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}}A '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a kind of [[nuclear weapon]] possessed by at least the [[British]] [[Royal Navy]] during the [[Cold War]].  They were launched from [[submarine]]s.  Somewhere in the South [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]], either the [[Third Doctor|Third]] or [[Fourth Doctor]] used a Dalek control frequency, which was enslaving the crew of the [[HMS Pandora|HMS ''Pandora'']], to order its captain to launch a Polaris along a 90-degree trajectory.  Thus, the missile went up and came right back down along the same path.  This caused the Polaris to hit the [[Dalek saucer]] and eliminate the threat it posed.  Later, in a conference with Admiral [[Dunsford]], the Doctor feigned ignorance over who might have ordered the ''Pandora'' to fire its missile.  ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Threat from Beneath]]'')
}}A '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a kind of [[nuclear missile]] possessed by at least the [[British]] [[Royal Navy]] during the [[Cold War]].  They were launched from [[submarine]]s.  Somewhere in the South [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]], either the [[Third Doctor|Third]] or [[Fourth Doctor]] used a Dalek control frequency, which was enslaving the crew of the [[HMS Pandora|HMS ''Pandora'']], to order its captain to launch a Polaris along a 90-degree trajectory.  Thus, the missile went up and came right back down along the same path.  This caused the Polaris to hit the [[Dalek saucer]] and eliminate the threat it posed.  Later, in a conference with Admiral [[Dunsford]], the Doctor feigned ignorance over who might have ordered the ''Pandora'' to fire its missile.  ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Threat from Beneath]]'')
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{{wikipediainfo|UGM-27 Polaris#British Polaris}}
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[[Category:Weapons from the real world]]
[[Category:Weapons from the real world]]
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