Character Cards
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Herbi Cide**
Polly Nation**
You work for GMTV, the Genetically Modified TV Channel and you are You work for GMTV, the Genetically Modified TV Channel and you
a presenter on the hit TV show ‘Genetic Engineering Tonight’.
are a presenter on the hit TV show ‘Genetic Engineering Tonight’.
Your co-presenters are Polly Nation and Cilia Black, who is reporting
live from Cambridge. She is interviewing the landlord and barmaid of
The Eagle pub, who saw Crick and Watson after they discovered the
structure of DNA in 1953.
Your co-presenters are Herbi Cide and Cilia Black, who is reporting
live from Cambridge. She is interviewing the landlord and barmaid of
The Eagle pub, who celebrated with Crick and Watson after they
discovered the structure of DNA in 1953.
Costume: white lab coat
Costume: white lab coat
Francis Crick*
James Watson*
You are a molecular biologist doing research work at the Cavendish
Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.
Helped by the work of Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin, you and
James Watson discover the structure of DNA – the basic building
blocks of life.
You are an American molecular biologist and you are doing research
work at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.
Helped by the work of Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin, you
and Francis Crick discover the structure of DNA.
One of the most famous moments in the history of science happened
One of the most famous moments in the history of science happened in 1953 when you and Francis Crick burst into The Eagle pub in
in 1953 when you and James Watson burst into The Eagle pub in Cambridge and announced your breakthrough.
Cambridge and announced your breakthrough.
In 1962 you are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and
In 1962 you are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine.
Medicine.
Clothes: untucked shirt, tie undone and hair a mess
Clothes: untucked shirt, tie undone and hair a mess
Props: pint of beer
Props: pint of beer