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Doctor Who Season 8
The eighth season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' began on 2 January 1971 with '' Terror of the Autons'' and ended with '' The Dæmons'' featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor. This is the second of five series which Barry Letts produced consecutively and Terrance Dicks was the script editor. Casting Main cast * Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor * Katy Manning as Jo Grant Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor. Katy Manning makes her first appearance as companion Jo Grant in '' Terror of the Autons''. Recurring cast * Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart * John Levene as Sergeant Benton * Richard Franklin as Mike Yates * Roger Delgado as The Master Nicholas Courtney and John Levene continue their roles of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Sergeant Benton, while Richard Franklin makes his first appearance as Captain Mike Yates. Roger Delgado makes his first appearance as The Master in '' Terror of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Pertwee
John Devon Roland Pertwee (; 7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor. Born into a theatrical family, he became known as a comedy actor, playing Chief Petty Officer Pertwee (and three other roles) in the BBC Radio sitcom ''The Navy Lark'' (1959–1977) and appearing in four films in the ''Carry On (franchise), Carry On'' series (1964–1992). On television, Pertwee starred as the Third Doctor, third incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' (1970–1974), hosted the game show ''Whodunnit? (British game show), Whodunnit?'' (1974–1978), and played the title character in ''Worzel Gummidge (TV series), Worzel Gummidge'' (1979–1981 and 1987–1989). Towards the end of his life he maintained a close association with ''Doctor Who'' by appearing at many fan conventions related to the series and giving interviews. Biography Early life and education Born in Chelsea, London, Chelsea, London, and, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergeant Benton
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Don Houghton
Donald Herbert Houghton (2 February 1930 – 2 July 1991) was a British television screenwriter and producer. Career Born in Paris to Scottish parents, Houghton started writing for radio in 1951 before moving into film and television in 1958. In the 1970s, he was a primary writer for Hammer Films including '' Dracula A.D. 1972'', ''The Satanic Rites of Dracula'', '' The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires'' and '' Shatter''. Houghton lived and worked in Australia for a number of years where his credits included ''The Astronauts'' (1960). His television work includes ''Doctor Who'' for which he wrote the serials '' Inferno'' (1970) and '' The Mind of Evil'' (1971), the fifth '' Sapphire & Steel'' television story (known informally as ''Dr McDee Must Die'') co-written with Anthony Read, '' Emergency Ward 10'', ''Crossroads'', '' Ace of Wands'', ''New Scotland Yard'', '' The Professionals'' and at least one episode of '' C.A.T.S. Eyes'' (1985). Houghton created and wrote for the soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Combe
Timothy Combe (born 17 October 1936) is a retired British television director and actor's agent. As a director of BBC television drama from the late 1960s to the late 1970s, he worked on series such as ''Doctor Who'', ''Z-Cars'' and '' The Brothers'', as well as classic serials and plays. Career Combe attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where he won the Shakespeare Cup and Margaret Rutherford Medal. He then joined the BBC in 1962 as an assistant floor manager. He was promoted to become a director in 1968. He directed ''Z-Cars'', the popular and long-running police drama series, becoming one of the most prolific directors of the series. He also directed two serials in the long-running science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' when it starred Jon Pertwee. Although highly regarded as a director by the series' then producer, Barry Letts, he went over-budget on the second and was not asked to do more as a result. Two classic serials, ''The Early Life of Stephen Hin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mind Of Evil
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Robert Holmes (scriptwriter)
Robert Colin Holmes (2 April 1926 – 24 May 1986) was a British television scriptwriter. For over 25 years, he contributed to some of the most popular programmes screened in the UK. He is particularly remembered for his work on science fiction programmes, most notably his extensive contributions to ''Doctor Who'', which included working as its script editor from 1974 to 1977. Holmes suffered ill health from the early 1980s. He died in May 1986 while working on scripts for the second and final Sixth Doctor season '' The Trial of a Time Lord''; his last serial as sole writer, '' The Mysterious Planet'', and '' The Ultimate Foe'', of which he only wrote the first part (the second being completed by Pip and Jane Baker), were released posthumously between September and December 1986. Early career In 1944, at the age of 18, Holmes joined the army, fighting with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders regiment in Burma. He rapidly earned a commission, and as such became the youngest co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who (season 6)
The sixth season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' began on 10 August 1968 with the story ''The Dominators'' and ended Patrick Troughton's reign as the Doctor with its final story ''The War Games''. Only 37 out of 44 episodes are held in the BBC archives; 7 Doctor Who missing episodes, remain missing. As a result, 2 serials are incomplete: only episode 2 of the 6-part story ''The Space Pirates'' still exists, while ''The Invasion (Doctor Who), The Invasion'' has had its two missing episodes (episodes 1 and 4) reconstructed using animation. Casting Main cast * Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor * Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon * Wendy Padbury as Zoe Heriot Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury make their final regular appearances as the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot respectively. Troughton and his fellow actors collectively decided that the workload of ''Doctor Who'' was exhausting them, and that they would soon de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The War Games
''The War Games'' is the seventh and final serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in ten weekly parts from 19 April to 21 June 1969. In the serial, an unnamed alien race led by the War Lord kidnap and brainwash soldiers from wars throughout Earth's history to fight in war games on another planet as part of the aliens' plot to conquer the galaxy. The time travelling Second Doctor and his travelling companions Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot form a resistance army to stop this plot and return the kidnapped soldiers to their correct times on Earth. ''The War Games'' was the last regular appearance of Patrick Troughton as the Doctor and the last serial to be recorded in black and white. It also marks the last regular appearances of Wendy Padbury and Frazer Hines as companions Zoe and Jamie, and the first appearances of the Doctor's race, the Time Lords, and their home planet, Gallifrey. The latter was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colony In Space
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Bernard Kay
Bernard Frederic Bemrose Kay (23 February 1928 – 25 December 2014) was an English actor with an extensive theatre, television, and film repertoire. Early life Kay began his working life as a reporter for the ''Bolton Evening News'', and a stringer for the ''Manchester Guardian''. He was conscripted in 1946 and started acting in the army. Kay gained a scholarship to study at the Old Vic Theatre School and became a professional in 1950, as a member of the company which reopened the Old Vic after World War II. Career Kay appeared in hundreds of television productions including ''Emmerdale Farm'', ''The Champions'', ''The Cellar and the Almond Tree'', ''Clayhanger'', ''A Very British Coup'', ''Casualty'', ''Casualty 1909'', ''Doctors'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Jonathan Creek'', ''Foyle's War'' and '' London's Burning'' in 1989. He also portrayed a mutant in the '' Space: 1999'' episode "A Matter of Balance". Kay portrayed Captain Stanley Lord of the SS ''Californi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernanda Marlowe
Fernanda Marlowe (born 7 September 1942) is a British actress, best known for her role as Corporal Bell in the ''Doctor Who'' stories '' The Mind of Evil'' and ''The Claws of Axos'' (both 1971). Early life Born into an acting family of Spanish descent (her grandfather being Fernando Perredita), her parents were the actors Anthony Marlowe (real name Thomas Fernando Perredita) and (Pamela) Merelina Watts. Marlowe's other acting credits include episodes of '' Ghost Squad'' (in which her father played a regular character), ''Drama 61-67'' and ''Dixon of Dock Green''. Lloyds Names Scandal After marrying an accountant, Marlowe gave up acting to bring up her children. She became a victim of the Lloyds Names Scandal by backing policies underwritten by the Gooda Walker agencies, owing up to £750,000 in debt and as a result, went on to support others affected by this ordeal. During this time, she became secretary of the Gooda Walker Direct Names Association to represent other heavy l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
