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Restoring original BtS notes. The citation used here is a link to an unsourced image, which contradicts what is said here anyway. Going with Occam's razor, the ranks being literal translations of SS ranks seems more likely than this conjectural link to the BUF. Also there's no need to go into such detail about the weapons, especially when the previous BtS citation from the BBC website mentioning the type of weapon had been removed.
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(Restoring original BtS notes. The citation used here is a link to an unsourced image, which contradicts what is said here anyway. Going with Occam's razor, the ranks being literal translations of SS ranks seems more likely than this conjectural link to the BUF. Also there's no need to go into such detail about the weapons, especially when the previous BtS citation from the BBC website mentioning the type of weapon had been removed.) |
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The RSF was founded in [[1959]] by [[James Lethbridge-Stewart (Inferno Earth)|Major James Lethbridge-Stewart]] and [[Marianne Kyle|Captain Marianne Kyle]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Schizoid Earth (novel)|The Schizoid Earth]]'') Shortly after its establishment they battled the [[Bannermen]] in [[Wales]], from whom they obtained [[artificial gravity]] and [[faster-than-light travel|fast drive technology]] which allowed them to construct a base in space. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'') | The RSF was founded in [[1959]] by [[James Lethbridge-Stewart (Inferno Earth)|Major James Lethbridge-Stewart]] and [[Marianne Kyle|Captain Marianne Kyle]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Schizoid Earth (novel)|The Schizoid Earth]]'') Shortly after its establishment they battled the [[Bannermen]] in [[Wales]], from whom they obtained [[artificial gravity]] and [[faster-than-light travel|fast drive technology]] which allowed them to construct a base in space. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'') | ||
During the [[1960s]], the RSF fought many alien threats under the leadership of James Lethbridge-Stewart, including the [[Great Intelligence]] and the [[Axos|Axons]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]'') They would also carry out general security operations, investigated political criminals, and did expeditionary work abroad. Internal security work as done by the Security Directorate, based out of Leconfield House in [[Mayfair]], which was part of External Security ''despite'' the existence of Internal Affairs and their [[Auxpol]] organisation — ExSec and Internal had a famously bloody rivalry. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'') | During the [[1960s]], the RSF fought many alien threats under the leadership of James Lethbridge-Stewart, including the [[Great Intelligence]] and the [[Axos|Axons]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]'') They would also carry out general security operations, investigated political criminals, and did expeditionary work abroad. Internal security work as done by the Security Directorate, based out of [[Leconfield House]] in [[Mayfair]], which was part of External Security ''despite'' the existence of Internal Affairs and their [[Auxpol]] organisation — ExSec and Internal had a famously bloody rivalry. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'') | ||
The RSF's encounter with the Great Intelligence brought them into contact with [[The Master|the Master's]] counterpart [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]], who helped them battle the Intelligence at the expense of [[Koschei's TARDIS (Inferno Earth)|his TARDIS]], which was ruined though the console was salvaged. The RSF tortured Koschei and [[Ailla (Inferno Earth)|Ailla]], eventually killing her though it's unknown if she somehow survived through [[regeneration]]. | The RSF's encounter with the Great Intelligence brought them into contact with [[The Master|the Master's]] counterpart [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]], who helped them battle the Intelligence at the expense of [[Koschei's TARDIS (Inferno Earth)|his TARDIS]], which was ruined though the console was salvaged. The RSF tortured Koschei and [[Ailla (Inferno Earth)|Ailla]], eventually killing her though it's unknown if she somehow survived through [[regeneration]]. | ||
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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]] ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' and ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'': Brigade Leader from {{wi|Brigadeführer}}, Section Leader from {{wi|Rottenführer}}. Platoon Under-Leader may be a mistranslation of {{wi|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 noted by the BBC to be Soviet {{w|SKS Simonov SKSs}}.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160820154348/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/inferno/detail.shtml BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - Inferno]</ref> 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. | |||
* | * {{w|Leconfield House}} was the home of [[MI5]] from [[1945]] to [[1976]]. | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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[[Category:Security forces]] | [[Category:Security forces]] | ||
[[Category:Inferno Earth]] | [[Category:Inferno Earth]] | ||
