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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|image = Unnatural Selection.jpg | |image = Unnatural Selection.jpg | ||
|main character = [[Liz Shaw]] | |main character = [[Liz Shaw|Liz]] | ||
|featuring = Patricia Haggard | |featuring = Patricia Haggard{{!}}Patsy | ||
|featuring2 = Brian Rutherford | |featuring2 = Brian Rutherford{{!}}Rutherford | ||
|featuring3 = Julie Gilchrist | |featuring3 = Julie Gilchrist{{!}}Gilchrist | ||
|enemy = [[Alfred Emerson]] | |enemy = [[Alfred Emerson|Emerson]] | ||
|setting = [[Earth]] | |setting = [[Earth]] | ||
|writer = [[Mark Gatiss]] | |writer = [[Mark Gatiss]] | ||
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|next = Ghosts of Winterborne (home video) | |next = Ghosts of Winterborne (home video) | ||
}}{{TV stub}} | }}{{TV stub}} | ||
'''''Unnatural Selection''''' was | '''''Unnatural Selection''''' was the third story in [[BBV Productions]]' ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' series. It was written by [[Mark Gatiss]] and directed by [[Bill Baggs]]. It featured [[Caroline John]] as [[Liz Shaw|Dr Liz Shaw]] and [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Patricia Haggard|Patsy Haggard]]. | ||
[[Geoffrey Beevers]] returned as [[Brian Rutherford]] of the [[Ministry of Defence]], having previously appeared in a minor role in ''[[The Devil of Winterborne (home video)|The Devil of Winterborne]]'', and was forced to [[resignation|resign]] over his connections to [[BEAGLE]]. [[Terry Molloy]]'s character, [[Burke|D.I. Burke]], who said he planned on joining [[Preternatural Research Bureau|P.R.o.B.e.]] in the previous story, did not return and Liz instead worked with [[Ackroyd (Unnatural Selection)|Colonel Ackroyd]], played by [[Alexander Kirk]]. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
In [[1975]], the [[British government|British Government]] quietly closed down a secret evolutionary project codenamed [[BEAGLE]], ordering the destruction of all research materials. | In [[1975]], the [[British government|British Government]] quietly closed down a secret evolutionary project codenamed [[BEAGLE]], ordering the destruction of all research materials. | ||
Today, the discovery of several horrifically mutated bodies alerts [[Liz Shaw]] and [[P.R.O.B.E.]] to the fact that something is stalking the original site of project BEAGLE — something which may challenge the very nature of [[human]]ity itself! | Today, the discovery of several horrifically mutated bodies alerts [[Liz Shaw]] and [[Preternatural Research Bureau|P.R.O.B.E.]] to the fact that [[Alfred Emerson|something]] is stalking the original site of project BEAGLE — something which may challenge the very nature of [[human]]ity itself! | ||
With a crack security team at her disposal, Liz desperately attempts to track down the perverted results of the project. | With a crack security team at her disposal, Liz desperately attempts to track down the perverted results of the project. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] came up with the idea of [[Survival of the fittest|natural selection]] in a dream before [[Charles Darwin]] did. | * [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] came up with the idea of [[Survival of the fittest|natural selection]] in a dream before [[Charles Darwin]] did. He wrote ''[[Voyage of the Beagle]]''. | ||
* Liz's phone number is 01372 559 910. The dialling code belongs to Esher, a town in [[Surrey]]. | * Liz's phone number is 01372 559 910. The dialling code belongs to Esher, a town in [[Surrey]]. | ||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* This is the second new on-screen story to be released in 1996, the other being [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the TV movie]]. Another ''P.R.O.B.E.'' story, ''[[Ghosts of Winterborne]]'', was released the following month. | * This is the second new on-screen story to be released in 1996, the other being [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the TV movie]]. Another ''P.R.O.B.E.'' story, ''[[Ghosts of Winterborne (home video)|Ghosts of Winterborne]]'', was released the following month. | ||
=== Myths === | === Myths === | ||