Richard Franklin
Richard Kimber Franklin (15 January 1936 – 24 December 2023) was an English actor, writer, director and political activist. Principally a stage actor, he also appeared as a regular character in several high-profile British television programmes, including Crossroads and Emmerdale Farm, and he portrayed Captain Mike Yates of UNIT in Doctor Who from 1971 until 1974, returning to the role on a number of occasions both on television and in Doctor Who spin-off media.
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring...
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Chemical Wedding
as DeanA shy, stuttering professor brings satanist Aleister Crowley back to life.
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Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Captain YatesMany incarnations of the Doctors and their old companions are taken out of time and deposited in...
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The Fiction Makers
as 2nd GuardSimon Templar is hired by a friend in the book publishing trade to protect one of his stars, a...
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Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Mike YatesAll 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: The Dæmons
as Captain Mike YatesOn 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 Mind of Evil
as Captain Mike YatesProfessor Emil Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of...
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Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as HimselfVideo footage telling the story of the biggest Doctor Who (1963) convention ever in the UK,...
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Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
as uncreditedOn the 20th of March 1992, Jon Pertwee, veteran star of The Navy Lark, Dr Who and Worzel...
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Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Captain Mike YatesThe Doctor and UNIT investigate a deadly infection lurking underneath the Welsh mining town of...
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Twilight of the Gods
as Richard WagnerWhen the ghost of the composer Richard Wagner visits the raving Friedrich Nietzsche within the...
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Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
as uncreditedBy her own admission, Katy Manning is ‘as blind as a bat’ and never knows where she’ll end up....
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Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Mike YatesThe blue crystal that the Doctor took from Metebelis III in a previous adventure is desperately...
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Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
as Captain YatesGuerillas time-jump back from the 22nd century to assassinate Sir Reginald Styles - a diplomat...
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Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
as Captain Mike YatesThe Master, an old adversary of the Doctor, has arrived on Earth to destroy humanity with the...
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Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
as uncreditedProducer Steve Broster takes a look back to 1983 and the celebration of Doctor Who's twentieth...
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Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
as Captain Mike YatesA group of gold-skinned aliens known as the Axons land on Earth and offer wondrous technology in...
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Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
as uncreditedIn April 1983, Roger Stevens and James Russell were given “Access All Areas” passes to the BBC’s...
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A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
as (archive footage)This exclusive documentary looks at the life and career of Jon Pertwee. With contributions from...
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Return to Devil's End
as SelfSet in the lovely village where the Doctor Who episodes titled "The Dæmons" (#059) was shot,...
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Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Captain Mike YatesThe Master, in the guise of Professor Thascalos, has constructed at the Newton Institute in...
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Life on Earth
as SelfA documentary about the making of Terror of the Autons. Actors Katy Manning and Richard...
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Myth Makers 16: Richard Franklin
as uncreditedDuring the early 1970’s the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT) featured heavily in...
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Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Mike YatesThe Third Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find it has been evacuated because...
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The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
as uncreditedThis is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the Jon Pertwee era...
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ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
as uncreditedIt was a operation worthy of UNIT itself… bringing The Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney), Captain...
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Doctor Who
as Mike YatesThe adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...
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Doctor Who
as Captain Mike YatesThe adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...
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The Saint
as 2nd GuardSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
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Heartbeat
as DoctorSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
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Blake's 7
as Federation TrooperA group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran...
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Dixon of Dock Green
as 2nd PBX OperatorCreated by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...
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Fred Dinenage - Murder Casebook
as SelfFred Dinenage takes a fresh look at the murders that shocked Britain in the twentieth century...
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