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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* Some of the RSF ranks in ''Inferno'' are English translations of ranks from the [[Nazi]] SS and Stormtroopers: Brigade Leader from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadef%C3%BChrer Brigadeführer]'', Section Leader from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rottenf%C3%BChrer Rottenführer]''. Platoon Under-Leader may be a mistranslation of '' | * Some of the RSF ranks in ''Inferno'' are English translations of ranks from the [[Nazi]] SS and Stormtroopers: Brigade Leader from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadef%C3%BChrer Brigadeführer]'', Section Leader from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rottenf%C3%BChrer Rottenführer]''. Platoon Under-Leader may be a mistranslation of ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterscharf%C3%BChrer Unterscharführer]'' ("junior squad leader"), a sergeant-equivalent rank. (This was dropped for ''I, Alastair'') | ||
* While the ranks and iconography refer to the Nazis, the RSF's guns are [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/inferno/detail.shtml noted by the BBC] to be Soviet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKS Simonov SKSs]. In ''The Schizoid Earth'', the regular Lethbridge-Stewart believes he's behind the Iron Curtain as he identifies the guns as a version of the Russian PPSH machine gun. | * While the ranks and iconography refer to the Nazis, the RSF's guns are [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/inferno/detail.shtml noted by the BBC] to be Soviet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKS Simonov SKSs]. In ''The Schizoid Earth'', the regular Lethbridge-Stewart believes he's behind the Iron Curtain as he identifies the guns as a version of the Russian PPSH machine gun. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leconfield_House Leconfield House] was the home of MI5 from 1945 to 1976. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leconfield_House Leconfield House] was the home of [[MI5]] from [[1945]] to [[1976]]. | ||
[[Category:Security forces]] | [[Category:Security forces]] | ||
[[Category:Inferno Earth]] | [[Category:Inferno Earth]] | ||
