Richard Blake
Major Thomas Blake (PROSE: The Christmas Invasion) was the UNIT officer in charge of the Tower of London branch of UNIT. On 24 December 2006, he briefed Harriet Jones and Daniel Llewellyn on the protocols of dealing with extraterrestrial beings as the Sycorax invaded Earth. He was with them when all three were teleported aboard the Sycorax ship. After the death of Llewellyn, Blake tried to protect Harriet Jones and Alex by protesting Llewellyn's cold blooded death, but died when the Sycorax leader struck him with his death whip. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)
Behind the scenes
- Major Blake is only addressed as "Major" in dialogue and the credits for The Christmas Invasion simply call him "Major Blake". The secure section of the UNIT website, accessed through the password "badwolf" calls him Richard[1], whereas the novelisation gives him the name Thomas.
While Blake is calm and respectful to Jones in the episode, the UNIT website has him more irreverent and assumes she's looking for an "excuse" to visit the Tower of London base. He later advises staff "Be respectful, supportive, and obviously don't let her think that she owns the place."
Footnotes
- ↑ Operations board: Guinevere One. UNIT website. Retrieved on 28 October 2013.
