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An '''elephant gun''' was a [[firearm]], originally developed for use by [[Big-game hunter|big-game hunters]] for [[Elephant|elephants]] and other large game in the [[19th century|19th]] and [[20th century|20th]] [[Century|centuries]]. It was also used in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. | An '''elephant gun''' was a [[firearm]], originally developed for use by [[Big-game hunter|big-game hunters]] for [[Elephant|elephants]] and other large game in the [[19th century|19th]] and [[20th century|20th]] [[Century|centuries]]. It was also used in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. | ||
In [[1889]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] asked [[George Litefoot]] for an elephant gun and he offered a [[Chinese fowling gun]] as an alternative. Seeing that it was made in [[Birmingham]], the Doctor accepted it and used it to kill a [[giant rat]] in the [[London sewers]] when it attacked [[Leela]]. ([[TV]]: | In [[1889]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] asked [[George Litefoot]] for an elephant gun and he offered a [[Chinese fowling gun]] as an alternative. Seeing that it was made in [[Birmingham]], the Doctor accepted it and used it to kill a [[giant rat]] in the [[London sewers]] when it attacked [[Leela]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)}}) | ||
[[Redvers Fenn-Cooper]], a [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[Hunting|hunter]] and member of the [[Royal Geographical Society]], nearly shot the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] with an elephant gun until he was snapped out by his own reflection in [[Gabriel Chase]] during [[1883]]. ([[TV]]: | [[Redvers Fenn-Cooper]], a [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[Hunting|hunter]] and member of the [[Royal Geographical Society]], nearly shot the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] with an elephant gun until he was snapped out by his own reflection in [[Gabriel Chase]] during [[1883]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Ghost Light (TV story)}}) | ||
[[Category:Weapons from the real world]] | [[Category:Weapons from the real world]] | ||
