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4th June 2024, 07:31 PM
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Sad news indeed. William Russell played Ian Chesterton from the original 'Pilot Episode' until episode 6 of 'The Chase'. As one of Susan's teachers, he was one of the first of the Doctor's companions to appear in the show  He had originally been intended to reprise his role of for the 1983 story 'Mawdryn Undead', but scheduling conflicts required the story to be rewritten to bring back Nicholas Courtney as another, later regular character, the Brigadier. This caused no end of problems with regards to dating the UNIT stories ! He did return to the programme in 1999 for the VHS release the story 'The Crusade', where he provided linking narration which covered gaps in the narrative due to the episodes being missing. He provided audio commentaries for various 'Doctor Who' DVD releases, read audio book versions of three early Doctor Who novelisations and provided linking narration for CD releases of the fan-recorded soundtracks of serials with missing episodes in which he appeared From 2009, he reprised the role of Ian for Big Finish Productions' 'Companion Chronicles' and 'The Lost Stories'. In 2013 he voiced the First Doctor for the anniversary story 'The Light at the End'. At 88 years old at the time of recording, he became the oldest actor to play the Doctor in any medium. He has since reprised the role in subsequent First Doctor releases for The Early Adventures range. In 2022, he reprised the role of Ian on television for the first time since 1965 in the BBC Centenary Special 'The Power of the Doctor'. In doing so, he became the oldest actor to work on modern televised 'Doctor Who' at the time of their involvement in production, aged 96 at the time his scenes were recorded. His cameo in the episode reportedly broke the Guinness World Record for the longest gap between televised appearances as the same character  will graham and nosferatu42 like this.
__________________ People try to put us down Just because we get around Golly, Gee! it's wrong to be so guilty  |
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4th June 2024, 09:36 PM
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Very sad news. Another part of the real program gone forever.  |
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5th June 2024, 12:42 PM
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The Cult of Skaro, led by Dalek Sec, returned in the two part story Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks (2007)  |
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6th June 2024, 01:12 PM
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London 1941. The Doctor (Matt Smith) and Amy (Karen Gillan) answer Winston Churchill's (Ian McNeice) call for help in developing his 'Ironsides' to defend Britain from the Nazi threat, along with his chief scientist Bracewell (Bill Paterson), in 2010's Victory of the Daleks.  |
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7th June 2024, 01:41 PM
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Liz (Caroline John) and Dr. Meredith (Ian Cunningham) in the 1970 story Doctor Who and the Silurians.  |
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8th June 2024, 01:46 PM
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The cover art of the BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel Bunker Soldiers by Martin Day. It featured the first Doctor, Dodo and Steven and was released in February 2001.  Susan Foreman and MrBarlow like this. |
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8th June 2024, 03:57 PM
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June 8th, 1974 - 50 years ago today, 'Planet Of The Spiders' part 6 was broadcast on the BBC and it was a case of goodbye Jon Pertwee, hello Tom Baker
__________________ People try to put us down Just because we get around Golly, Gee! it's wrong to be so guilty |
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9th June 2024, 11:49 AM
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Apparently this was placed at the end of the broadcast version of 'Rogue' 
__________________ People try to put us down Just because we get around Golly, Gee! it's wrong to be so guilty |
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9th June 2024, 12:29 PM
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Yes it was. You barely had time to read it.
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9th June 2024, 01:13 PM
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Benik (Milton Johns) holds Victoria (Deborah Watling) at gun point during The Enemy of the World (1967)  |
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