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Terror Of The Autons
''Terror of the Autons'' is the first serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It was broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 2 to 23 January 1971. The serial is set in various locations in England. In the serial, the alien time traveller the Third Doctor ( Jon Pertwee) and the organisation UNIT work to stop the Master (Roger Delgado), a renegade Time Lord, from using a radio telescope to summon an invasion force of the incorporeal intelligence the Nestenes to Earth. The serial introduced three new characters: the Doctor's new companion, Jo Grant (played by Katy Manning); his archenemy the Master; and Captain Mike Yates ( Richard Franklin). Plot The Master arrives on Earth and steals the sole surviving Nestene energy unit from the National Space Museum. He then hijacks the Beacon Hill radio telescope, which he uses as a bridgehead to channel energy into the Nestene unit, and kidnaps Professor Philips, a Ministry of T ... [...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 '' |
Christopher Burgess
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as "Chris", "Topher", and sometimes " Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. The name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. People with the given name Antiquity and Middle Ages * Saint Christopher (died 251), saint venerated by Catholics and Orthodox Christians * Christopher (Domestic of the Schools) (fl. 870s), Byzantine general * Christopher Lekapenos (died 931 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Letts
Barry Leopold Letts (26 March 1925 – 9 October 2009) was an English actor, television director, writer and producer, best known for being the producer of '' Doctor Who'' from 1969 to 1974. Born in Leicester, he worked as an actor in theatre, films and television before retiring in his early forties and becoming a television director. He then became the producer of the BBC science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' for five years, overseeing almost the entirety of Jon Pertwee's tenure as the Third Doctor and casting Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. He produced or directed many of the BBC's Sunday Classic drama serials from 1976 to 1986, and returned to ''Doctor Who'' in 1980 to be the executive producer for its eighteenth season. ''The Guardian'' described Letts on his death as "a pioneer of British television" who "served the medium for more than half a century" and "secured his place in TV history" with ''Doctor Who''. He was associated with the series for many years, with acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Stanley
Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norman conquest of southern Italy in the 11th and 12th centuries ** Norman dynasty, a series of monarchs in England and Normandy ** Norman architecture, romanesque architecture in England and elsewhere ** Norman language, spoken in Normandy ** People or things connected with the French region of Normandy Arts and entertainment * ''Norman'' (film), a 2010 drama film * '' Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer'', a 2016 film * ''Norman'' (TV series), a 1970 British sitcom starring Norman Wisdom * ''The Normans'' (TV series), a documentary * "Norman" (song), a 1962 song written by John D. Loudermilk and recorded by Sue Thompson * "Norman (He's a Rebel)", a song by Mo-dettes from ''The Story So Far'', 1980 Businesses * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayden Jones
Hayden may refer to: Places Inhabited places in the United States *Hayden, Alabama *Hayden, Arizona *Hayden's Ferry, former name of Tempe, Arizona *Hayden, California, former name of Hayden Hill, California *Hayden, Colorado *Hayden, Idaho *Hayden Lake, Idaho *Hayden, Indiana * Hayden Island, Portland, Oregon, an island and neighborhood Geographic features in the United States *Hayden Butte or Tempe Butte, an andesite butte of volcanic origin in Tempe, Arizona * Hayden Creek (other) *Hayden Mountain (other) *Hayden Peak (Utah), a mountain in Utah *Hayden Valley, a large sub-alpine valley in Yellowstone National Park Other places * Hayden, Gloucestershire, a village in the UK People * Hayden (given name) *Hayden (surname) *Hayden (musician) (born 1971), a Canadian folk musician Other uses *Hayden (electronics company), a British guitar amplification manufacturer *Hayden Geological Survey of 1871, in northwestern Wyoming *Hayden mango or Haden, a mango cultivar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Walsh (actor)
Terry Walsh (5 May 1939 – 21 April 2002) was a British actor stuntman, stunt arranger and fight arranger who contributed much to British television and film, especially during the 1970s. He stunt-doubled for Michael Caine, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and David Warner amongst others. Walsh is known for his work on the science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. He worked on the show from 1966 to 1979. He is seen in this as an Exxilon being shot by the Daleks, filmed in 1973. He was also the stunt co-ordinator for ''Robin of Sherwood'', devising three sword fighting sequences, which subsequently became standard movements on television and film. The moves were known as Robin Hood 1, 2 and 3. His other credits include ''The Sandbaggers'', '' Tales of the Unexpected'', ''Z-Cars'', '' Space: 1999'', ''Dixon of Dock Green ''Dixon of Dock Green'' was a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Gorman
