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}}A '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a kind of [[nuclear weapon]] possessed by at least the [[British]] [[Royal Navy]] during the [[Cold War]]. They were launched from [[submarine]]s. Somewhere in the South [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]], either the [[Third Doctor|Third]] or [[Fourth Doctor]] used a Dalek control frequency, which was enslaving the crew of the [[HMS Pandora|HMS ''Pandora'']], to order its captain to launch a Polaris along a 90-degree trajectory. Thus, the missile went up and came right back down along the same path. This caused the Polaris to hit the [[Dalek saucer]] and eliminate the threat it posed. Later, in a conference with Admiral [[Dunsford]], the Doctor feigned ignorance over who might have ordered the ''Pandora'' to fire its missile. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Threat from Beneath]]'') | }}A '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a kind of [[nuclear weapon]] possessed by at least the [[British]] [[Royal Navy]] during the [[Cold War]]. They were launched from [[submarine]]s. Somewhere in the South [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]], either the [[Third Doctor|Third]] or [[Fourth Doctor]] used a Dalek control frequency, which was enslaving the crew of the [[HMS Pandora|HMS ''Pandora'']], to order its captain to launch a Polaris along a 90-degree trajectory. Thus, the missile went up and came right back down along the same path. This caused the Polaris to hit the [[Dalek saucer]] and eliminate the threat it posed. Later, in a conference with Admiral [[Dunsford]], the Doctor feigned ignorance over who might have ordered the ''Pandora'' to fire its missile. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Threat from Beneath]]'') | ||
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