Forum:First use of firearms in the DWU

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Just for completion's sake with {{Infobox Object}}'s {{{first}}} variable, does anyone know the earliest appearance of firearms? I assume that the term as described on that page doesn't include Dalek gunstalks or ray guns. -- Tybort (talk page) 12:09, March 30, 2012 (UTC)

Going just by memory, I believe the bad guys in Millenius in The Keys of Marinus threaten Susan with some kind of gun. Shambala108 ^{talk to me} 15:14, March 30, 2012 (UTC)

Depends what you mean by "firearm". If you mean the word literally, then it's The Reign of Terror. If you mean anything that has a gun shape and is a range weapon" then it's The Daleks, since obviously Daleks have guns.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  <span style="">11:12: Sun 08 Apr 2012 

I'm discounting The Daleks, and other "gun-like" energy weapons, as the very first line mentions "chemical explosives" and being "usually human" in origin. -- Tybort (talk page) 11:27, April 8, 2012 (UTC)