagstaffe is never named on screen in Spearhead; his name is only given in the closing credits. His first name of Michael is only given in the novel.
