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Patrick George Troughton (25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor most widely known for his roles in fantasy, science fiction and horror films, particularly in his role as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which he played from 1966 to 1969, reappearing in 1973, 1983 and 1985. He was also the first actor to play Robin Hood on television.
Troughton was born on 25 March 1920 in Mill Hill, Middlesex, England to Alec George Troughton, a solicitor, and Dorothy Evelyn Offord, who married in 1914 in Edmonton, and had an elder brother, Alec Robert (1915–1994), and a younger sister, Mary Edith (1923–2005). Troughton attended Mill Hill School and continued to live in Mill Hill for most of his life. While at Mill Hill School, he acted in a production of J.B. Priestley's "Bees on the Boat Deck" in March 1937. His brother A.R. ('Robin') Troughton shared the 1933 Walter Knox Prize for Chemistry with the future Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick, who also attended Mill Hill School.
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord—a time travelling, humanoid alien with two hearts known as the Doctor. He explores the universe in his TARDIS—a sentient, telepathic time machine that flies through time and space. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which were common in 1963, when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, the Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilisations, help ordinary people, and right wrongs.
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. As of 25 December 2011, 784 individual episodes, including one television movie of Doctor Who, have been aired, encompassing 224 stories. Additionally, four charity specials and two animated serials have been aired, and two short sequences—"A Fix with Sontarans" and "Attack of the Graske"—were produced and involved the interaction of a viewer; the former was a segment of Jim'll Fix It and the latter was a fully interactive adventure. The show's high episode count resulted in Doctor Who holding the world record for the highest number of episodes for a science-fiction programme. For comparison, the Guinness World Record holder for the highest number of consecutive episodes, Smallville, aired 218 episodes.
Doctor Who ceased airing in 1989 and began again in 2005. Each story in the original series (1963–1989) is a multi-episode serial, with two exceptions: the 1965 cutaway episode "Mission to the Unknown"; and the 20th anniversary story The Five Doctors. The characters in the column after the serial titles indicate the code used by the production team to designate the serial, where applicable, and are followed either by the titles of the individual episodes where given or by the number of episodes otherwise. Unless otherwise noted, episodes in this period are 25 minutes long. During the early seasons of the programme most serials were linked together and one would usually lead directly into the next. Starting with the 2005 revival, the production team abandoned the traditional serial format for a largely self-contained episodic format with occasional multi-part stories and loose story arcs. Unless otherwise noted, the new episodes are 45 minutes long.
Actors: Patrick Troughton (actor), Jon Pertwee (actor), Daniel Hall (producer), Nicholas Courtney (actor), Barry Letts (actor), Jon Pertwee (actor), Terrance Dicks (actor), Chris Chapman (director), Chris Chapman (producer), Caroline John (actress), Derrick Sherwin (actor), Christine Rawlins (actress), Katie Storey (miscellaneous crew), Topher McGrillis (editor), Carl Kennedy (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Short,Actors: Kevin Davies (writer), Kevin Davies (actor), Kevin Davies (writer), Kevin Davies (editor), Kevin Davies (director), John Nathan-Turner (actor), Gary Russell (actor), Mark Ayres (actor), Peter Miles (actor), Alistair Lock (composer), Alistair Lock (actor), Andrew Beech (writer), Andrew Beech (actor), Andrew Beech (producer), Jason Haigh-Ellery (actor),
Plot: BBC Executives are gathered to come up with a new concept for Doctor Who on television. After the Children's and Drama departments are excluded the project falls in the hands of the BBC Sports department. The classic science fiction series is changed into a sports grudge match between all the television and movie Doctors against the classic monsters - Cybermen, Daleks, etc.
Genres: Short,Actors: Harry Fielder (actor), Tom Baker (actor), Harry Fielder (actor), Tom Baker (actor), Lalla Ward (actress), Tariq Anwar (editor), John Nathan-Turner (producer), Christopher Neame (actor), Graham Cole (actor), Gerald Campion (actor), Douglas Adams (miscellaneous crew), Douglas Adams (writer), Pennant Roberts (director), Daniel Hill (actor), David Brierly (actor),
Plot: This unfinished story from the television series _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv) was released on video with linking material from 'Tom Baker (I)' (qv). When a dangerous artifact goes missing from the study of retired Time Lord, Professor Chronotis, he calls on the help of the Doctor and Romana. Also looking for the artifact is Skagra, who is armed with a mind-draining sphere.
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