Richard Blake
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Major Richard Blake, (PROSE: Guinevere One [+]Loading...["Guinevere One (short story)"], Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"name":"\"encyclopedia\"","page":"32","ed":"2011 reprint","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"}, The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...{"name":"\"almanac\"","chaptname":"Everything Changes","page":"82","chaptnum":"3","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"}) or Thomas Blake, (PROSE: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (novelisation)"]) was the UNIT officer in charge of the Tower Ops branch of UNIT during the Sycorax invasion of Earth.
Biography
On 24 December 2006, Sgt Catherine Petts alerted other UNIT officers on a secure operations board on the UNIT website that the Guinevere One had gone missing. Major Richard Blake responded that he'd inform the PM, (PROSE: Guinevere One [+]Loading...["Guinevere One (short story)"]) Harriet Jones, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], etc.) betting that she'd use it as an excuse to visit the Tower Ops. (PROSE: Guinevere One [+]Loading...["Guinevere One (short story)"]) He escorted David Llewellyn to the Tower, and when Harriet Jones arrived, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"]) he told the UNIT officers on the operations board to be respectful and supportive, but not to let her think that she owned the place. (PROSE: Guinevere One [+]Loading...["Guinevere One (short story)"])
In the Tower of London, Blake briefed Harriet Jones and Daniel Llewellyn on the protocols of dealing with extraterrestrial beings as the Sycorax invaded Earth. He was with them when all three were teleported aboard the Sycorax ship. After the death of Llewellyn, Blake tried to protect Harriet Jones and Alex by protesting Llewellyn's cold blooded death, but died when the Sycorax leader struck him with his death whip. (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"]) A Sycorax scribe recorded the events of the invasion, including Blake's death, but was killed along with the other Sycorax. (PROSE: The Final Darkness [+]Loading...["The Final Darkness (short story)"])
After Major Blake's death, Sgt Catherine Petts was the one to announce it on a secure operations board to other UNIT officers. Soon thereafter, Major Jenny Maguire told them that Blake's family had been contacted, and that a memorial service was being arranged, at which the PM wished to speak at. (PROSE: Project Rooftop [+]Loading...["Project Rooftop (short story)"])
Personality
Outwardly, Blake was calm and respectful to the PM, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"]) but that seemed to be a façade, as he displayed a more irreverent tone behind her back, telling other UNIT officers that she'd probably use an excuse to enter the Tower Ops, and to not let her think that she owned the place. (PROSE: Guinevere One [+]Loading...["Guinevere One (short story)"])
Behind the scenes
- Major Blake was only referred to by his vocation in The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], with his surname only appearing in the end credits. Various non-televised sources have given him different forenames.
- The most prevalent name is "Richard Blake", which is used by the short story Guinevere One [+]Loading...["Guinevere One (short story)"], the reference books Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"name":"\"encyclopedia\"","page":"32","ed":"2011 reprint","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"} and The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...{"name":"\"almanac\"","chaptname":"Everything Changes","page":"82","chaptnum":"3","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"}, and Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition #14 (the latter citing the former source).
- However, the novelisation of The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (novelisation)","novelisation of ''The Christmas Invasion''"] instead names him "Thomas Blake".
