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 [+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"])
The Second Doctor claimed to have given Baden-Powell the idea for the Scouts at Mafeking. (COMIC: Freedom by Fire [+]Loading...["Freedom by Fire (comic story)"])
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 [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Judoon (novel)"]) The Doctor later claimed he had been taught to tie knots by Baden-Powell. (PROSE: Judgement of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Judgement of the Judoon (novel)"])
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 [+]Loading...["Illumination (short story)"]) He later claimed that he had told "good old Baden-Powell" to be prepared. (PROSE: Demontage [+]Loading...["Demontage (novel)"])
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 [+]Loading...["Time Zero (novel)"])
The Eleventh Doctor claimed that Baden-Powell had taught him the rudiments of tracking. (PROSE: The Silent Stars Go By [+]Loading...["The Silent Stars Go By (novel)"])
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 [+]Loading...["Dust Devil (audio story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Baden-Powell's first name is not actually given in any of the texts.
- Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"] references real-world Nazi plans, discovered after World War II, to arrest many significant British figures during Operation Sealion. Known as The Black Book in real life, Baden-Powell was on that list.
