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: From this, it is pretty clear that Reg and Fred are absolutely not the same inindividual, but two separate individuals named both in homage to the disputed actors of the original policeman, as well as essentially serving the same job. | : From this, it is pretty clear that Reg and Fred are absolutely not the same inindividual, but two separate individuals named both in homage to the disputed actors of the original policeman, as well as essentially serving the same job. | ||
: But as I have previously said, Fred is absolutely the same character as the policeman as Bernard Whittham is. <div style="background-color:#0E234E; border: solid 0.5px gold; display: inline; white-space: nowrap;">[[doctorwho:user:Epsilon the Eternal|<span style="background:#0E234E; color:white"><code>Epsilon</code></span>]][[doctorwho:user talk:Epsilon the Eternal|📯]] [[doctorwho:special:Contributions/Epsilon the Eternal|📂]]</div> 12:16, 28 August 2021 (UTC) | : But as I have previously said, Fred is absolutely the same character as the policeman as Bernard Whittham is. <div style="background-color:#0E234E; border: solid 0.5px gold; display: inline; white-space: nowrap;">[[doctorwho:user:Epsilon the Eternal|<span style="background:#0E234E; color:white"><code>Epsilon</code></span>]][[doctorwho:user talk:Epsilon the Eternal|📯]] [[doctorwho:special:Contributions/Epsilon the Eternal|📂]]</div> 12:16, 28 August 2021 (UTC) | ||
::Oh, and this section of the novel takes place on [[23 November]], the day after [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', and is set in Totter's Lane, thus making Fred Rawlings pretty explicitly the policeman. | |||
:: In short, in ''AUC'', a policeman is seen doing his rounds in Totter's Lane on 22 November, and within the space of twenty minutes the First Doctor kidnaps Ian and Barbara. | |||
:: In ''SoS'', it shows that a policeman, Fred Rawlings, had later came into the policeman station blabbering on about "people who weren't there", and thus, the day later on the 23rd, his co-worker Reg takes over Fred's shift onn Totter's Lane as Fred stays at home, Fred assuming that he had just caught the flu and had not actually seen a bunch of people disappear. <div style="background-color:#0E234E; border: solid 0.5px gold; display: inline; white-space: nowrap;">[[doctorwho:user:Epsilon the Eternal|<span style="background:#0E234E; color:white"><code>Epsilon</code></span>]][[doctorwho:user talk:Epsilon the Eternal|📯]] [[doctorwho:special:Contributions/Epsilon the Eternal|📂]]</div> 12:31, 28 August 2021 (UTC) | |||
