"footage. Tom Baker did reappear, but as ""the Curator"", an ambiguously different character who he was not credited for playing. A voice actor, John Guilor, recorded a line of audio impersonating the First Doctor, for which he was credited as ""Voice Over Artist"". In other multi-Doctor stories, the multiple actors are all credited as ""The Doctor"", the exception being ""The Three Doctors"" (1972–73), which credited William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee as ""Doctor Who"" as the 1972 serial preceded the practice of crediting the character as ""The Doctor"". In ""Human Nature"" (2007), the plot involves the Tenth Doctor altering"
"Peter Bryant and Derrick Sherwin had originally envisaged replacing ""Doctor Who"" with a ""Quatermass""-style serial, with Nigel Kneale involved, but this fell through when Kneale refused to write for the show. The plan did, however, have an effect on the programme, seeing the Doctor exiled to a near-future earth as UNIT's scientific advisor. Doctor Who (season 7) The seventh season of British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" began on 3 January 1970 with Jon Pertwee's first story ""Spearhead from Space"" and ended with ""Inferno"". Jon Pertwee makes his first appearance as the Third Doctor replacing Patrick Troughton in the"
"of the Doctor"" to depict the Third Doctor assisting his other incarnations in sending Gallifrey to a pocket universe to protect it from the Daleks. Several figurines of Pertwee's Doctor have been released as part of the Doctor Who action figure range. In 2016, his work was honoured with a blue plaque at the New Wimbledon Theatre, which was arranged by the Doctor Who Appreciation Society. Jon Pertwee John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor, comedian, entertainer and cabaret performer. Pertwee was born into a theatrical family."
"Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure was a 1989 stage play written by Terrance Dicks, based on the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". The play was staged at twenty theatres around Britain, commencing 23 March 1989. It initially starred Jon Pertwee (who had played the Third Doctor in the series) as the Doctor. On 29 April Pertwee was ill, so understudy David Banks, who portrayed the Cyber Leader in the series from ""Earthshock"" onwards, played the Doctor for the matinee and evening performances. Pertwee continued in the role until 3 June"
"Doctor Who (season 7) The seventh season of British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" began on 3 January 1970 with Jon Pertwee's first story ""Spearhead from Space"" and ended with ""Inferno"". Jon Pertwee makes his first appearance as the Third Doctor replacing Patrick Troughton in the role. Caroline John makes her first appearance as companion and assistant Liz Shaw in ""Spearhead from Space"" and last in ""Inferno"". Nicholas Courtney returns as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and he would continue to make regular appearances in ""Doctor Who"" until season 13. John Levene also makes his first appearance as Sergeant Benton since ""The"
"episode ""Wacky Wales"". In 1969, Pertwee was selected by outgoing producer Peter Bryant and the series' next producer, Derrick Sherwin, to take over as the Doctor from Patrick Troughton in the television series ""Doctor Who"". Pertwee had asked his agent to apply for the role for him and was surprised to find he was already on the shortlist. He was the second choice for the role of the Third Doctor; Ron Moody was the first but was unavailable. In a departure from the Doctor's first two incarnations, Pertwee's era was influenced by the James Bond film series. He played the"
"Doctor Who (season 11) The eleventh season of British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" began on 15 December 1973 with the serial ""The Time Warrior"", and ended with Jon Pertwee's final serial ""Planet of the Spiders"". The season's writing was recognized by the Writer's Guild of Great Britain for Best Children's Drama Script. Jon Pertwee makes his final appearance as the series lead in ""Planet of the Spiders"", although he would reprise the role of the Third Doctor in the 20th anniversary special episode, ""The Five Doctors"". Elisabeth Sladen makes her first appearance as Sarah Jane Smith in ""The"
"work. Slater suggested Baker to ""Doctor Who"" producer Barry Letts who had been looking to fill the part. Letts had been the producer of the series since the early Pertwee serials in 1970. He had seen Baker's work in ""The Golden Voyage of Sinbad"" and hired him for the part. Baker would continue in his role as the Doctor for seven seasons, longer than any other actor to play the part. Elisabeth Sladen had renewed her contract to play Sarah during the previous season. Nicholas Courtney and John Levene reprised their roles as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Sergeant Benton respectively. Levene"
