Happy
Birthday Robert
Did you know on this day
in 1968, Episode 2 of Web of Fear
was broadcast? It was Season 5 and Patrick Troughton was the
Doctor with Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling as his companions aboard the TARDIS.
This was the first introduction of Nicholas Courtney as Lethbridge-Stewart this
time as a rank of Colonel. John Levene
who later played the role of Sgt Benton, is playing a yeti in this series.
It was written by Mervyn
Haisman and Henry Lincoln and directed by Douglas Camfield.
The story involves the
return of the Great Intelligence and the Abominable Snowmen and Professor
Edward Travers.
The Great Intelligence
has returned, bringing with it the Yeti.
The entire London Underground is dark, quiet and deserted. There’s a creeping fungus taking over the
entire underground network and many people are dead or have been kidnapped.
In 1973, Episode 3 of Carnival of Monsters was broadcast. It was Season
10 and Jon Pertwee played the role of the Doctor, with Katy Manning as his
companion with Nicholas Courtney, John Levene and Richard Franklin.
It was written by Robert
Holmes and directed by Barry Letts.
The story takes the
Doctor and Jo onboard the SS Bernice after taking a wrong turning for Metebelis
Three. They’re arrested as stowaways but escape, only to find they’ve made
their way out into a swamp world inhabited by Drashigs, huge carnivorous swamp
dinosaurs.
In 1979, Episode 4 of The Armageddon Factor was broadcast. It was Season
16 and the Doctor was Tom Baker, his companions were Mary Tamm and John
Leeson, who provided the voice of K-9.
It also featured Barry Jackson as Drax.
Writer for this story
was Bob Baker and Dave Martin, with Michael Hayes as Director.
In this story the twin
planets Atrios and Zeos are at war but as the Doctor visits Zeos he discovers
it’s deserted apart from the giant computer Mentalis which is controlling the
conflict. However a third planet, the
Planet of Evil ruled by an agent of the Black Guardian, none other than The
Shadow is guiding the war for his own purpose, by kidnapping Princess Astra of
Atrios in hoping she will give him the location of the final segment of the Key
to Time.
Although no star of
Torchwood or Doctor Who celebrates their birthday on this day, Holly Willoughby, Robert Wagner, Lon Chaney
Jnr, Boris Pasternak and Philip Glenister are a few that do.
Have a great day from
all at Project: Torchwood
Research
sources
Doctor Who Pocket
Essential guide – Mark Campbell
Wikipedia
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