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The Claws Of Axos
''The Claws of Axos'' is the third serial of the Doctor Who (season 8), eighth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC One, BBC1 from 13 March to 3 April 1971. In the serial, set in Britain, the alien organism Axos spreads its Axonite particles across the Earth to allow itself to feed on all life on the planet. Plot A group of aliens calling themselves the Axons land on Earth, desperately in need of fuel. They propose to exchange the miracle substance they call Axonite for some much-needed energy. Axonite is introduced as a "thinking" molecule that can replicate any substance. However, it turns out that the ship, and the Axons themselves, are all a single organism called Axos, whose purpose is to feed itself by draining all energy through the Axonite (which is just a part of itself), including the energy of every life form on Earth. The deception about the Axonite's beneficial properties was to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Hewlett
Donald Marland Hewlett (30 August 1920 – 4 June 2011) was an English actor who was best known for his sitcom roles as Colonel Charles Reynolds in ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'' and Lord Meldrum in '' You Rang, M'Lord?'', both written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. He also had other roles in British film and television productions.It Ain't Half Hot Mum's Donald Hewlett dies at 90 ''BBC News'', 5 June 2011 Early life Hewlett was born into a wealthy family; his father was Conservative MP for[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Savile
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as " House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the '' Seder Olam Rabbah'', '' Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, the historicity of which has been extensively challenged,Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel; by Isaac Kalimi; page 32 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Martin (screenwriter)
David Ralph Martin (1 January 1935 – 30 March 2007) was an English television and film writer. He was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, and attended Handsworth Grammar School. Doctor Who David contributed numerous scripts for the ''Doctor Who'' television series between 1971 and 1979 including: * ''The Claws of Axos'' (1971) * '' The Mutants'' (1972) * '' The Three Doctors'' (1973) * ''The Sontaran Experiment'' (1975) * '' The Hand of Fear'' (1976) * '' The Invisible Enemy'' (1977) * ''Underworld'' (1978) * ''The Armageddon Factor'' (1979) For all of these, Martin collaborated with Bob Baker. Together they were nicknamed "The Bristol Boys" by the ''Doctor Who'' production teams with whom they worked. Baker and Martin's most notable contributions to the ''Doctor Who'' mythos were the robotic hound K-9 (created for ''The Invisible Enemy'') and the renegade Time Lord Omega (created for '' The Three Doctors'', ''Doctor Whos tenth anniversary story). They a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Baker (scriptwriter)
Robert John Baker (26 July 1939 – 3 November 2021) was a British television and film writer. He was best known for working on the original run of ''Doctor Who'', and for being a co-writer of the Wallace & Gromit films '' The Wrong Trousers'', '' A Close Shave'', '' Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' and ''A Matter of Loaf and Death'' (in which the character Baker Bob is named after him). Career Baker and Dave Martin began writing for Harlech Television (HTV), the local ITV franchise. One of their earliest works was Thick As Thieves starring Leonard Rossiter. Baker wrote for ''Doctor Who'' between 1971 and 1979. For all but the last of his contributions to this series ('' Nightmare of Eden''), Baker collaborated with Martin on scripts including: * '' The Claws of Axos'' (1971) * '' The Mutants'' (1972) * '' The Three Doctors'' (1972–1973) * '' The Sontaran Experiment'' (1975) * '' The Hand of Fear'' (1976) * '' The Invisible Enemy'' (1977) * ''Underworld'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ferguson (director)
Michael Ferguson (14 June 1937 – 4 October 2021) was a British television director and producer. His early career included directing four serials of the BBC's science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' (1966–1971). He later directed ITV (TV network), ITV's police drama series ''The Bill'' and was promoted to become its producer (1988–1989), and as executive producer of the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (1989–1991) he was responsible for the introduction of two of its most popular and long-running characters, Phil Mitchell, Phil and Grant Mitchell (EastEnders), Grant Mitchell. He then produced the BBC medical drama series ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'' (1993–1994). Early life Ferguson was educated at King's College School in Wimbledon. He performed his national service with the British Army in Cyprus and north Africa. He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Career Ferguson started his career as a stage actor and director with the Theatre C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Lee London
Debbie (or Debby or Deb) is a feminine given name, commonly but not always short for Deborah (or Debra and related variants). Debbie is a name of Hebrew origin, derived from the Hebrew name Deborah, which means “bee”. Notable people *Debbie Allen, American actress, choreographer and film director *Debbie Abrahams, British Labour Party politician *Debbie Amis Bell, American Civil Rights activist * Debbie Armstrong, American athlete *Debby Boone, American singer and author *Debbie Brill, Canadian high jumper * Debbie Cook, Californian politician, mayor of Huntington Beach, California * Debbie Crosbie (born 1969/1970), British banker *Debbie Deb, American singer *Debbie Fuller, Canadian diver *Debbie Gibson, American singer, songwriter and actress *Debbie Harry, lead singer from the band Blondie *Debbie Lesko, American politician *Debbie Marti, English high jumper *Debbie Matenopoulos, American television personality and actress *Debbie McLeod, Scottish field hockey player *Deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hicks (actor)
