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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* Archer's first name, Patrick, was never mentioned on-screen; it was given only in [[Eric Saward]]'s novelisation.
* 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 Piggott-Smith|Tim Pigott-Smith]], [[Patrick Stewart]] and [[David Warner]] were considered for the role before [[Del Henney]] was cast.{{NameSort}}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Ball_(actor) Nicholas Ball], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Byrne_(actor) Michael Byrne], [[Tom Chadbon]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Firth Peter Firth], [[Tim Piggott-Smith|Tim Pigott-Smith]], [[Patrick Stewart]] and [[David Warner]] were considered for the role before [[Del Henney]] was cast.{{NameSort}}


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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