Jon Pertwee

Born: 1919-07-07

John Devon Roland "Jon" Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996) was an English actor, comedian, entertainer and cabaret performer. 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.


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Carry On Cleo

as Soothsayer
Released: 1964-11-08

Two Britons—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and...

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Carry On Screaming!

as Doctor Fettle
Released: 1966-05-20

The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning...

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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

as The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
Released: 2013-11-23

In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot...

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

as Crassus
Released: 1966-10-16

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

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The House That Dripped Blood

as Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")
Released: 1971-02-22

A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.

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Carry On Cowboy

as Sheriff Albert Earp
Released: 1965-11-26

Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand...

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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

as Colonel
Released: 1975-07-09

Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord...

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Carry On Columbus

as Duke of Costa Brava
Released: 1992-10-02

Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the...

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The Water Babies

as Salmon
Released: 1978-06-23

Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One...

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The Four Just Men

as Rally campaigner (uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-01

The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies...

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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen

as General Von Kramer
Released: 1995-10-08

Working with the French Secret Service, Indy joins the legendary Lafayette Escadrille flying...

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Murder at the Windmill

as Police Sergeant
Released: 1949-06-06

A man watching a musical show at the Windmill theatre is shot apparently from the stage. The...

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A Yank at Oxford

as Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: 1938-02-18

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and...

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Ladies Who Do

as Sidney Tait
Released: 1963-11-01

The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make...

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Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

as (archival footage)
Released: 2008-03-03

Producer Steve Broster takes a look back to 1983 and the celebration of Doctor Who's twentieth...

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Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

as The Doctor
Released: 1971-01-23

The Master, an old adversary of the Doctor, has arrived on Earth to destroy humanity with the...

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Adventures of a Private Eye

as Judd Blake
Released: 1977-03-04

While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it...

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The Zero Imperative

as Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane
Released: 1994-01-01

Former UNIT luminary Liz Shaw and her assistant Bayliss are investigating a series of bizarre...

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Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

as Self - archive
Released: 2023-11-25

Behind-the-scenes stories from the long-running sci-fi drama. There are tales of stunts that...

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Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

as The Doctor (3)
Released: 1983-11-25

Many incarnations of the Doctors and their old companions are taken out of time and deposited in...

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Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

as The 3rd Doctor
Released: 1993-11-27

All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end...

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Doctor Who: Colony in Space

as The Doctor
Released: 1971-05-15

When the Master steals the Time Lords' secret file on the Doomsday Weapon, they grant the Doctor...

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The PanoptiCon Tapes III

as uncredited
Released: 1990-01-03

3. The Pertwee Years - We take an in-depth look at the Jon Pertwee era, which has been featured...

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The Airzone Solution

as Oliver Threthewey
Released: 1993-01-01

The Airzone Solution takes place in a future Britain where pollution has reached a point where...

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No. 1 of the Secret Service

as The Rev. Walter Braithwaite
Released: 1977-10-31

No. 1 is fearless, irrestible, and licensed to kill. No. 1 is assigned to capture a madman...

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A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee

as (archive footage)
Released: 2013-07-15

This exclusive documentary looks at the life and career of Jon Pertwee. With contributions from...

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Dancing with Crime

as Police Constable (uncredited)
Released: 1947-06-25

When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend...

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Talking Doctor Who

as Self / The Doctor (3) (archive footage)
Released: 2023-11-01

As part of the sixtieth anniversary celebrations of Doctor Who, David Tennant time-travels back...

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It's a Wonderful World

as Conductor
Released: 1956-08-28

Two aspiring songwriters finally manage to sell a tune by claiming that it was composed by a...

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Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

as The Doctor
Released: 1971-03-06

Professor Emil Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of...

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A Yank in Ermine

as Slowburn Jenks
Released: 1955-01-01

An American airman inherits an Earldom in England along with the small matter of $3 million on...

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The Home Whovian

as uncredited
Released: 2001-01-01

In the 1980’s US public television station New Jersey Network produced some groundbreaking...

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Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death

as The Doctor
Released: 1970-05-02

Astronauts rescued from a mission to mars are kidnapped when they arrive back on earth. They...

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The Boys in Blue

as Coastguard
Released: 1982-09-20

Sgt. Cannon (Tommy Cannon) and PC Ball (Bobby Ball) run the police station in the quiet town of...

