Talk:Ducky Mallard

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[[List of NCIS characters#Dr. Donald .22Ducky.22 Mallard]]

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Ducky's Mom

Why does Ducky's mom speak with an American accent???

Notes

Decided to make some notes as I watch NCIS again from the beginning. Maybe there's enough for me to summarise it into the main article. Will also attempt to note down the "rules" that are often quoted.

Has a nephew. Mentioned in S01E02 that the last time he was up a ladder was when hanging a piniata at his nephew's birthday party.
"In the summer of my 18th year, my grandfather gave me a eurail pass to celebrate my advancement to University. I travelled to 9 different countries. Met an Austrain girl named Gisella who left her fingerprints on my heart. Visited all the major museums of Europe. The artwork was extraordinary. The artwork was extraordinary. Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Renoir, Botticelli..." S01E12.
He was a miler at Eton. S01E16
Belongs to the Society of Medical Examiners (probably Royal Society of... since the conference is in London) S02E04
Talks to bodies: "They are still human. What we do is very invasive and impersonal. It [Talking to bodies] helps me establish a relationship." S02E08
Fell for Commander Janice Byers, the surgeon who operated on the victim (who later turned out to be the person who caused the combustion). He didn't take her on a dinner date the first time they went out as he considered it too ordinary. He wanted to show her something that revealed who he was. "If she gets turned on too, we haven't wasted our time". He took her to the basement of the Smithsonian institute where exhibits were prepared. He had access to the section that stored medical artifacts including surgical instruments. He had access to the area when he consulted on Lincoln's autopsy. He had a table for two set up there (candles, linen, table settings). They shared a bottle of red wine. S02E08
Introduced Jethro to his 4th wife. She hasn't spoken to Ducky since the marriage broke up. S02E11

Citations needed? Try watching the show!

I counted 18 "citations needed" in this article. Where do you think this information comes from? It's not written down in a book. It's in the friggin' show, for Chrissake! Try watching it!

What's next? Will we find "'Gilligan's Island' was set on an island in the south Pacific (citation needed)" on that show's Wikipedia page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.189.180.66 (talk) 05:19, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure what can be done except try to give citations for it by referencing the show episodes at the moment. Well that I can easily do. Just realised my show citations may not be complete. I looked at a few others and they included date and network aired (assume US first aired perhaps). I think the reference required is due to the fact Wikipedia isn't supposed to be a primary source. Linnah (talk) 23:47, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The point is that Wikipedia is not supposed to be a secondary source, but a tertiary one: it reports what other (credible) people have already reported elsewhere. If you listen to a speech by John Jones and he speaks very slowly, you shouldn't go ahead and put in the Wikipedia article about him a sentence like "In his speech on bla-bla-bla, John Jones spoke very slowly". Instead, you need to find a credible published source that says Jones spoke slowly, and then cite that. So when writing an article about Ducky, the last place you are supposed to look is the show. I'm not saying that WP:NOR is consistently upheld or even that I agree with it, just trying to explain what I think the policy means. --John Cowan (talk) 16:22, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Military Service

"Mallard has referred in several episodes during Season Four to his status as an Officer in the British Armed Forces, possibly the Royal Marines. In the episode "Twisted Sister" he refers to when he was in "the Regiment"; this is usually used when talking about one of the Special Air Service Regiments. The British Army has dozens of regiments, however Royal Marines are inelligble to serve in the SAS, serving in the Special Boat Service instead."

It's quite feasible for an ex-Royal Marine to refer to the RM as his regiment; especially to a foreigner who might read "when I was in the Marines" as a reference to the USMC. If he had also been an SBS officer he would probably not say SBS explicitly; in the same way ex- or current SAS personnel say "The Regiment" rather than "SAS". However, a reference to "The Regiment" can mean any regiment of British Forces not necessarily Special Forces.