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|appearances= [[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice]]'' | |appearances= [[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'' | ||
|actor= Allan Mitchell | |actor= Allan Mitchell | ||
}}'''Michael Wagstaffe''' was a journalist who worked as defence correspondent of the ''[[Daily Chronicle]]''. He questioned [[James Munro|Captain Munro]] and then [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] about the [[Oxley Woods]] [[meteorite]] shower and the [[Third Doctor]]'s identity, and later asked [[Channing]] if he could vacate the phone box so that the reporters could make some calls. | }}'''Michael Wagstaffe''' was a journalist who worked as defence correspondent of the ''[[Daily Chronicle]]''. He questioned [[James Munro|Captain Munro]] and then [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] about the [[Oxley Woods]] [[meteorite]] shower and the [[Third Doctor]]'s identity, and later asked [[Channing]] if he could vacate the phone box so that the reporters could make some calls. | ||
Wagstaffe's theory was that the Doctor had found one of the [[Nestene]] [[meteorite]]s and wouldn't tell [[UNIT]] where he'd hidden it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') | Wagstaffe's theory was that the Doctor had found one of the [[Nestene]] [[meteorite]]s and wouldn't tell [[UNIT]] where he'd hidden it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') | ||
Later that year, Wagstaffe was killed in the [[assassination]] attempt on Sir [[John Sudbury]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice]]'') | Later that year, Wagstaffe was killed in the [[assassination]] attempt on Sir [[John Sudbury]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Wagstaffe is never named on screen in ''Spearhead''; his name is only given in the closing credits. His first name of Michael is only given in the novel. | Wagstaffe is never named on screen in ''Spearhead''; his name is only given in the closing credits. His first name of Michael is only given in the novel. | ||
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[[Category:Human journalists]] | [[Category:Human journalists]] | ||
[[Category:20th century individuals]] | [[Category:20th century individuals]] | ||
