DOCTOR FAWN

Real name :

Edward Wilkie

Place of birth :

Yalumba, Australia

Date of birth:

10 July 2031

Height:

5 Ft. 8 Ins.

Weight:

157 Lbs

Eyes:

Brown

Hair:

Black

Other Distinguishing features:

None

Voice provided by:

Charles Tingwell

Characteristics:

None

Spectrum rank and attributions:

Supreme Medical Commander of Cloudbase, with the rank of Captain (Although in regards of medical and health questions, all officers, even Colonel White, must obey his orders).

Personality profile:

On duty Dr. Fawn is completely dedicated to his work and the advancement of medical science, work which frequently takes up a full twenty four hours of the day. He never seems to tire and refuses to stop working until every eventuality has been taken care of. Even off duty he spends much of his spare time in medical research (presumably including his trying to decipher Captain Scarlet’s unique indestructible physiology) and improving his medical robots.

History:

As the son of a well known Australian medical specialist, it seemed inevitable to Edward Wilkie that he should take up his father’s career and become a doctor. Gaining great standards in Biology at school (which helped him in his medical studies in university), Edward entered Brisbane University, Queensland, Australia at only 17. Graduating with honours degrees in medicine and biology, he entered the World Medical Organisation (2055, aged 24) as Assistant Medical Controller in the Australian sector, and managed to gain valuable background experience during his short term with this relatively small sector. Wilkie soon recognised the growing need to modernise the current techniques of the Australian sector medical service, a service still run on the concepts and ideals of the twentieth century. After his promotion to Health Controller for the Scandinavian sector, he devoted all of his spare time to planning such a re-organisation of the WMO, and in two years (2057) he made great progress, outlining a system to revolutionise this vital service. His primary moves were in the development of robot doctors, and in doing so Wilkie designed and created computerised beds with heuristic programming, near free minds of their own who think for themselves, able to sense, measure, analyse, compare and identify medical problems and generate the correct solutions. These “robot doctors” are equipped wit X-Ray cameras for eyes, and numerous other devices, able to pin-point a patient’s medical complaints, given enough data, in a matter of seconds. The designs for Wilkie’s robots were also used as the “auto nurses” used by the World Aquanaut Security Patrol. The WMO then made Wilkie Administrator for the Advancement of Medicine (2057-2064), and gave him all the resources, and man-power needed to put his systems into practice. It was sometime between these dates that Edward Wilkie became married (date unspecified, wife’s name unknown). For his outstanding ability to develop and discover new ways of healing, Wilkie was approached (in 2065) by the selection committee for the new Spectrum organisation, and offered the colour code of Fawn and the job of Supreme Medical Commander of Cloudbase.

Notes of interest:

Charles Tingwell also provided the voice for Captain Brown, in the first and second episodes of the series. He also gave voice for a number of supporting characters. Before “Captain Scarlet”, he had recorded character voices for the last episodes of “Thunderbirds” and in the feature film “Thunderbirds are Go”. He later starred in “Catweazle” and the “Mindbender” episode of “UFO”. Outside of Century 21 Productions, noticeable role was that of Inspector Craddock in the “Miss Marple” movies, including “Murder Ahoy”, in 1964, with Francis Matthew (Captain Scarlet’s voice). He also played the brother of the same Francis Matthew in “Dracula Prince of Darkness”, in 1966.

Charles Tingwell as Lieutenant Beaver James in UFO (1970)