Doctor Who (TV Series)

The Faceless Ones: Episode 5 (1967)

Colin Gordon: Commandant

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Jean Rock : Negative report from Air Sea Rescue, Sir.

  Commandant : But with two aircraft ditching, there must be some signs of wreckage.

  Dr. Who : [gently]  Why do you think the Chameleon plane crashed into the sea?

  Commandant : Because it disappeared off our radar screen!

  Dr. Who : But it stood still first!

  Commandant : Because it must have collided with the RAF plane and dropped like a stone.

  Dr. Who : Why do you think that?

  Commandant : [the Commandant snatches a note-pad from his desk and draws a big circle, bisected by a horizontal line]  You see, when a plane on that radar appears to stand still, it is in point of fact dropping straight down.

  Dr. Who : What about straight up?

  Commandant : [wearily]  Oh my dear Doctor! To get above our radar umbrella like that it would have to climb vertically until it was a hundred miles high. The darned thing would be in outer space.

  Dr. Who : Exactly!