Happy Birthday Guy Adams
Did you know that on
this day in 1968, the third episode of The Enemy of the World was broadcast
starring Patrick Troughton as the 3rd Doctor? The story was set in Australia somewhere in
the near future, with a dictator Ramon Salamander who was the spitting image of
the Doctor and has insane plans of ruling the world....
The writer for this
story was David Whitaker with Barry Letts as the Director.
Also on this day in 1973
the second episode of The Three Doctors was broadcast, starring Jon Pertwee and
featured both William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton. The Time Lords have called upon the first two
Doctors to aid the current Doctor (Pertwee) in stopping stellar engineer Omega trapped
inside a black hole from causing universal destruction.
This story also marked
William Hartnell’s final acting assignment!
Bob Baker and Dave
Martin were the writers of this story, Director was Lennie Mayne.
On this day in 1979 The
Power of Kroll, episode 3 was broadcast.
Tom Baker was now playing the role of the Doctor, and in this story, he
and Romana were caught between the native Swampies and the power-hungry humans
as a mile-wide squid emerged from its swamp...
Writer on this story was
Robert Holmes, Director Norman Stewart.
Rowan Atkinson is 59
today.
Rowan played the
Doctor in a sketch for Red Nose Day, March 12th, 1999. Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death was
written by Steven Moffat, Director John Henderson.
Rowan played the Ninth
Doctor alongside the divine Jonathan Pryce who played The Master.
The parody begins with
The Master gloating over his latest schemes to destroy the Doctor. But instead of spying on the Doctor and his
companion Emma, he is in communication with them so they learn of his
plans. The Doctor invites the Master to
meet him on the planet Tersurus, in an old castle. The planet is in ruins but was home to a race
of supremely enlightened beings that were shunned by all as they used
flatulence to communicate. They all died
when they discovered fire!!!
Photo and info source:
Doctor Who Pocket
Essential Book by Mark Campbell
©BBC Doctor Who 1963
