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In January 1965, Tin-Tin Kyrano and her father thought that Jeff Tracy might like some coffee while he was waiting for news on Lady Penelope's rescue. After Tin-Tin brought him some, Jeff commented that he believed waiting to be the worst part of "these operations". (TV: The Man from MI.5 ^[+]Loading...["The Man from MI.5 (TV story)"])

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After being handed the phone by the B9 Robot, John Robot told a customer in broken English that there was an issue processing their call and there would be a "short wait", before attempting to hand the phone to a Grey Dalek. (TV: Robots Ad ^[+]Loading...["Robots Ad (TV story)"])