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The Claws Of Axos
''The Claws of Axos'' is the third serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on 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 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 a "thinking" molecule that can replicate any substance... or so they claim. As it turns out, the ship is 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 facilitate the distribution of Axonite across the globe. Meanwhile, the Master, who was captured by Axo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Pertwee
John Devon Roland "Jon" Pertwee (; 7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996) was an English actor, comedian, entertainer, cabaret performer and TV presenter. Born into a theatrical family, he served in the Royal Navy and the Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War. In his early career, he worked as a stage comedian, which included performing at the Glasgow Empire Theatre and sharing a bill with Max Wall and Jimmy James.Cult leader's mission to return to future '' The Herald''. 15 May 1989. Retrieved 3 July 2014. As an actor, Pertwee appeared in many comedy roles, including four films in the '' |
David Savile
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...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 ''The Claws of Axos'' is the third serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 13 March to 3 April 1971. In the serial, set in Britain, ...'' (1971) * ''The Mutants'' (1972) * ''The Three Doctors (Doctor Who), The Three Doctors'' (1973) * ''The Sontaran Experiment'' (1975) * ''The Hand of Fear'' (1976) * ''The Invisible Enemy (Doctor Who), The Invisible Enemy'' (1977) * ''Underworld (Doctor Who), Underworld'' (1978) * ''The Armageddon Factor'' (1979) For all of these, Martin collaborated with Bob Baker (scriptwriter), Bob Baker. Tog ... [...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 and 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 Dave Martin on numerous 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) * ''Und ... [...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'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 and Grant Mitchell. He then produced the BBC medical drama 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 Centre, a touring company visiting schools, before joining the BBC as an assistant f ... [...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). Notable people *Debbie Allen, American actress, choreographer and film director *Debbie Armstrong, American athlete * Debbie Brill, Canadian high jumper *Debbie Cook, Californian politician, mayor of Huntington Beach, California *Debbie Crosbie (born 1969/1970), British banker * Debbie Fuller, Canadian diver *Debbie Gibson, American singer, song writer and actress *Debbie Harry, lead singer from the band Blondie *Debbie Marti, English high jumper * Debbie Matenopoulos, American television personality and actress *Debbie McLeod, Scottish field hockey player * Debbie Meyer, American swimmer *Debbie Reynolds, American actress (born Mary Frances Reynolds) * Debby Ryan, American actress * Debbie Muir (born 1953), Canadian former synchronized swimmer and coach * Debbie Stabenow, American legislator *Debbie Turner, actor, Marta von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hicks (actor)
Sir John Richards 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 theory, 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 theory, 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 economics, welfare theory. Early life Hicks was born in 1904 in Warwick, England, and was the son of Dorothy Catherine (Stephens) and Edward Hicks, a journalist at a local newspaper. He was educated at Clifton Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Gordino
Patricia is a female given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word '' patrician'', meaning "noble"; it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. The name Patricia was the second most common female name in the United States according to the 1990 US Census. Another well-known variant of this 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 Catalan and Portuguese it is written Patrícia, while in Italy, Germany and Austria Patrizia is the form, pronounced . In Polish, the variant is Patrycja. It is also used i ... [...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. Other regular roles included Detective Inspector Mike Turnbull in ''The Gentle Touch'' (1982–84), a character he also played in the follow-up seri ... [...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), Briti ... [...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), English footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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