William Patrick "Pat" Gorman (10 May 1933 – 9 October 2018) was a British actor who, despite never appearing in a starring role, appeared in minor roles in a large number of films and television productions, including ''The Elephant Man'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Fawlty Towers'', ''I, Claudius'' and ''Blake's 7''. He also played the killer in the television series '' The Nightmare Man''. He appeared in minor roles in 83 episodes of the science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' between 1964 and 1985: only six other actors appeared in more in the show's original run. These roles include: a Silurian in '' The Silurians'' (1970); a Primitive in ''Colony in Space'' (1971); a Sea Devil in ''The Sea Devils'' (1972). and a pilot in ''The Armageddon Factor ''The Armageddon Factor'' is the sixth and final serial of the 16th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 20 January to 24 February 1979. It was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enemy Of The World
''The Enemy of the World'' is the fourth serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 23 December 1967 to 27 January 1968. The serial is set in Australia and Hungary in 2018. In the serial, the time traveller the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his travelling companions Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) and Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling) work with the spies Giles Kent (Bill Kerr) and Astrid Ferrier ( Mary Peach) to expose the Doctor's Mexican doppelgänger Salamander (Troughton) as having created natural disasters on Earth. The story is a break from the monsters and "base under siege" of season five, highlighted by a dual role for lead actor Patrick Troughton. For over forty years, only Episode 3 of ''The Enemy of the World'' was known to exist in the BBC's film and TV archives, having been saved from being wiped and junked. However, on 11 October 2013, it was announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill McGuirk
Bill(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States) * Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature * Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer * Bill, a bird or animal's beak Places * Bill, Wyoming, an unincorporated community, United States * Billstown, Arkansas, an unincorporated community, United States * Billville, Indiana, an unincorporated community, United States People * Bill (given name) * Bill (surname) * Bill (footballer, born 1978), ''Alessandro Faria'', Togolese football forward * Bill (footballer, born 1984), ''Rosimar Amâncio'', a Brazilian football forward * Bill (footballer, born 1999), ''Fabricio Rodrigues da Silva Ferreira'', a Brazilian forward Arts, media, and entertainment Characters * Bill (''Kill Bill''), a character in the ''Kill Bill'' films * William “Bill“ S. Preston, Esquire, The first of the titular duo of the Bill & Ted film series * A lizard in Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Carter (actor)
Dave Carter (August 13, 1952 July 19, 2002) was an American folk music singer-songwriter who described his style as "post-modern mythic American folk music". He was one half of the duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, who were heralded as the new "voice of modern folk music" in the months before Carter's unexpected death in July 2002. reprinting "New songs from old places: Dave Carter, Tracy Grammer, and Joan Baez," ''Boston Globe'', September 9, 2001. They were ranked as number one on the year-end list for "Top Artists" on the ''Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart'' for 2001 and 2002, and their popularity has endured in the years following Carter's death. Joan Baez, who went on tour with the duo in 2002, spoke of Carter's songs in the same terms that she once used to promote a young Bob Dylan: "There is a special gift for writing songs that are available to other people, and Dave's songs are very available to me. It's a kind of genius, you know, and Dylan has the biggest case of it. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Stewart
Roy Stewart (15 May 1925 – 27 October 2008) was a Jamaican-born British actor. He began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television. In 1954 he founded Roy Stewart's Gym in Powis Square, North Kensington, and ran the Caribbean club and restaurant The Globe, in Talbot Road until his death. Stewart played Quarrel Junior in the James Bond film '' Live and Let Die'' (1973). Other film appearances include '' Carry On Up the Jungle'' (1970), ''Leo the Last'' (1970), '' Games That Lovers Play'' (1971), ''Twins of Evil'' (1971), ''Lady Caroline Lamb'' (1972), '' Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers'' (1977) and ''Arabian Adventure'' (1979). He was also active on television, with credits including: ''Out of the Unknown'', ''Adam Adamant Lives!'', ''Doctor Who'' (in the serials ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' and ''Terror of the Autons''), ''Doomwatch'', ''Up Pompeii!'', ''The Troubleshooters'', '' Space: 1999'' and ''I, Claudius''. Early life One of seven brothers, Roy Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Baskcomb
John Baskcomb (7 February 1916 – 29 March 2000) was an English character actor who made numerous television and film appearances over a 35-year period. He was the son of the founder of the Bank of England Operatic and Dramatic Society and was educated at Croydon High School for Boys. He then appeared on stage in repertory theatre in Croydon and Henley-on-Thames and in clubs, pantomimes and concert parties. He made appearances in numerous British television plays and series including; '' Doctor Who'' ''(Terror of the Autons)'', '' The Saint'', '' Softly, Softly'' and ''Poldark'' and he played the role of Cardinal Wolsey in '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII'' (1970). His film roles included '' Oliver!'' (uncredited), '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' (uncredited), ''Battle of Britain'', ''Dad's Army'' and '' Omen III: The Final Conflict''. Filmography *''No Trees in the Street'' (1959) - Minor Role (uncredited) *'' Oliver!'' (1968) - Workhouse Governor (uncredited) *'' Chitty Chitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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