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Abominable Dr. Phibes, The, Dr. Kitaj (Peter Gilmore)

Site Rating: 37%
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Writeup Rating: 55%
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Film: Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971)
Deceased Character: Dr. Kitaj (Peter Gilmore)
Archetype: Goody (Minor)
Killed by: Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent Price)
Killed with: Crash


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Written by Mr. Mouseburger 24th Mar 2006

Kindly submitted by Mr Briggs inc.

Dr. Kitaj, in the middle of enjoying a vacation at a local airstrip, is blissfully unaware of Phibes’ (q.v.) ten plagues themed vendetta against him and the other eight doctors who fouled up his wife's surgery resulting in her death.

Kitaj takes off in an old-fashioned airplane but unfortunately for him, Dr. Phibes and henchwoman Vulnavia have filled the plane with a horde of hungry rats (actually, it is quite clear that the film crew could only obtain cute little hamster type creatures for this scene) which, having snaffled though the bags of complimentary peanuts the airline offered, proceed to bite and gnaw away at Kitaj in mid-flight. It comes as no surprise that he loses control of the plane, and crashes into the ground, killing him.



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Other Death Reviews for Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971)

Dr. Dunwoody (Edward Burnham)
Dr. Hargreaves (Alex Scott)
Dr. Hedgepath (David Hutcheson)
Dr. Kitaj (Peter Gilmore)
Dr. Longstreet (Terry Thomas)
Dr. Whitcombe (Maurice Kaufmann)
Nurse Allen (Nancy Travers)
Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent Price)
Vulnavia (Virginia North)

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This review has 12 comments. Reply to the comments
Comment 1 by 'Mr. Briggs Incorporated' (reply to this comment)
Where is his archetype? Goody (Minor)?
Comment 2 by 'Kooshmeister' (reply to this comment)
I think all the doctors count as Innocent Bystanders, personally.
Comment 3 by 'Mr. Briggs Incorporated' (reply to this comment)
Heh, my bad. I too, after some thought believe that the doctors should be bystanders! (with the exception of Longstreet and Vesalius, the former being a bit of a pervert making him an ambivalent, and the latter a main protagonist.)

Abominable Dr. Phoebe! (spell-check!)
Comment 4 by 'Karl_Eichholtz_13' (reply to this comment)
where did Kitaj learn how to fly anyway?
Comment 5 by 'Mr. Briggs Incorporated' (reply to this comment)
Does it matter?

Random trivia: this was originally going to take place on a boat, but people kept asking "Why didn't he just jump off?"
Comment 6 by 'Kooshmeister' (reply to this comment)
What in the heck is so odd about a guy flying a plane for recreation, no matter what his profession? smiling smiley
Comment 7 by 'Karl_Eichholtz_13' (reply to this comment)
except Vesalius was he innocent to?
Comment 8 by 'Kooshmeister' (reply to this comment)
All the doctors were innocet. Phibes was insane.
Comment 9 by 'Karl_Eichholtz_13' (reply to this comment)
4 little doctors scared of Phibes as they can be.a plane crashed with 1 inside and then there were 3.
Comment 10 by 'Karl_Eichholtz_13' (reply to this comment)
i thought the death was going to take place on a boat.
Comment 11 by 'Mr. Briggs Incorporated' (reply to this comment)
It was, as it says so in the sixth post.
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