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'''[[Colonel]] Patrick Archer''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (novelisation)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') 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]]. | ||
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Colonel Patrick Archer (PROSE: Resurrection of the Daleks) was an officer in the British Army.
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 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
- 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.
