Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton

Birthday: 1920-03-25

Place of Birth: Mill Hill, London, England, UK

Biography: Patrick George Troughton (25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor. He was classically trained for the stage but became most widely known for his roles in television and film. His work included appearances in several fantasy, science fiction and horror films, and playing the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role in 1972-1973, 1983 and 1985.

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The Omen
The Omen

Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without ...

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Jason and the Argonauts
Jason and the Argonauts

Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to c...

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Hamlet
Hamlet

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet ...

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Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks

The Daleks draft the Second Doctor into distilling the Human Factor. Once implanted, it will make th...

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The Viking Queen
The Viking Queen

Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe ...

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The Black Knight
The Black Knight

John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win the ha...

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Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

The Doctor revisits the Himalayas because he wants to return an ancient relic he was given many cent...

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Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

The Doctor and his friends Ben, Polly and Jamie arrive at Gatwick airport. They quickly stumble upon...

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Scars of Dracula
Scars of Dracula

The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when...

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Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Edward & Mrs. Simpson

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis...

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And Did Those Feet ?
And Did Those Feet ?

Lord Fountain hates his illegitimate twin boys as he does not seem to be able to produce legitimate ...

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The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

A London opera house is haunted by tragic events on its opening night, but when its star is kidnappe...

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The Black Torment
The Black Torment

A lord returns to his manor with his new wife, to hear rumours that he had already secretly returned...

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The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet co...

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Escape
Escape

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes and goes on the lam, aided by a l...

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White Corridors
White Corridors

White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story ...

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The Woman with No Name
The Woman with No Name

This is a British drama film from 1950 about a young woman in London in WW2 with amnesia....

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Talking Doctor Who
Talking Doctor Who

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

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Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear - Episode 3

Jamie tries to evade Yeti in the tunnels of the London Underground. Meanwhile, The Doctor and Victor...

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Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

The original 1967 master recordings of ‘The Macra Terror’ were lost soon after the programme’s origi...

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Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace

The Doctor and his friends find themselves in the lost city of Atlantis, where the crazed Professor ...

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The Moonraker
The Moonraker

After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonw...

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Chance of a Lifetime
Chance of a Lifetime

The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the ...

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Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

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

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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Princess Farah refuses to marry Sinbad until Prince Kassim, her brother, is able to give his consent...

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Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World

On Earth in 2018, the Doctor and his companions are enmeshed in a deadly web of intrigue thanks to h...

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The Gorgon
The Gorgon

In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims we...

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The Franchise Affair
The Franchise Affair

An English country lawyer weighs the case of a schoolgirl who claims she was kidnapped by two women....

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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

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

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Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'
Troughton in Tibet: Making 'The Abominable Snowmen'

A look at the making of the Doctor Who (1963) story "The Abominable Snowmen" (1967)....

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Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

Following the Doctor's regeneration into a new, younger body, the TARDIS lands at an Earth colony on...

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Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen

Aided by his two assistants Jamie and Victoria, the Doctor lands the TARDIS on Telos, last resting p...

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Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It

A group of business enjoying a lavish night on expenses at the Atlantis Hotel fear it is the end of ...

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A Hitch in Time
A Hitch in Time

Two children help an eccentric professor test his new time machine....

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John Diamond
John Diamond

William Jones runs away from home, haunted by the memory of his father. To lay this ghost, he must s...

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1984
1984

In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by fall...

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Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

Following the Doctor's regeneration into a new, younger body, the TARDIS lands at an Earth colony on...

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Doctor Who: The Invasion
Doctor Who: The Invasion

The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe return to Earth and become embroiled in the schemes of Tobias Vaughn. They...

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Doctor Who: The Krotons
Doctor Who: The Krotons

The TARDIS arrives on the unnamed planet of the Gonds, who are ruled and taught in a form of self-pe...

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Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death

The TARDIS lands in a space museum on Earth in the late 21st century, where the Second Doctor, Jamie...

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Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

The TARDIS materialises in Earth's future on a space beacon just before it is attacked by pirates. T...

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Doctor Who: The War Games
Doctor Who: The War Games

The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on an unnamed planet. At first believing themselves in the midst of...

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Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors

Suddenly gripped by a memory of being executed in his second incarnation, the Sixth Doctor travels t...

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Doctor Who: The Highlanders
Doctor Who: The Highlanders

The time travellers arrive in Scotland just after the Battle of Culloden. The Second Doctor gains th...

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Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace

The TARDIS arrives on an extinct volcanic island. Before long, the travellers are captured and taken...

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Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

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

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Doctor Who: The Moonbase
Doctor Who: The Moonbase

The TARDIS arrives in 2070 on the Moon, where a weather control station under the command of a man n...

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Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

Mysterious forces are at work in 1930s Tibet. The once gentle Yeti have turned savage and besieged a...

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Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

When the Second Doctor, Polly, Ben and Jamie visit a human colony that appears to be one big holiday...

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Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors

The TARDIS arrives on Earth in a new ice age. The travellers make their way into a base where scient...

