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In February, 1944, Polly met a [[Randolph Wright (Nazi spy)|man whom she thought was her uncle]], but he turned out to be a [[Nazi]] agent who had tried to impresonate Randolph for the purposes of infiltrating the [[French resistance]]. ([[CC]]: ''[[Resistance]]'') | In February, 1944, Polly met a [[Randolph Wright (Nazi spy)|man whom she thought was her uncle]], but he turned out to be a [[Nazi]] agent who had tried to impresonate Randolph for the purposes of infiltrating the [[French resistance]]. ([[CC]]: ''[[Resistance]]'') | ||
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:''Though [[John Sackville]] mostly portrays the false Randolph Wright, he does appear to portray the genuine Randolph as he gets shot down at the very start of the play. | *''That Randolph's surname is mentioned in ''Resistance'' is significant. Polly's surname, by contrast, was never mentioned in any bit of performed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' up to this point. "Wright" had instead derived from the [[Gary Russell]] book, ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People]]''. The explicit mention of his last name in a piece of ''performed'' ''Doctor Who'' thus gives the name "Polly Wright" a measure of wider acceptance and therefore greater authority. | ||
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*''Though [[John Sackville]] mostly portrays the false Randolph Wright, he does appear to portray the genuine Randolph as he gets shot down at the very start of the play. | |||
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Revision as of 18:16, 3 December 2010
Pilot Officer Randolph Wright was Polly's patrilineal uncle. Shot down over (probably Vichy) France, he died in a Nazi prisoner of war camp during World War II. He was survived by his two older brothers, including Polly's father, Edward. The older Wright honoured his younger brother's memory by telling Polly tales of her uncle after the war.
In February, 1944, Polly met a man whom she thought was her uncle, but he turned out to be a Nazi agent who had tried to impresonate Randolph for the purposes of infiltrating the French resistance. (CC: Resistance)
Behind the scenes
- That Randolph's surname is mentioned in Resistance is significant. Polly's surname, by contrast, was never mentioned in any bit of performed Doctor Who up to this point. "Wright" had instead derived from the Gary Russell book, Invasion of the Cat-People. The explicit mention of his last name in a piece of performed Doctor Who thus gives the name "Polly Wright" a measure of wider acceptance and therefore greater authority.
- Though John Sackville mostly portrays the false Randolph Wright, he does appear to portray the genuine Randolph as he gets shot down at the very start of the play.
