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 {{Infobox Individual
-|individual name= Dobson
+|image             = DobsonTAOD.jpg
-|image=
+|species           = Human
-|alias=
+|job               = Technician
-|race= [[Human]]
+|affiliation       = Space Control
-|home planet= [[Earth]]
+|origin            = [[Earth]]
-|home era= [[1970s]]
+|only              = The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)
-|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]''
+|main actor        = Juan Moreno
-|actor= [[Juan Moreno]]
 }}
-'''Dobson''' was a scientist at Space Control who helped [[Liz Shaw]] decode an alien message. He was secretly working for General [[Carrington]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'')
+'''Dobson''' was a senior [[computer]] [[technician]] at [[Space Control]] and [[Bruno Taltalian]]'s [[chief assistant]] of two years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'') He was a short, thin-faced dark-haired man with a "mournful" face. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')
-{{character stub}}
+Working with Dr Taltalian and [[General]] [[George Carrington]], Dobson pretended to help the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]] decode [[Alien Ambassador's species|the aliens]]' message using a machine sabotaged by Dr Taltalian. When they began to crack the code, he called Sir [[James Quinlan]] and warned him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')
+== Behind the scenes ==
+The character was originally named Dawson until a member of the production team realised there had been a character named [[Phyllis Dawson|Dawson]] in the [[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|previous story]]. ([[INFO]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')
+{{NameSort}}
 [[Category:Human scientists]]
 [[Category:20th century individuals]]
+[[Category:Space Control employees]]
+[[Category:Human technicians]]