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Post by sparacus on Sept 23, 2012 12:34:57 GMT -5
Assuming Kate is about the same age as the actress playing her - 47 (Born 1965), but accepting that the story is probably set a few years in the future, this suggests that the Brigadier had a child born somewhere around 1970. This does not seem to fit particularly well with the few references to his love life in the classic series, nor with the hopelessly tangled UNIT dating issue.
On another note, I noticed distinct differences in the characterisation of Kate in 'The Power of Three' & that in 'Downtime'. She seemed far more self-assured in this new story.
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Post by Bernie Fishnotes on Sept 23, 2012 15:33:00 GMT -5
Assuming Kate is about the same age as the actress playing her - 47 (Born 1965), but accepting that the story is probably set a few years in the future, this suggests that the Brigadier had a child born somewhere around 1970. This does not seem to fit particularly well with the few references to his love life in the classic series, nor with the hopelessly tangled UNIT dating issue. On another note, I noticed distinct differences in the characterisation of Kate in 'The Power of Three' & that in 'Downtime'. She seemed far more self-assured in this new story. Here's a mad idea, but maybe she's changed over the last 15-odd years. |
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Post by youthofoz on Sept 23, 2012 17:58:04 GMT -5
Downtime was set in the 1990s when Kate was a single mum living in a houseboat being stalked by nutters for months on end.
Honestly, it's like complaining there were differences in the characterization of the Brigadier in Battlefield than in Web of Fear.
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Post by youthofoz on Sept 23, 2012 17:59:49 GMT -5
And the novel Scales of Injustice makes the Brig's life quite clear. He married a woman called Fiona and had a child called Kate who was about five years old at the time of Season 7. The stress of working at UNIT caused the Brig's marriage to collapse and he remained single till the late 1980s when he met Doris again and married her.
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Post by youthofoz on Sept 23, 2012 18:14:18 GMT -5
UNIT dating, by the by, is quite simple.
The Abominable Snowmen is set in the 1920s (as established in Torchwood: Golden Age)
The Web of Fear is set "forty years later", putting it in the 1960s. The tube station design and posters show it cannot be AFTER 1968.
The Invasion is "four years" after that.
Spearhead from Space is "months" after that.
The Sound of the Drums establishes UNIT was created in 1968.
Terror of the Zygons confirms that the Brigadier joined UNIT after it was formed.
Mawdryn Undead insists that the Brigadier quit in 1977.
The only fly-in-ointment is Sarah Jane Smith saying she is from 1980. But, notably, she never says that the trip to UNIT HQ is in that year. In fact, as K9 & Company establishes her as a famous journalist in 1981, are we to assume she built up the reputation in less than a year?
At the end of Planet of Evil, the cheerful Doctor and Sarah depart for Earth and the UNIT era. Sarah clearly stays behind in pre-1977 and the Doctor travels alone, becoming broody and introspective. Then, one day, he lands in 1980, meets Sarah again, now famous, who decides to join him once more. Almost immediately, the Brigadier summons them back to 1976 and the Doctor huffs. Cue The Pyramids of Mars.
So. There you go. UNIT dating resolved. I'm here all week.
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Post by adamricketfan69 on Jan 21, 2018 13:18:44 GMT -5
Assuming Kate is about the same age as the actress playing her - 47 (Born 1965), but accepting that the story is probably set a few years in the future, this suggests that the Brigadier had a child born somewhere around 1970. This does not seem to fit particularly well with the few references to his love life in the classic series, nor with the hopelessly tangled UNIT dating issue. On another note, I noticed distinct differences in the characterisation of Kate in 'The Power of Three' & that in 'Downtime'. She seemed far more self-assured in this new story. That's because downtime isn't canon |
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