23rd May - Our lads, professionals at what they do

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I watched maidavids' upgraded Eye of the Tiger vid this morning, and I must admit that my first thought was more Bodie - where's Doyle? but then my second thought as I was watching was about Bodie's SAS background, and how much it's brought into play during the eps, and then I wondered whether Doyle's background was brought in just as much, and then I wondered about how far the lads came up to scratch to each other as regards training. Does Bodie have SAS expertise that Doyle has had extra training to match? Does Doyle have expertise from his police experience that Bodie has had extra training to match? Hmmnn...

Weapons Expertise
Bodie's often asked about weapons - expertise from mercs, SAS, paras etc. presumably.


But Doyle obviously knows his way around them too - presumably CI5 training?


Finding Clues
Doyle spots things like Greek cigarettes!


Do we see Bodie doing clues? *g*

Chimney climbing
Presumably this is another SAS type thing - or is it? Because Bodie has this conversation with Murphy:
BODIE: Who's talking about going up the ladder? Go around the other side, straight up the brick wall. No problem.
MURPHY: Can't do it.
BODIE: I know. You can, though. Can't you? Come on, Murph, you're the best climber we've got. Climbed the Eiger, didn't you?
MURPHY: Yeah.
BODIE: Well--
MURPHY: I had guides.
So although Bodie can climb, he's deferring to someone with more expertise, so it's entirely possible that Doyle could also climb the chimney - he's certainly happy on rooves and up and down scaffolding, although that's not quite the same thing... *g* They're both happy legging it around rooftops in Blind Run.


Diving
Well, they both do that, don't they. It could be thought of as an SAS-taught skill, but maybe it's another CI5-trained skill.


Advanced driving
Seems like something they'd both be trained to do.
Would Bodie be trained to drive specialist military vehicles? Or would they both be trained to do that for CI5? We see them in a speedboat, which isn't a standard skill - and though perhaps we might expect Bodie to have to drive a boat in the SAS, it's Doyle who does it in the ep, so - CI5 training?

Interrogation
Doyle would presumably be trained in the police, whereas we wouldn't expect Bodie to be trained in interrogation for the SAS/Paras/mercs? Although he might be, I suppose.

Questioning witnesses/families/victims
This would presumably be Doyle's ground again, but Bodie wouldn't have had any need for it. Hmmn - do we see Bodie questioning anyone in the eps? Or Doyle, for that matter...

So... what else? *g* What special skills do they each have? And where do you think they came from?

24th May - Discovered in Thirty Days and Thirty Nights: On The Same Page

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

“Tell me that's not Cowley calling us in.”     I only put my head on the pillow.
“He wants us at headquarters twenty minutes ago.”    At least you got in the bed.
“Isn’t it our day off?”    Hand me my jeans while you’re standing there looking pretty.
“Raymond, I’ll leave it to you to remind him.”    Shouldn’t you put pants on first?
“Ta. We’ve been on the go for the last month.”    None clean, haven’t had time to do laundry.
“You don’t need to remind me.”    That looks like it’ll be a might uncomfortable.

“Don’t know how he expects us to keep going without a rest.”    Adjust things properly and it’s not so bad.
“As you say.”    Poser.
“Yesterday was the worst. I almost shot the Smurf.”    You’re the one looking.
“Saw that shot ricochet.”    Hard to miss when you strut around like that.

“And so did Murphy.”    I don’t strut!
“Not happy, ol’ Murph?”    Bullshit!
“Didn’t stick around to find out.”     Jealous, you are.

“That’s me lad.”    Jealous of you? Don’t make me laugh.
“His Nibs wasn’t pleased either.”    Oi, that hurts me feelings, it does.
“I imagine not, replacing agents is expensive.”    Big tough agent like you has feelings?
“Remind him of that when we drop from exhaustion.”    Very sensitive, I am. It's my artistic side.
“Think he’ll care?”    Hand me my jacket and that’s not my favorite side of you.
“You know, deep down, he does.”    Oh, yes? Which side then? This one?

“Not likely.”    Naughty, naughty, Raymond.
“lt’s the case. Got his knickers in a twist.”    I don’t know what you mean.
“George will not be showing us any love if we don’t get moving.”    You’re a bloody tease, Doyle.
“He can do the other.”    You weren’t complaining last night, mate.
“Thirty days and nights on this job.”    First chance we’d had to do more than grab a kip.
“Should earn us a pay rise.”    Guarantee something’ll be on the rise tonight.


Title: On The Same Page
Author: merentha13
Proslib: sure
Disclaimer: not mine, only borrowing the lads