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How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

as Adam
Released: 1965-06-01

Comic survey of methods of undressing through the ages, from Victorian modesty to modern strip...

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Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks

as The Doctor
Released: 1973-05-12

On the jungle planet Spiridon, the Doctor, Jo and a Thal group find a slumbering army of Daleks...

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Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

as The Doctor
Released: 1974-06-08

The blue crystal that the Doctor took from Metebelis III in a previous adventure is desperately...

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Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

as The Doctor
Released: 1970-01-24

The New Doctor arrives on Earth in the middle of a freak meteor shower. Faceless killer shop...

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Doctor Who: The Green Death

as The Doctor
Released: 1973-06-23

The Doctor and UNIT investigate a deadly infection lurking underneath the Welsh mining town of...

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I've Gotta Horse

as Costumier's Assistant
Released: 1965-04-25

A fast-moving comedy with Billy Fury, who plays himself in the film. The story reveals his great...

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Helter Skelter

as Headwaiter
Released: 1949-01-07

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

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Will Any Gentleman...?

as Charley Sterling
Released: 1953-08-25

A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves...

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Mr. Drake's Duck

as Reuben
Released: 1951-09-21

Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks...

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The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

as uncredited
Released: 2017-08-01

This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the Jon Pertwee era...

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Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

as The Doctor
Released: 1973-01-20

Time itself is in peril! The Time Lords and UNIT find themselves besieged by a mythic figure...

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Miss Pilgrim's Progress

as Postman Perkins
Released: 1949-11-29

An exchange factory worker from New Jersey joins a plot to save a village from the Town and...

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Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks

as The Doctor
Released: 1974-03-16

An energy drain traps the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith on the planet Exxilon with its...

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Who's Who

as uncredited
Released: 1986-08-13

Produced for American Public Television, this documentary on the long-running Doctor Who...

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Doctor Who: The Mutants

as The Doctor
Released: 1972-05-13

The Time Lords send the Doctor and Jo on a mission to deliver a sealed message pod to an unknown...

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30 Years in the TARDIS

as Himself
Released: 1993-11-29

A documentary celebrating the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who, featuring new interviews, rare...

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Dear Mr. Prohack

as Plover
Released: 1949-09-07

A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett's novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation...

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Doctor Who: Frontier in Space

as The Doctor
Released: 1973-03-31

In the 26th century, the Doctor and Jo uncover a plot by the Master to provoke an interplanetary...

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Doctor Who: The Dæmons

as The Doctor
Released: 1971-06-19

On the eve of May Day, dark elemental forces begin to disturb the village of Devil's End as the...

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Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon

as The Doctor
Released: 1972-02-19

The planet Peladon has applied to join the Galactic Federation, and The Doctor is mistaken for...

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Jikuu Bouken Doctor Who

as The Doctor (archive footage)
Released: 2011-06-01

A short piece involving the Third Doctor, drawn and animated entirely in the anime style of the...

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Return to Devil's End

as Self
Released: 1993-01-30

Set in the lovely village where the Doctor Who episodes titled "The Dæmons" (#059) was shot,...

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Stranger than Fiction

as uncredited
Released: 1994-01-01

Gary Russell of Marvel Comics' Doctor Who Magazine investigates the world of BBV. In a...

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Trouble in the Air

as uncredited
Released: 1948-11-01

A radio commentator is sent to a village to broadcast a bell-ringing team. Meanwhile a property...

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You Must Be Joking

as Storekeeper (Hare Factory)
Released: 1965-08-03

A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a...

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The Gay Dog

as A Betting Man
Released: 1954-06-01

Jim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win....

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Green Cross Code: Splink Launch

as uncredited
Released: 1976-01-03

A former Doctor Who returns to Earth to deliver a road safety message.

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Myth Makers 15: Jon Pertwee

as uncredited
Released: 1989-01-15

Jon Pertwee was quite simply a star. From vaudeville, through theatre, radio in The Navy Lark,...

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A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special

as Worzel Gummidge
Released: 1980-12-27

Christmas is coming to Ten Acre Field and Worzel Gummidge (Jon Pertwee) is determined to enjoy...

