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* In the real world, Hess was captured in March 1941 after his plane crashed in [[Scotland]] during an unauthorised mission to make peace with Britain before Germany invaded the [[Soviet Union]]. While ''Heart of TARDIS'' briefly alludes to this by mentioning his plane, the exact details of Hess's capture within the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] have yet to be revealed. | * In the real world, Hess was captured in March 1941 after his plane crashed in [[Scotland]] during an unauthorised mission to make peace with Britain before Germany invaded the [[Soviet Union]]. While ''Heart of TARDIS'' briefly alludes to this by mentioning his plane, the exact details of Hess's capture within the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] have yet to be revealed. | ||
* Originally, the character [[Kane (Dragonfire)|Kane]] from ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' was to be named "Hess." However, around this time (August 1987), the [[Soviet Union]] government had announced that they were no longer blocking the release of Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess on humanitarian grounds, an announcement closely followed by the 93-year-old Hess' death by apparent [[suicide]] at Spandau Prison in [[Berlin]], [[West Germany]]. These events forced a name change to Kane. "Kane" came about because it also had four letters, which allowed the [[script editor]], [[Andrew Cartmel]], to easily replace "Hess" with "Kane" in the scripts. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Fire and Ice]]'') | * Originally, the character [[Kane (Dragonfire)|Kane]] from ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' was to be named "Hess." However, around this time (August 1987), the [[Soviet Union]] government had announced that they were no longer blocking the release of Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess on humanitarian grounds, an announcement closely followed by the 93-year-old Hess' death by apparent [[suicide]] at Spandau Prison in [[Berlin]], [[West Germany]]. These events forced a name change to Kane. "Kane" came about because it also had four letters, which allowed the [[script editor]], [[Andrew Cartmel]], to easily replace "Hess" with "Kane" in the scripts. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Fire and Ice]]'') | ||
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[[Category:Politicians from the real world]] | [[Category:Politicians from the real world]] | ||
