Happy Birthday Maria
Did
you know on this day in 1965 Episode 3 The Wheel of Fortune from the story The
Crusade was broadcast. It was Season
2 and William Hartnell was the Doctor, with William Russell, Jacqueline
Hill, Maureen O’Brien as companions.
Cast also included
Julian Glover as Richard, Jean Marsh as Joanna, Bernard Kay as Saladin.
Director was Douglas
Camfield and writer David Whitaker.
The Doctor and his
companions are caught up in the Holy War between Richard the Lionheart and the
Saracens.
In
1971, Episode 1 of Colony in Space was
broadcast. It was Season 8 and starred Jon Pertwee as the Doctor with Katy Manning as
his companion Jo Grant. Also featuring
Roger Delgado as the Master, Helen Worth as Mary, Roy Skelton as Norton.
Director was Michael
Briant and writer was Malcolm Hulke.
A ruthless mining
company causes fury amongst the colonists on a barren planet.
In
2010, The Beast Below
was broadcast, it was the 204th
story of Doctor Who and starred Matt Smith as the Doctor with Amy Pond his
companion. Also featuring Ian McNeice as
Churchill, Sophie Okonedo as Liz 10.
Writer Steven Moffat,
Director Andrew Gunn.
The Doctor arrives on
the Starship UK a ship built entirely to house the entire United Kingdom after
Earth was abandoned due to harmful solar flares. The Doctor and Amy discover that beneath the
ship is a Star Whale that is relentlessly tortured by the government of the ship. The Doctor discovered that to release the
whale from the ship would destroy the ship completely and kill all those
onboard.
Others
celebrating their birthday today are: Alex Pettyfer, Steven Seagal, Haley Joel
Osment, Omar Sharif, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Max Von Sydow, Dean Norris and Peter
MacNicol to name but a few.
Have an awesome day Maria
Resources
©BBC Doctor Who 1963
Mark Campbell (2000)
Doctor Who Pocket Essential Guide
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