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The Five Doctors
"The Five Doctors" is a special feature-length episode of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', produced in celebration of the programme's 20th anniversary. It had its world premiere in the United States, on the Chicago PBS station WTTW and various other PBS member stations on 23 November 1983, the anniversary date. It was transmitted on BBC1 in the United Kingdom two days later. "The Five Doctors" was written by Terrance Dicks, who had been the script editor for the entirety of the Third Doctor's era and had written for the series since the 1960s. The episode aired after the conclusion of the 20th season to celebrate the 20th anniversary. Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee reprised their roles as the Second and Third Doctors, respectively. Richard Hurndall portrayed the First Doctor, as the character's original actor, William Hartnell, had died since his last appearance on the show ten years previously. Since Tom Baker decided not to appear in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Davison
Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's ''All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series), All Creatures Great and Small'' stories. He subsequently played the Fifth Doctor, fifth incarnation of Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor in ''Doctor Who'' from 1981 to 1984. Davison's other starring roles included the sitcoms ''Holding the Fort'' (1980–1982) and ''Sink or Swim (TV series), Sink or Swim'' (1980–1982), Dr. Stephen Daker in ''A Very Peculiar Practice'' (1986–1988), and Albert Campion in ''Campion (1989 TV series), Campion'' (1989–1990). He also played David Braithwaite in ''At Home with the Braithwaites'' (2000–2003), "Dangerous" Davies in ''The Last Detective'' (2003–2007), and Henry Sharpe in ''Law & Order: UK'' (2011–2014). Early life Davison was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Ann Ford
Carole Ann Lillian Ford ( Higgins; born 16 June 1940) is a British actress best known for her roles as Susan Foreman in the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', and as Bettina in the 1962 film adaptation of '' The Day of the Triffids''. Life and career Ford has had a long and diverse acting career. Her theatrical work includes many comedies, dramas and musicals, including ''The Jungle Book'', ''Stranger in the House'', ''Bakerloo to Paradise'', ''The Owl and the Pussycat'', ''The Rumpus'', ''Pride and Prejudice'', ''Inadmissible Evidence'', ''Enrico'', ''Expresso Bongo'', ''Sleeping Beauty'', '' You Never Can Tell'', ''Ned Kelly'', ''Mother'', ''MacBett'', '' The Boy Friend'', ''Have You Seen Manchester'' and ''Private Lives''. Her film appearances include '' The Day of the Triffids'' (1962) as the blind French girl Bettina, '' Mix Me a Person'' (1962), ''The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery'' (1966), '' The Hiding Place'' (1975) and '' The Incredible Sarah' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Banks (actor)
David Banks (born 24 September 1951) is an English actor, writer and author. He is best known for playing the Cyber Leader in the ''Doctor Who'' stories ''Earthshock'' (1982), "The Five Doctors" (1983), ''Attack of the Cybermen'' (1985) and '' Silver Nemesis'' (1988). As a theatre actor, he has played many leading roles in London and throughout the UK. He is also the author of several published books. Career Acting Banks's numerous television appearances include long-running portrayals in ''Brookside'', playing the wrongly convicted murderer Graeme Curtis, and 181 episodes of L!ve TV’s drama series ''Canary Wharf'' as Max Armstrong, head of news, who was finally abducted by aliens. He also appeared in ''EastEnders'' in 1992, playing the photographer, Gavin, at Michelle Fowler's graduation ceremony. During the 1980s, Banks played the Cyber Leader in the science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' in all stories featuring the Cybermen: ''Earthshock'' (1982), "The Five Doctors" (1983), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Jerricho
Paul Jerricho (born 18 November 1948) is a British actor. Early life Brought up in the Caribbean, Jerricho got into the acting bug after playing Joseph in a Nativity play. He received his training at the Drama Centre London. Personal life From 1981 to 1984, Jerricho was married to the actress Barbara Kinghorn. He has two daughters and one son named Jack. Currently, the actor is in a relationship with actress Helena Little. He lives in Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * W .... Filmography Film Television References External links * Paul Jerrichoat Theatricalia English male soap opera actors Living people 1948 births Alumni of the Drama Centre London People from Shropshire {{UK-tv-actor-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Lord
The Time Lords are a fictional ancient race of extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial people in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Time Lords are so named for their command of time travel technology and their Nonlinear narrative, non-linear perception of time. Originally, they were described as a powerful and wise race from the planet Gallifrey, from which the Doctor was a renegade; details beyond this were very limited for the first decade of the series. They later became integral to many episodes and stories as their role in the universe developed. For the first eight years after the History of Doctor Who#2000s, series resumed in 2005, the Time Lords were said to have been destroyed during the Time War (Doctor Who), Last Great Time War at some point in the show's continuity between the television movie in 1996 and the show's revival. In 2013, the 50th anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor" concerned this supposed destruction and their eventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinah Sheridan
Dinah Sheridan (born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg; 17 September 1920 – 25 November 2012) was an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films ''Genevieve (film), Genevieve'' (1953) and ''The Railway Children (1970 film), The Railway Children'' (1970), the long-running BBC comedy series ''Don't Wait Up (TV series), Don't Wait Up'' (1983–1990), and for her distinguished theatre career in West End theatre, London's West End. Early life and career Sheridan was born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg in Finchley,Brian McFarlane, "Sheridan, Dinah [née Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg] (1920–2012)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Jan 201available online Retrieved 26 August 2020. London, to Charlotte Lisa Ginsburg (née Everth; 1893–1966) and James Ginsburg (1893–1958).Barker, DennisDinah Sheridan ''The Guardian'', film obituary. Retrieved 26 November 2012 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Doctor Who Villains