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Doctor Who and the Silurians

as The Doctor
Released: 1970-03-14

Investigating mysterious power failures and a death at an underground research centre, The...

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The Ugly Duckling

as Victor Jekyll
Released: 1959-09-09

Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for...

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Doctor Who: Inferno

as Dr. Who
Released: 1970-05-09

UNIT is providing security cover at an experimental drilling project at Eastchester, designed to...

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Doctor Who and the Third Man

as uncredited
Released: 2019-07-08

A retrospective documentary on the tenure of Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor in the show Doctor Who.

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The PanoptiCon Tapes

as uncredited
Released: 1990-01-01

1. The Main Event - What are PanoptiCons like to organise? What do the fans think of them? What...

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Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

as The Doctor
Released: 1974-02-16

The Third Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find it has been evacuated because...

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There Ain't No Justice

as Young Man in Cafe (uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-17

A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter.

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The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

as uncredited
Released: 1995-09-01

More than 30 years have now passed since a certain time traveling police box first materialized...

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Up in the Air

as uncredited
Released: 1969-01-01

Victorian schoolboy adventure. Freddie is sent away to a boarding school where he is very...

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The PanoptiCon Tapes IV

as uncredited
Released: 1990-01-04

4. The JNT Years - Peter Davison and Colin Baker’s portrayals of the Doctor conceded with one...

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Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

as The Doctor
Released: 1971-04-03

A group of gold-skinned aliens known as the Axons land on Earth and offer wondrous technology in...

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Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee

as uncredited
Released: 1992-06-01

On the 20th of March 1992, Jon Pertwee, veteran star of The Navy Lark, Dr Who and Worzel...

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Runaway Railway

as Station Master
Released: 1965-01-01

A group of young railway enthusiasts attempt to stop the closure of the local railway by trying...

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Panopticon Genesis

as uncredited
Released: 2017-05-12

On August 6th 1977, the world’s first Doctor Who convention was held in a church hall in...

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Doctor Who: The Time Monster

as The Doctor
Released: 1972-06-24

The Master, in the guise of Professor Thascalos, has constructed at the Newton Institute in...

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Jon Pertwee: Uncut!

as Himself
Released: 2021-06-08

Born John Devon Roland 'Jon' Pertwee and originally serving in the Royal Navy and Naval...

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Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

as Himself (archive footage)
Released: 2001-02-20

Video footage telling the story of the biggest Doctor Who (1963) convention ever in the UK,...

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The PanoptiCon Tapes II

as uncredited
Released: 1990-01-02

2. The Early Years - The stars and production team give a unique insight into Doctor Who from...

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Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters

as The Doctor
Released: 1973-02-17

The Doctor and Jo find themselves trapped inside an alien peepshow machine which showman Vorg...

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Doctor Who: Robot

as The Doctor
Released: 1975-01-18

The newly-regenerated Doctor helps UNIT battle a sentient robot being manipulated by a corrupt...

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Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

as The Doctor
Released: 1972-01-22

Guerillas time-jump back from the 22nd century to assassinate Sir Reginald Styles - a diplomat...

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Myth Runner

as Himself
Released: 1987-01-01

A spoof of Blade Runner, built around bloopers and outtakes from the Myth Makers series of...

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The PanoptiCon Tapes VI

as uncredited
Released: 1986-12-01

6. Panopticon VII - 1986 was the 10th Anniversary of the DWAS and for the first time...

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Under the Table You Must Go

as Self
Released: 1970-01-02

A trip around the clubs, pubs and discotheques in London, England.

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Just William at the circus (Comes to town)

as Circus superintendent
Released:

William Brown attempts to secure more pay and shorter hours for schoolboys.

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Doctor Who: The Sea Devils

as The Doctor
Released: 1972-04-01

The Master joins forces with The Sea Devils to take over the world, unless The Doctor and The...

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Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

as The Doctor
Released: 1974-01-05

When scientists start to go missing in the 20th century, the Doctor is called in by the...

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Nearly a Nasty Accident

as Gen. Birkinshaw
Released: 1961-05-01

The RAF Group Captain has a hard job to restrain the aircraft-man from tinkering with everything...

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Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon

as The Doctor
Released: 1974-04-27

The Doctor returns to Peladon fifty years after his last visit, to find Queen Thalira, daughter...

