Re: Waters of Mars trailer

On 14 Apr, 05:07, "L. Ross Raszewski" <lraszew...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:25:46 -0700 (PDT), pbow...@xxxxxxx

<pbow...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

The Christmas Invasion mentions them, as I noted (when the researcher
suggests that, since they're in orbit, perhaps the Sycorax aren't
actually from Mars. The UNIT major responds "Of course not. Martians
look completely different"). Of course it's a throwaway joke, but it
does establish that Mars is known to be inhabited in the early 21st
Century, and that UNIT at least thinks the Ice Warriors are
indigenous.

Surely it only establishes that UNIT knows Mars to be or to have been
inhabited by *something*, and they know what that something looks
like.  The Martians UNIT knows of might not be Ice Warriors after all
-- given UNIT's history, they might think that the Osirans were
natives of Mars, and that therefore Martians are Jackal-headed
humanoids.

I think only Ice Warriors have been described as 'Martians' in the
show before that story. We know UNIT is aware of Ice Warriors; do we
have any reason to believe they know about the Osirans?

Phil
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