Dr. Piltdown is a paleontologist who appeared as the main antagonist in the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Prehysterical Pet".
Role in the episode[]
As his group of researchers unearthed a dinosaur bone, a sudden nearby explosion caused the fragile bone to shatter. When they investigated, Dr. Piltdown and his team saw what they believed to be a dinosaur egg in perfect condition and shipped it off to the museum. Unbeknownst to them, however, the "dinosaur egg" was really a spacecraft piloted by Steggy, an alien Stegosaur from a world beyond.
Dr. Piltdown isn't seen again until the episode's climax. When he and the researchers happened upon Steggy, they set out to make him part of the research project.
Trivia[]
- Dr. Piltdown appears to be named after Piltdown Man, an infamous hoax involving a human skull and an orangutan's jawbone passed off as the "missing link" between humans and apes.