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Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

as uncredited
Released: 1995-01-01

In the second "Stranger Than Fiction" documentary, Mark Gatiss explores the three latest BBV...

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Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files

as uncredited
Released: 2021-05-07

On August 6th 1977, the world’s first DOCTOR WHO convention was held at a church hall in...

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The PanoptiCon Tapes V

as uncredited
Released: 1990-01-05

5. Dragonfire - How is a Doctor Who story made? Cast and crew from the Doctor Who story...

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McDonnell Douglas Information Systems

as Narrator
Released: 1986-01-01

McDonnell Douglas Information Systems was a subsidiary of the giant McDonnell Douglas aircraft...

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Life on Earth

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2011-05-09

A documentary about the making of Terror of the Autons. Actors Katy Manning and Richard...

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Doctor Who: The Troughton Years

as Host
Released: 1991-06-03

A documentary about Patrick Troughton's years as Doctor Who presented by Jon Pertwee. This also...

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Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

as uncredited
Released: 2015-10-01

In April 1983, Roger Stevens and James Russell were given “Access All Areas” passes to the BBC’s...

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Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years

as Host
Released: 1992-01-01

Following on from the other documentaries "The Hartnell Years" and "The Troughton Years", which...

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Just Joe

as Prendergast
Released: 1960-07-01

A shy detergent factory employee unexpectedly finds his feet.

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Then and Now

as uncredited
Released: 1960-01-01

A look at the progression in audio and visual technology.

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Doctor Who

as The Doctor (archive footage)
First aired: 2005-03-26

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...

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Doctor Who

as The Doctor
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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The Avengers

as Brigadier Whitehead
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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Wogan

as Self
First aired: 1982-05-04

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable...

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The Goodies

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-11-08

A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and...

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The Goodies

as Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn
First aired: 1970-11-08

A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and...

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Blankety Blank

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-01-18

Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show based on the 1977–1979 Australian game show...

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Surprise, Surprise

as Self
First aired: 1984-05-06

Surprise, Surprise is a British television programme originally hosted by Cilla Black and...

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Worzel Gummidge

as Worzel Gummidge
First aired: 1979-02-25

Worzel Gummidge is a children's comedy series, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on...

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Worzel Gummidge

as Radio Announcer
First aired: 1979-02-25

Worzel Gummidge is a children's comedy series, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on...

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Tales of the Tardis

as The Doctor
First aired: 2023-11-01

Classic Doctor Who duos are reunited as they board a very special TARDIS on a nostalgic voyage...

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The Further Adventures of SuperTed

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-01-31

The Further Adventures of SuperTed is an American/Welsh animated television series produced by...

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SuperTed

as Spotty
First aired: 1983-10-04

SuperTed is a Welsh fictional anthropomorphic bear character created by Mike Young. Originally...

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Ivanhoe

as Peter the Peddler
First aired: 1958-01-05

Ivanhoe is a British television series first shown on ITV in 1958-59. The show features Roger...

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The Paul Daniels Magic Show

as Self
First aired: 1979-06-09

A British magic show and variety show that aired on BBC1 from 9 June 1979 to 18 June 1994....

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Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

as Self
First aired: 2013-01-27

As the Doctor's newest companion, Clara Oswald, steps into the TARDIS, take a look back at...

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Virtual Murder

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-07-24

John Cornelius (called JC) is a university don who also works for his city police force as a...

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A Slight Case Of...

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-08

Roy Kinnear plays a seedy and incompetent private detective named H A Wormsley.

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Tell Me Another

as Guest
First aired: 1976-05-18

Personal anecdotes as told to Dick Hills.

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Tell Me Another

as Himself
First aired: 1976-05-18

Personal anecdotes as told to Dick Hills.

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Whodunnit?

as Host
First aired: 1973-06-25

Whodunnit? is a British television game show, broadcast between 1972 and 1978 for ITV by Thames...

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Worzel Gummidge Down Under

as Worzel Gummidge
First aired: 1987-10-01

Worzel Gummidge Down Under, adapted from the books written by Barbara Euphan Todd and the...

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Doctor Who's Who's Who

as Doctor Who
First aired: 1985-01-01

Television documentary filmed at a Doctor Who convention, including interviews with directors,...

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