"a prominent feature of ""Doctor Who"" throughout the Third Doctor's era, when ""Doctor Who"" was produced by Sherwin's successor, Barry Letts. Sherwin left ""Doctor Who"" after Jon Pertwee's debut serial, ""Spearhead from Space"". After leaving ""Doctor Who"", Sherwin maintained connections with the series. When Michael Grade threatened to axe the show in 1985, Sherwin offered to “take it off [his] hands” and “produce it independently”, and also claimed to have done this a second time with Peter Cregeen, the man responsible for ""Doctor Who""’s actual cancellation in 1989 . He later contributed to several documentaries for the ""Doctor Who"" DVD"
"Third Doctor The Third Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old Time Lord alien from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time and space in his TARDIS, frequently with companions. At the end of life, the Doctor can regenerate his body; as a result, his physical appearance and personality change. Pertwee portrays the third such incarnation, a dapper man of action of stark contrast to his wily but less action-oriented predecessors. While previous"
"See List of non-televised Third Doctor stories. Third Doctor The Third Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old Time Lord alien from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time and space in his TARDIS, frequently with companions. At the end of life, the Doctor can regenerate his body; as a result, his physical appearance and personality change. Pertwee portrays the third such incarnation, a dapper man of action of stark contrast to his"
"and incomplete serial ""Shada"" which would have followed ""The Horns of Nimon""). The entire season was broadcast from 15 December 1973 to 8 June 1974. All serials of season 11 have been released on DVD. Doctor Who (season 11) The eleventh season of British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" began on 15 December 1973 with the serial ""The Time Warrior"", and ended with Jon Pertwee's final serial ""Planet of the Spiders"". The season's writing was recognized by the Writer's Guild of Great Britain for Best Children's Drama Script. Jon Pertwee makes his final appearance as the series lead in"
"Devious (Doctor Who) Devious is an upcoming fan-made ""Doctor Who"" story. Filming started in 1991, with live-action scenes mostly completed by 2005. Though the full production has yet to be completed, a preview of it can be found on the Special Features DVD of the classic ""Doctor Who"" story ""The War Games"". In the final scene Jon Pertwee appears in what was to be his last appearance as the Third Doctor. Pertwee later suffered a fatal heart attack in Connecticut, and died at the age of 76, one year after the scene was filmed in 1995. The recording of Pertwee"
"2000, ""Jon Pertwee: The Biography"" by Bernard Bale () was published by André Deutsch, and included a few chapters by Pertwee's widow Ingeborg. Archival footage of Pertwee has been used several times in the revived ""Doctor Who"". Footage appears in ""The Next Doctor"" when the Tenth Doctor shows Jackson Lake an infostamp about himself, and in ""The Eleventh Hour"" when the Eleventh Doctor rhetorically asks the Atraxi how previous alien invasion attempts were stopped. Footage of Pertwee was used in ""The Name of the Doctor"" to depict his Doctor interacting with a version of Clara Oswald, and in ""The Day"
"with regards to products connected to the Eighth Doctor. With the introduction of a new official series logo in 2005, the 1996 logo continued to be used by Big Finish Productions as the logo for all pre-2005 series material including books and audio dramas, and by the BBC on DVD releases of episodes from the 1963–89 series, books and audio. The Third Doctor appeared again in the 20th anniversary special ""The Five Doctors"", broadcast in 1983. A stage play, ""Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure"", was produced in 1989, starring Jon Pertwee (occasionally replaced by an understudy then later, until"
"peak of his ""Doctor Who"" popularity, Pertwee endorsed the Co-op's ""Baking Your Cake and Eating It"", a recipe book written by Sarah Charles. It has been given the unofficial title of ""The Jon Pertwee Recipe Book"". In early 1974, Pertwee announced he would step down as the Doctor to resume his stage career in ""The Bedwinner"", also citing typecasting in the role as the reason for leaving, though he later said that the catalyst for his departure was the death of his good friend and co-star Roger Delgado (The Master) and the departures of co-star Katy Manning and producer Barry"
"The Paradise of Death The Paradise of Death is a 5-part BBC radio drama, based on the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", and starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor. This was the second radio serial made by the BBC based on the ""Doctor Who"" television series. In 1986, the Sixth Doctor, played by Colin Baker, had starred in a 6-part radio serial entitled ""Slipback"", during a break between seasons whilst he was starring as the Doctor on television. The scriptwriter for ""Paradise of Death"", Barry Letts, was a former BBC Producer and Director who had (amongst his"
"Liars"" which are now considered classics and have been anthologized in the book, ""Fisherman's Bounty"", edited by Nick Lyons, and originally published by Crown in 1970, then by Fireside in 1988. Following the cancellation of ""The Grove Family"" in 1957, Pertwee retired from writing. He died in April 1963, three weeks before his 78th birthday. Roland Pertwee Roland Pertwee (15 May 1885 – 26 April 1963) was an English playwright, film and television screenwriter, director and actor. He was the father of ""Doctor Who"" actor Jon Pertwee and fellow playwright and screenwriter Michael Pertwee. He was also the second cousin"