Over the course of its many years on television, the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' has not only seen changes in the actors to play the Doctor, but in the supporting cast as well. Companions The Doctor is usually accompanied in his travels by one to three companions (sometimes called assistants). These characters provide a surrogate with whom the audience can identify, and further the story by asking questions and getting into trouble, (similar to Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.) The Doctor regularly gains new companions and loses old ones; sometimes they return home, or find new causes on worlds they have visited. A few of the companions have died during the course of the series. Recurring characters UNIT personnel * Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart ( Nicholas Courtney) * Kate Lethbridge-Stewart ( Beverley Cressman, Jemma Redgrave) *Colonel Christofer Ibrahim (Alexander Devrient) * Captain Mike Yates ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Latham
Charles Philip Latham (17 January 1929 – 20 June 2020) was an English actor. He was best known for playing Willy Izard in '' The Troubleshooters'' (1965–1972) and Plantagenet Palliser in '' The Pallisers'' (1974). Early life Latham was born 17 January 1929 in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. He had an identical twin, John, older brother, Barry, and younger brother, David. Latham was educated at Felsted School. After he graduated from Felsted, he completed his national service in the Royal Artillery and then graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1951. Career In the late 1960s/early 1970s Latham was well known to British television viewers for his portrayal of chief accountant Willy Izard, the "conscience" to hard-nosed oil company industrialist Brian Stead (played by Geoffrey Keen) in the BBC series '' The Troubleshooters'' (1965–72). Other credits ''Jesus of Nazareth'' (1956), ''Paul of Tarsus'', ''Danger Man'' (1960–1962), ''Maigret'', ''The Treasure Seekers'', '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master (Doctor Who)
The Master, or "Missy" (short for "Mistress") in their female incarnation, is a recurring character and one of the main antagonists of the British Science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and its associated Doctor Who spin-offs, spin-off works. Multiple actors have played the Master since the character's introduction in 1971. Within the show's narrative, the change in actors and subsequent change of the character's appearance is sometimes explained as the Master taking possession of other characters' bodies or as a consequence of Regeneration (Doctor Who), regeneration, which is a biological attribute that allows Time Lords to survive fatal injuries or old age. The Master was originally played by Roger Delgado from 1971 until his death in 1973. The role was subsequently played by Peter Pratt, Geoffrey Beevers, and Anthony Ainley, with Ainley reprising the role regularly through the 1980s until the series’s cancellation in 1989. Eric Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Ainley
Anthony Ainley (20 August 1932 – 3 May 2004) was a British actor. He was the fourth actor to portray The Master (Doctor Who), the Master in ''Doctor Who''. Early life Ainley was born in Stanmore, Middlesex, the son of the actor Henry Ainley, on 20 August 1932, although his birth was not registered until January 1938 at around the time that he was admitted to the actors' orphanage. The birth certificates of Anthony and his brother Timothy identify their mother as Clarice Holmes and it is under this surname that they are recorded in the Official Register. Although no father is named on the birth certificates, Timothy's marriage certificate identifies Henry Ainley as his father. Under the name of Anthony Holmes, Ainley attended Cranleigh School from 1947 to 1950. His first job was as an insurance clerk, which was followed by a period at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, RADA. He won the Fabia Drake Prize for Comedy whilst at RADA. His half-brother, Richard Ainley, was also an acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romana (Doctor Who)
Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar (), is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. A Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, she is a companion (Doctor Who), companion to the Fourth Doctor. As a Time Lord, Romana is able to Time Lord#Physical characteristics, regenerate, having had two on-screen incarnations with somewhat different personalities (dubbed #Romana I, Romana I and #Romana II, Romana II by fans). Romana I was played by Mary Tamm from 1978 to 1979. When Tamm chose not to sign on for a second season, the part was recast. Romana II was played by Lalla Ward from 1979 to 1981. A third incarnation of Romana has been depicted in some of the spin-off novels, and a fourth (performed by Juliet Landau) has been featured in several audio dramas released by Big Finish Productions in 2013 and 2014, and appeared again in early 2015. Romana is one of only two companions from the Doctor's hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalla Ward
Sarah Jill "Lalla" Ward (born 28 June 1951) is an English actress, voice artist and author who is best known for playing the role of Romana II in the BBC television series ''Doctor Who'' from 1979 to 1981. Career Early career Ward's stage name, "Lalla", originates from her attempts as a toddler to pronounce her own name. She left school at age 14 because she "loathed every single minute of it" and took her O-levels on her own. Ward studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama from 1968 to 1971. After spending a few years painting, she auditioned at London drama schools "as a sort of dare" to herself: Ward began her acting career in the Hammer horror film '' Vampire Circus'' (1972), and played Lottie, the teenage daughter of Louisa Trotter (Gemma Jones) in '' The Duchess of Duke Street'', the BBC drama series of the mid-1970s. She appeared in the films '' England Made Me'' (1973), ''Matushka'' (1973), '' Rosebud'' (1975), and '' Crossed Swords'' (or ''The Prince and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
