Jon Pertwee

Jon Pertwee

Birthday: 1919-07-07

Place of Birth: Chelsea, London, England, UK

Biography: 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 Screaming!
Carry On Screaming!

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

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Carry On Cowboy
Carry On Cowboy

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

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Life on Earth
Life on Earth

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

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The Water Babies
The Water Babies

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

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Four Against The Desert
Four Against The Desert

4 field researchers are stranded in the African Sahara....

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Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years
Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years

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

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The House That Dripped Blood
The House That Dripped Blood

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

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The Boys in Blue
The Boys in Blue

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

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A Yank at Oxford
A Yank at Oxford

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

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Doctor Who: Robot
Doctor Who: Robot

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

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Mr. Drake's Duck
Mr. Drake's Duck

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

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Under the Table You Must Go
Under the Table You Must Go

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

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Dancing with Crime
Dancing with Crime

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

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It's a Wonderful World
It's a Wonderful World

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

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Dear Mr. Prohack
Dear Mr. Prohack

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

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Will Any Gentleman...?
Will Any Gentleman...?

A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without ...

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Return to Devil's End
Return to Devil's End

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

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The Airzone Solution
The Airzone Solution

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

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Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

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

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A Piece of Cake
A Piece of Cake

Set in the austere post–World War II British world of rationing, Cyril dreams up an ode to an imagin...

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The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling

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

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Doctor Who: Inferno
Doctor Who: Inferno

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

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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 and the Third Man
Doctor Who and the Third Man

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

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The Home Whovian
The Home Whovian

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

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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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Ladies Who Do
Ladies Who Do

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

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No. 1 of the Secret Service
No. 1 of the Secret Service

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

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

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

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Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

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

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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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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

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

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There Ain't No Justice
There Ain't No Justice

A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter....

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The PanoptiCon Tapes III
The PanoptiCon Tapes III

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

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The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event

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

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The PanoptiCon Tapes II
The PanoptiCon Tapes II

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

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Panopticon Genesis
Panopticon Genesis

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

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The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI

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

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The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV

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

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The PanoptiCon Tapes V
The PanoptiCon Tapes V

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

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Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files
Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files

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

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Nearly a Nasty Accident
Nearly a Nasty Accident

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

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Carry On Cleo
Carry On Cleo

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

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Doctor Who: The Troughton Years
Doctor Who: The Troughton Years

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

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McDonnell Douglas Information Systems
McDonnell Douglas Information Systems

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

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PROBE: The Zero Imperative
PROBE: The Zero Imperative

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

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The Four Just Men
The Four Just Men

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

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The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

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

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You Must Be Joking
You Must Be Joking

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

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Runaway Railway
Runaway Railway

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

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I've Gotta Horse
I've Gotta Horse

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

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William Comes to Town
William Comes to Town

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

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Miss Pilgrim's Progress
Miss Pilgrim's Progress

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

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Murder at the Windmill
Murder at the Windmill

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

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The Body Said No!
The Body Said No!

A cabaret artist sees on her television set after viewing hours, a plot being discussed to murder Mi...

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

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

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Not a Hope in Hell
Not a Hope in Hell

The efforts of a female Customs Officer to challenge smugglers who hide illicit liquor in a steam ro...

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Just Joe
Just Joe

A shy detergent factory employee unexpectedly finds his feet....

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Up in the Air
Up in the Air

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

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A Yank in Ermine
A Yank in Ermine

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

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Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

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

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Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

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

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Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death

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

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Doctor Who and the Silurians
Doctor Who and the Silurians

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

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Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

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

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Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Doctor Who: Colony in Space

When the Master steals the Time Lords' secret file on the Doomsday Weapon, they grant the Doctor a t...

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Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

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

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Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Doctor Who: The Dæmons

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

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Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon

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

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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 Sea Devils
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils

The Doctor and Jo visit the Master in his high-security prison on an island off the south coast of E...

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Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space

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

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Doctor Who: The Green Death
Doctor Who: The Green Death

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

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Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks

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

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Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Doctor Who: The Time Monster

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

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Doctor Who: The Mutants
Doctor Who: The Mutants

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

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Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters

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

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Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon

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

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Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks

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

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Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

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

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Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

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

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Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

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

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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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The Curious Case Of Santa Claus
The Curious Case Of Santa Claus

On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus visits a psychiatrist to find out who he is and why there are so many ...

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Trouble in the Air
Trouble in the Air

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

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Stranger than Fiction
Stranger than Fiction

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

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The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

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

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Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

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

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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen

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

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Carry On Columbus
Carry On Columbus

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

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Then and Now
Then and Now

A look at the progression in audio and visual technology....

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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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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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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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A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee

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

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Who's Who
Who's Who

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

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Toad of Toad Hall
Toad of Toad Hall

An adaptation of the 1908 novel, The Wind in the Willows....

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Myth Runner
Myth Runner

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

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

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

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Helter Skelter
Helter Skelter

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

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The Gay Dog
The Gay Dog

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

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Adventures of a Private Eye
Adventures of a Private Eye

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

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Jon Pertwee: Uncut!
Jon Pertwee: Uncut!

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

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How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment
How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

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

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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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Wombling Free
Wombling Free

The adventures of The Wombles, strange creatures who live on Wimbledon Common and pick up the litter...

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Starwatch
Starwatch

In the late 21st century, planet Earth is suffering. Deep under Stonehenge lies a giant crystal - ou...

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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: 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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Police 5: The Master
Police 5: The Master

Shaw Taylor warns viewers to be on the lookout for a dangerous individual known as the Master....

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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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Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure
Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure

In 1989 a Doctor Who Stage Play was mounted backed by TV series producer of the time, John Nathan-Tu...

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Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story
Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story

Back in the early 1990s, a stunning new science fiction series Starwatch premiered on British televi...

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Jon, The Man Who Was Doctor Who
Jon, The Man Who Was Doctor Who

It’s a story of who Jon Pertwee was during his time on Doctor who and what big finish are currently ...

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The Best of the Adventures
The Best of the Adventures

A feature-length compilation of the funniest and naughtiest bits from the legendary 1970s’ Adventure...

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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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My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen

My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen was a special documentary made by the Doctor Who Confid...

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