Changes: Doc's pistol

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Libyan confronts doc — Doc, still holding his pistol, is cornered by the Libyans in their Volkswagen Station Wagon.

" "We'll kill him [Doc] tonight," Sam continued. "Headquarters has decided it's not worth it to bring him in for questioning. You two tail him for the rest of the day. Chances are he'll end up at the garage he uses for an office or at Twin Pines Mall. He's been spending a lot of time there recently, usually late at night." / "Does he carry any weapons?" [asked one of the Libyans] / "A handgun at most. An old .45-caliber revolver. It may not even work." "

—From Back to the Future by George Gipe (quote, pages 62 and 63)

"He [Marty] saw Doc Brown point the revolver at the [terrorists'] van and squeeze the trigger. No sound or flash of fire emerged, however, as bullets splattered all around Doc at his feet and into the side of the step-van. Finally, dropping the revolver, Doc began to sprint for the safety of the mall, fully five hundred yards away."

—From Back to the Future by George Gipe (quote, pages 64)

A silver pistol, a Colt Peacemaker, was owned by Dr. Emmett Brown.

History

Doc fired the handgun twice in 1955 to start Marty McFly in the DeLorean time machine off for 1885 at the Pohatchee Drive-In Theatre.

The weapon failed to fire when Doc also tried to use it against the Libyans in 1985, thus allowing the terrorists to shoot him dead.

Behind the scenes

In the novelization, Doc's handgun is described by Sam as being "an old .45-caliber revolver" (see Quote above).
On page 64 of the novelization (see second Quote above), a misprint resulted in the last part of the line No sound or flash of fire emerged, however, as bullets splattered all around Doc and into the side of the step-van reading 'bullets splattered all around Doc and into the side of the van' — implying that the terrorists' van was hit by the bullets instead, which (if one thinks about it) is absolutely impossible. This error has been corrected here.
There was a deleted scene where Doc offers Marty the handgun but he refuses and responds "No, thanks. I don't know how to use it anyway," which isn't true as he is a crackshot at Wild Gunman, He most likely refused as it could cause a paradox when Doc attempts to kill the Libyans in 1985, or because if he killed Buford Tannen in 1885 the timeline would change.

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 [[Image:DocPistol.jpg|thumb|300px|Doc and his pistol.]]
+[[File:Libyan confronts doc.jpg|thumb|300px|Doc, still holding his pistol, is cornered by the Libyans in their [[Volkswagen Station Wagon]].]]
-A silver '''pistol''' was owned by [[Doc Brown]]. He fired it twice in [[1955]] to start the [[DeLorean time machine]] off for [[1885]] at the [[Pohatchee Drive-In Theatre]]. He also tried to use it against the [[Libyan terrorist]]s in [[1985]], but it wouldn't fire, thus allowing the terrorists to shoot him.
+{{Quote| "We'll kill him ''[Doc]'' tonight," [[Sam (Libyan)|Sam]] continued. "Headquarters has decided it's not worth it to bring him in for questioning. You two tail him for the rest of the day. Chances are he'll end up at the [[Doc's garage|garage]] he uses for an office or at [[Twin Pines Mall]]. He's been spending a lot of time there recently, usually late at night." / "Does he carry any weapons?" ''[asked one of the Libyans]'' / "A handgun at most. An old .45-caliber revolver. It may not even work." |From ''[[Back to the Future novelization|Back to the Future]]'' by [[George Gipe]] (quote, pages 62 and 63)}}
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+{{Quote|He ''[Marty]'' saw Doc Brown point the revolver at the ''[terrorists']'' van and squeeze the trigger. No sound or flash of fire emerged, however, as bullets splattered all around Doc at his feet and into the side of the [[GMC Value Van|step-van]]. Finally, dropping the revolver, Doc began to sprint for the safety of the mall, fully five hundred yards away.|From ''[[Back to the Future novelization|Back to the Future]]'' by [[George Gipe]] (quote, pages 64)}}
+A silver '''pistol''', a [[Colt Peacemaker]], was owned by Dr. [[Emmett Brown]].
+==History==
+Doc fired the handgun twice in [[1955]] to start [[Marty McFly]] in the [[DeLorean time machine]] off for [[1885]] at the [[Pohatchee Drive-In Theatre]].
+The weapon failed to fire when Doc also tried to use it against [[the Libyans]] in [[1985]], thus allowing the terrorists to shoot him dead.
+==Behind the scenes==
+* In the novelization, Doc's handgun is described by Sam as being "an old .45-caliber revolver" (see Quote above).
+* On page 64 of the novelization (see second Quote above), a misprint resulted in the last part of the line ''No sound or flash of fire emerged, however, as bullets splattered all around Doc and into the side of the step-van'' reading 'bullets splattered all around Doc and into the side of the van' — implying that the terrorists' van was hit by the bullets instead, which (if one thinks about it) is absolutely impossible. This error has been corrected here.
+* There was a [[Deleted scenes|deleted scene]] where Doc offers Marty the handgun but he refuses and responds "No, thanks. I don't know how to use it anyway," which isn't true as he is a crackshot at [[Wild Gunman]], He most likely refused as it could cause a paradox when Doc attempts to kill the Libyans in 1985, or because if he killed [[Buford Tannen]] in 1885 the timeline would change.
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+Delorean tire deleted scene.jpg|A deleted scene which shows Doc offering Marty his pistol.
+Scnet bttf3 0776.jpg|Doc using the gun to start Marty in the DeLorean to go off to 1885.
+</gallery>
 ==Appearances==
 *''[[Back to the Future]]''
 *''[[Back to the Future Part III]]''
 [[Category:Weapons]]
+[[Category:1955]]
+[[Category:1985]]
+[[Category:Objects]]