Archer (Resurrection of the Daleks)

Colonel Patrick Archer (PROSE: Resurrection of the Daleks) was an officer in the British Army.

	Human
	Colonel
	British Army
	Earth
	Resurrection of the Daleks
	Del Henney

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

• 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 Pigott-Smith, Patrick Stewart and David Warner were considered for the role before Del Henney was cast.