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Author: Arivne

Apr 29th 2011 at 4:30:07 AM

Kidnapping a doctor (original YKTTW)

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* ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The High Ground". A group of terrorists/freedom fighters on the planet Rutia IV kidnap Doctor Crusher from the Enterprise. They need her to treat the side effects of the inverter device they use for dimensional shifting (i.e. teleportation).
* ''{{Baywatch}}'' episode "Tentacles". A woman kidnaps Mitch Buchannon to treat her boyfriend, a convict who was wounded while escaping from prison. Unfortunately Mitch is only a lifeguard and not a true doctor, and the woman will kill him if her boyfriend dies.

[[AC:TabletopRPG]]
* ''{{Champions}}'' adventure "The Great Super Villain Contest". A doctor is kidnapped to save a dead criminal by transplanting his brain into the body of another person.

Kidnapping a specialist/scientist

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''Film/WildWildWest''. Doctor Loveless kidnaps physicists and specialists in hydraulics and explosives to build his giant mechanical spider.
* ''ThePinkPanther Strikes Again''. Former Chief Inspector Dreyfus kidnaps the nuclear physicist Professor Hugo Fassbender and forces him to build a weapon that destroys matter.
* ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''. The Fantom kidnaps scientists and makes them create new weapons of war, including assault rifles and tanks.

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* ''{{Villains and Vigilantes}}''. Super villains may kidnap scientists and force them to use their Invention Points to create useful devices for the villain.