Sir John Richard Hicks (8 April 1904 – 20 May 1989) was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economics were his statement of consumer demand theory in microeconomics, and the IS–LM model (1937), which summarised a Keynesian view of macroeconomics. His book '' Value and Capital'' (1939) significantly extended general-equilibrium and value theory. The compensated demand function is named the Hicksian demand function in memory of him. In 1972 he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (jointly) for his pioneering contributions to general equilibrium theory and welfare theory. Early life Hicks was born in 1904 in Warwick, England, and was the son of Edward Hicks, editor and part proprietor of the Warwick and Leamington Spa Courier newspaper, and Dorothy Catherine, née Stephens, daughter of a non-conformist minister. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Gordino
Patricia is a feminine given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word '' patrician'', meaning 'noble', it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. Another well-known variant is Patrice. According to the US Social Security Administration records, the use of the name for newborns peaked at #3 from 1937 to 1943 in the United States, after which it dropped in popularity, sliding to #745 in 2016.Popularity of a NameSocial Security Administration''ssa.gov'', accessed June 26, 2017 From 1928 to 1967, the name was ranked among the top 11 female names. In Portuguese and Spanish-speaking Latin-American countries, the name Patrícia/Patricia is common as well, pronounced in Portuguese and in Spanish. In Catalan and Portuguese it is written Patrícia, while in Italy, Germany and Austria Patrizia is the form, pronounced in Italian and in German. In Polish, the variant is Patrycja, pronounced . It is also used in Romania, in 2009 being the 43rd most common nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Holley
Bernard John Holley (9 August 1940 – 22 November 2021) was a British actor whose career spanned more than six decades. Life and career Holley was born in Eastcote, Middlesex. He attended Kilburn Grammar School and the Rose Bruford Drama School, and made his first professional stage appearance at the Theatre Royal, Lincoln, in 1963. Holley came to notice in the long-running UK police drama series ''Z-Cars'' as PC Newcombe, a character he played for four years. He also appeared in ''Doctor Who'', first as Peter Haydon in '' The Tomb of the Cybermen'' (1967), starring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor, and later as the Axon Man in ''The Claws of Axos'' (1971), starring Jon Pertwee. Holley reprised his role as Axos in a new Doctor Who audio drama, '' The Feast of Axos'', opposite Colin Baker, which was released on CD in February 2011. Holley played Mr Hurst in eight episodes of the popular ITV sitcom "Please Sir" (1971-2). Other regular roles included Detective Inspector Mike Turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royston Farrell
Royston may refer to: Places Australia *Royston, Queensland, a rural locality Canada *Royston, British Columbia, a small hamlet England *Royston, Hertfordshire, a town and civil parish, formerly partly in Cambridgeshire *Royston, South Yorkshire, a suburban village, near Barnsley, and Wakefield *Royston Vasey, a fictional town in the television series ''The League of Gentlemen'' Scotland *Royston, Glasgow, a district of Glasgow, traditionally known as ''Garngad'' United States *Royston, Georgia, a town * Royston, Texas, a ghost town Surname Royston is an English Toponymic Surname, and comes from a place in South Yorkshire named Royston. People *Royston Drenthe (born 1987), Dutch football player * Royston Ellis (born 1941), English writer *Royston Ffrench (born 1975), British jockey *Royston Evans (1884–1977), Australian cricketer and soccer player, commonly known as Mac Evans * Royston Gabe-Jones (1906–1965), Welsh cricketer *Royston or Roy Goodacre (born 1967), Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David March (actor)
David March (18 February 1925, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire – 25 August 1999, London) was an English actor who had a prominent career on British radio from 1953 until his death 45 years later. He also appeared on London's West End and other major British theaters during the mid 20th century, but eschewed theatre for radio and television after 1964. In 1985, he received the Radio Academy Award for Best Radio Actor for his performance in a dramatisation of ''Mr Norris Changes Trains''. He also periodically appeared In British television, beginning with several filmed productions of William Shakespeare's plays for television during the 1940s. His television credits include appearances on ''Doctor Who'', ''The Benny Hill Show'', '' The Morecambe & Wise Show'', ''The Power Game''.''The First Churchills'', ''The Basil Brush Show'' and ''The Onedin Line'' among others. Life and career Born in Leamington Spa, March was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art during World War II. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Walker (actor)
Michael Walker may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Michael Patrick Walker, American composer/lyricist * Michael A. Walker, English writer of film and television * Michael Walker (filmmaker) (born 1967), American filmmaker * Michael Walker, keyboardist of Paradise Fears * DCS Michael 'Mike' Walker, a character in the British television series ''Trial & Retribution'' Politics * Michael Walker (diplomat) (1916–2001), British ambassador * Michael Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham (born 1944), former British Chief of the Defence Staff * Michael Walker (politician) (born 1941), Canadian politician * Michael Walker, political journalist and commentator for Novara Media Sports * Michael Walker (cyclist) (1885–1971), British Olympic cyclist * Mickey Walker (boxer) (1901–1981), American professional boxer in the 1920s * Mickey Walker (American football) (1939–2014), American football player, New York Giants 1961–1966 * Mick Walker (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2025) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
