Robert Baden-Powell
Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell was an officer in the British Army who fought in the Boer War. He later founded the Boy Scouts.
In 1887, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson met Baden-Powell on the Orient Express. He had a fondness for studying butterflies. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)
The Second Doctor claimed to have given Baden-Powell the idea for the Scouts at Mafeking. (COMIC: Freedom by Fire)
In 1902, Baden-Powell led an attack against the Judoon at Balmoral Castle. The Tenth Doctor advised him to order a cease-fire and make a tactical retreat. He then wished him good luck with his Boy Scout movement. (PROSE: Revenge of the Judoon) The Doctor later claimed he had been taught to tie knots by Baden-Powell. (PROSE: Judgement of the Judoon)
After building a bonfire, the Eighth Doctor claimed that he hadn't built one that good since that weekend in the woods with Baden-Powell. (PROSE: Illumination) He later claimed that he had told "good old Baden-Powell" to be prepared. (PROSE: Demontage)
When Sabbath said that it was good to be prepared, Trix MacMillan said that her great-grandfather Baden-Powell used to say that, then admitted that she was joking. (PROSE: Time Zero)
The Eleventh Doctor claimed that Baden-Powell had taught him the rudiments of tracking. (PROSE: The Silent Stars Go By)
In the Warrior's universe, the Fourth Doctor, after learning that Narvin had given him the Elixir of Life which enabled him to regenerate into the Warrior, proclaimed that Baden-Powell would be proud, "in knots". (AUDIO: Dust Devil)
Behind the scenes
- Baden-Powell's first name is not actually given in any of the texts.