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Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks

The Daleks draft the Second Doctor into distilling the Human Factor. Once implanted, it will make th...

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Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

The TARDIS arrives on Earth in July, 1966, on a runway at Gatwick Airport. Polly witnesses a murder ...

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Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

The TARDIS narrowly avoids becoming engulfed in a cobwebby substance in space. It arrives in the Lon...

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Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space

The Second Doctor and Jamie arrive on what appears to be a space station called the "Wheel in Space"...

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Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep

When the TARDIS lands in the sea off the eastern coast of England, the Second Doctor, Jamie, and Vic...

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Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
Doctor Who: The Mind Robber

To escape from the volcanic eruption on Dulkis, the Second Doctor uses an emergency unit. It moves t...

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Doctor Who: The Dominators
Doctor Who: The Dominators

When two belligerent Dominators and their robotic servant Quarks land on the peaceful planet Dulkis ...

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Treasure Island
Treasure Island

Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey an...

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R.U.R.
R.U.R.

A story of robots leading a revolution against their human creators. It explored dehumanization thro...

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Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

As the Twelfth Doctor nears regeneration, he stumbles on his first incarnation, also refusing to cha...

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Nurse Will Make It Better
Nurse Will Make It Better

A woman is hired to care for a young paraplegic girl at her father's estate. Unbeknownst to them, th...

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Waterfront
Waterfront

When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, w...

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Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

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

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Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet

The Doctor's TARDIS lands at the Snowcap space tracking station in Antarctica in December 1986. A ro...

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Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

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

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Patrick Troughton in America
Patrick Troughton in America

This video details the legendary Patrick Troughton's convention appearances in America using rare an...

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Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Over Easter weekend the 3rd and 4th of April 1983 the BBC held the biggest Doctor Who event ever to ...

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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director ...

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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights

Foundling Heathcliff is raised by the wealthy Earnshaws in Yorkshire but in later life launches a ve...

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Doctor Who: Earthshock
Doctor Who: Earthshock

The Doctor and his companions must prevent the Cybermen from bombing the Earth in the 26th century. ...

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Love Letters on Blue Paper
Love Letters on Blue Paper

Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside ...

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No Defence
No Defence

Rape is a matter which generates strong emotions. Immediate sympathies go to the victim......

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Reluctant Chickens
Reluctant Chickens

Malcolm and Jo are eagerly anticipating a quiet retirement but find that their adult children are in...

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P.Q. 17
P.Q. 17

"That order to scatter was as good as a death sentence to those merchant ships. And there isn't one ...

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Richard III
Richard III

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, ...

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Amy
Amy

A tale of real-life British aviation pioneer Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly from Britain to Aus...

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Cardboard Cavalier
Cardboard Cavalier

A historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwynn. In Cromwellian England, royalists commiss...

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The Pigman's Protege
The Pigman's Protege

In 1919 the carnage of the First World War has left the country desperately short of young men. Maud...

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The Sinking of the HMS Victoria
The Sinking of the HMS Victoria

Based on a Court Martial held aboard HMS Hibernia in Malta in 1893. The court endeavours to determin...

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Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on an unnamed planet. At first believing themselves in the midst of...

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Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring s...

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Devious
Devious

The Second Doctor has been partially regenerated by the Time Lords as punishment for breaking the no...

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30 Years in the TARDIS
30 Years in the TARDIS

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

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Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

The Doctor arrives in Victorian London. It's Christmas, but snow isn't the only thing descending on ...

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Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comed...

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Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

A warp ellipse draws the TARDIS off course. The Fifth Doctor's companions are separated from him not...

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Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

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

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Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

Mad scientist Mehendri Solon is building a body from spare parts to house the disembodied brain of t...

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Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

Captured in a time corridor, the Doctor and his companions are forced to land on 20th century Earth,...

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The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us

A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the s...

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Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on ...

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Ordeal by Fire
Ordeal by Fire

The biggest wildfire in North American history is brought to life, revealing what it means to us tod...

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Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights

BBC adaptation of The Arabian Nights...

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A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2

Smith and Laye-Parker meet Kuprin and find he is less anxious to leave Russia than they supposed....

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Treasure Island
Treasure Island

Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map and embarks on a journey to find the treasure, but pirates led ...

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Adventures in Time and Spain
Adventures in Time and Spain

Gary Downie, production manager on The Two Doctors, details what it is a production manager does on ...

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The Power of the Daleks: Special Edition
The Power of the Daleks: Special Edition

Patrick Troughton stars in this recreation of a lost classic from 1966. The TARDIS brings the Docto...

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Long Term Memory
Long Term Memory

Gerald has been separated from his wife and children for twenty-one years. Now ailing physically and...

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Give the Clown His Supper
Give the Clown His Supper

Failure to win in a television quiz proves too much for Stuart and Patricia Pendleton....

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Five Doctors, One Studio
Five Doctors, One Studio

Raw video footage of the only studio recording session in which Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, Patrick ...

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Badger's Green
Badger's Green

A company plans a massive development in the quiet village of Badger's Green, angering the existing ...

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