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[[Professor]] '''Henry Smithers''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Imaginary Friends (novel)|Imaginary Friends]]'') was a [[scientist]] who developed [[DN6]]. | [[Professor]] '''Henry Smithers''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Imaginary Friends (novel)|Imaginary Friends]]'') was a [[scientist]] who developed [[DN6]]. | ||
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Smithers was "bought" by [[Mark Forester]] during the [[1960s]], who moved him into [[ | Smithers was "bought" by [[Mark Forester]] during the [[1960s]], who moved him into [[The Old Cottage|a cottage]] and provided him with scientific equipment to develop [[DN6]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (novelisation)|Planet of Giants]]'') His early experiments were welcomed by the Ministry and he spent a year working on it, working fifteen to sixteen hours a day, ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'') but he refused to face the truth when [[Arnold Farrow]] told him of its dangers. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (novelisation)|Planet of Giants]]'') | ||
Forester showed Smithers Farrow's body after shooting him dead. Whilst he did not believe that Farrow had been killed accidentally, Smithers bought Forester's story about Farrow attempting to blackmail him and, to ensure that DN6 went into production, he helped to cover up the murder. However, upon finding that a [[cat]] had been killed by DN6, he realised how dangerous his creation was and, when [[Bert Rowse|PC Bert Rowse]] entered the cottage after Forester was left unconscious by an explosion, Smithers began to tell him what had happened ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'') and showed him Farrow's body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (novelisation)|Planet of Giants]]'') | Forester showed Smithers Farrow's body after shooting him dead. Whilst he did not believe that Farrow had been killed accidentally, Smithers bought Forester's story about Farrow attempting to blackmail him and, to ensure that DN6 went into production, he helped to cover up the murder. However, upon finding that a [[cat]] had been killed by DN6, he realised how dangerous his creation was and, when [[Bert Rowse|PC Bert Rowse]] entered the cottage after Forester was left unconscious by an explosion, Smithers began to tell him what had happened ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'') and showed him Farrow's body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (novelisation)|Planet of Giants]]'') | ||
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