"of the Doctor's exile were too limiting in terms of potential plotting. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The entire season was broadcast from 2 January to 19 June 1971. Doctor Who (season 8) The eighth season of British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" began on 2 January 1971 with ""Terror of the Autons"" and ended with ""The Dæmons"" featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor. Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor. Katy Manning makes her first appearance as companion Jo Grant in ""Terror of the Autons"". Nicholas Courtney and John Levene continue their roles of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Sergeant Benton,"
"""Doctor Who"". Ultimately, Pertwee was successful in seeing the Third Doctor return to the airwaves with two audio productions for BBC Radio, ""The Paradise of Death"" and ""The Ghosts of N-Space"". In April 1995, he appeared in ""Devious"", an amateur video drama set between the second Doctor's trial at the end of ""The War Games"" and before the start of ""Spearhead from Space"". It shows an interim Doctor (between second and third), played by Tony Garner, being told he was ""never meant to be the Doctor"" and that the third will complete him. Pertwee's scenes in that role are the"
"Doctor Who (season 8) The eighth season of British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" began on 2 January 1971 with ""Terror of the Autons"" and ended with ""The Dæmons"" featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor. Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor. Katy Manning makes her first appearance as companion Jo Grant in ""Terror of the Autons"". Nicholas Courtney and John Levene continue their roles of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Sergeant Benton, while Richard Franklin makes his first appearance as Captain Mike Yates. Roger Delgado makes his first appearance as The Master in ""Terror of the Autons"""
"when he turned the part down, comic actor Jon Pertwee, another candidate from Sherwin's shortlist, was cast instead. Sherwin had hoped that Pertwee would bring much of his comic acting skill to the part, but he was keen to establish himself as a serious dramatic actor as well as a comedian. Although some lighter touches were visible throughout Pertwee's era, he essentially played it very ""straight"" and not at all as Sherwin had envisioned. Pertwee's Doctor was more action-oriented than his predecessors, and the producers allowed Pertwee to indulge his love of riding various vehicles during his tenure, including motorcycles,"
"was not resorting to comedic disguises or voices: a dapper, technologically oriented man of action. This was because BBC Head of Drama Shaun Sutton had advised him to act the Doctor as himself: in effect, to ""play Jon Pertwee."" In 1971, he appeared in the Amicus horror compendium ""The House That Dripped Blood"". Filming in the summer of 1970, between his first and second ""Doctor Who"" seasons, Pertwee played the lead in the last segment of the film as Paul Henderson, an arrogant horror film star who meets his doom thanks to a genuine vampire cloak. In 1973, during the"
"actors to play the character of the Doctor in the series (Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, and David Tennant), as well as many of the regular supporting actors over the many years of the programme. The late Jon Pertwee's voice is featured in the 40th-anniversary story ""Zagreus"". His part in the story was pieced together from snippets of Pertwee's dialogue from the fan-produced ""Doctor Who"" video ""Devious"". The actor John Hurt also recorded appearances as the War Doctor for Big Finish prior to his death in 2017. Of the living Doctors, Tom Baker for years"
"to ""Doctor Who"" producer Barry Letts who had been looking to fill the part. Letts had been the producer of the series since the early Pertwee serials in 1970. He had seen Baker's work in ""The Golden Voyage of Sinbad"" and hired him for the part. Baker would continue in his role as ""the Doctor"" for seven seasons, longer than any other actor to play the part. Elisabeth Sladen returned to play the role of companion Sarah Jane Smith throughout the season. Ian Marter joined the cast as Harry Sullivan. The character was created before Baker was cast; there had"
"from 5 January to 30 March 1985. All serials of season 22 were released individually in between 2001 and 2009. Doctor Who (season 22) The twenty-second season of British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" began on 5 January 1985 with the serial ""Attack of the Cybermen"", and ended with ""Revelation of the Daleks"". Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant continue their roles as the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown. Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines return to play the Second Doctor and his companion Jamie McCrimmon in ""The Two Doctors"". Their last on-screen appearance was (briefly) ""The Five Doctors"" in 1983."
