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'''Quisling''' was an epithet roughly meaning "a traitor who collaborates with the enemy". The [[Third Doctor]] once called the [[Controller (Day of the Daleks)|Controller]] a quisling. When he discovered that the Controller was the third Controller in his family line, the Doctor said that the Controller was from a "family of quislings". ([[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'')
'''Quisling''' was an epithet roughly meaning "a traitor who collaborates with the enemy". The [[Third Doctor]] once called the [[Controller (Day of the Daleks)|Controller]] a quisling. When he discovered that the Controller was the third Controller in his family line, the Doctor said that the Controller was from a "family of quislings". ([[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'')
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:''In the real world, "Quisling" is derived from the Norwegian politician, Vidkun Quisling, who ruled [[Norway]] for the [[German]]s during [[World War II]].''
:''In the real world, "Quisling" is derived from the Norwegian politician, Vidkun Quisling, who ruled [[Norway]] for the [[German]]s during [[World War II]].''
 
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Quisling was an epithet roughly meaning "a traitor who collaborates with the enemy". The Third Doctor once called the Controller a quisling. When he discovered that the Controller was the third Controller in his family line, the Doctor said that the Controller was from a "family of quislings". (DW: Day of the Daleks)

Quisling
In the real world, "Quisling" is derived from the Norwegian politician, Vidkun Quisling, who ruled Norway for the Germans during World War II.