"in 1994 (); it was the 156th and final novelisation to be published by Target, ending a series of books which began in 1964 (and had been published under the Target label since 1973). The subsequent serial, ""The Ghosts of N-Space"", would be novelised as part of the Virgin Missing Adventures series (although it was not a lost or missing serial). The Paradise of Death The Paradise of Death is a 5-part BBC radio drama, based on the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", and starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor. This was the second radio serial made"
"scenes – a rare and demanding directorial requirement for the 1960s. However, in his memoir ""Who and Me"", Letts related how he naively used matte boxes to allow Troughton to act face to face with himself, when in fact optical printing was already available and the same could have been accomplished in post-production. He became the show's producer in 1969 in succession to Derrick Sherwin. Jon Pertwee had just been cast as the Doctor. Letts' first story as producer was Pertwee's second, ""Doctor Who and the Silurians"", and he remained the producer for the rest of the Pertwee serials, becoming"
"multi-serial box sets. Doctor Who (season 9) The ninth season of British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" began on 1 January 1972 with ""Day of the Daleks"", and ended with ""The Time Monster"". Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor, as does Katy Manning playing Jo Grant. Nicholas Courtney, John Levene and Richard Franklin continue their roles of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sergeant Benton and Captain Mike Yates respectively. Roger Delgado returns to play The Master in ""The Sea Devils"" and ""The Time Monster"". Alan Bennion makes his second of three appearances in the series playing an Ice Warrior."
"Roland Pertwee Roland Pertwee (15 May 1885 – 26 April 1963) was an English playwright, film and television screenwriter, director and actor. He was the father of ""Doctor Who"" actor Jon Pertwee and fellow playwright and screenwriter Michael Pertwee. He was also the second cousin of actor Bill Pertwee and grandfather of actors Sean Pertwee and Dariel Pertwee. From the 1910s to 1950s, he worked as a writer on many British films, providing either the basic story or full screenplay. He was one of numerous writers working on the script of ""A Yank at Oxford"" starring Robert Taylor and Vivien"
"with the cooperation of BBC Worldwide (and before that 2Entertain), most notably a full advance screening of the 'Day of the Daleks' DVD Special Edition in 2011. The Society has had a number of Honorary Presidents. The first was Jon Pertwee, who held the post until his death in 1996. From 1997 until his death in 2011, the Society's honorary president was Nicholas Courtney, who played the hugely popular recurring character Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart on the series from 1968 to 1989. Upon Courtney's death, Colin Baker, who played the sixth incarnation of the Doctor, was elected as his replacement. In May"
"Pertwee was cast in Fox's TV series ""Gotham"", a series presenting an origin for the characters of the Batman franchise. Pertwee portrays Alfred Pennyworth, a tough-as-nails ex-special forces from east London who works as the Wayne family's loyal butler. After Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered, he becomes guardian and mentor to their young son Bruce – the boy who will one day become Batman. Pertwee is the brother of actress Dariel Pertwee, son of actor Jon Pertwee (of Doctor Who fame), grandson of actor and screenwriter Roland Pertwee, and is more distantly related to actor Bill Pertwee. He married"
"Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday was a stage play based on the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". The play ran at the Adelphi Theatre in London, England for four weeks, beginning on 16 December 1974. Originally, the part of the Doctor was to be played by Jon Pertwee, but the role went instead to character actor Trevor Martin. Martin had previously appeared in ""Doctor Who"" as a Time Lord in the 1969 serial, ""The War Games"". In the play, it"