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William Henry Hartnell (/ ˈ h ɑːr t n ə l /; 8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975) was an English actor, who is best known for portraying the first incarnation of the Doctor, in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966; he reprised the role in 1972–1973.
The fourth series marked David Tennant's third and final full series as the Doctor, although he continued in the role for the 2008–2010 specials. [4] In the Christmas special, Australian actress and singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue starred as one-time companion Astrid Peth , who died during the events of the episode. [ 5 ]
1999 Doctor Who charity special The Curse of Fatal Death Doctor Who charity special VHS cover art Cast Doctors Rowan Atkinson – The Doctor Richard E. Grant – The Quite Handsome Doctor Jim Broadbent – The Shy Doctor Hugh Grant – The Handsome Doctor Joanna Lumley – The Female Doctor Companion Julia Sawalha – Emma Others Jonathan Pryce – The Master Roy Skelton, Dave Chapman ...
The Doctor's TARDIS always resembles a 1960s London police box, an object that was very common in Britain at the time of the show's first broadcast. [9] Owing to a malfunction in the chameleon circuit after the events of the first episode of the show, An Unearthly Child, the Doctor's TARDIS is stuck in the same disguise for a long period.
William Hartnell, the actor who originated the role, had died in 1975. [16] Hurndall eventually won the role of the First Doctor, playing him as "acerbic and temperamental but in some ways wiser than his successors." His casting in the role was approved [clarification needed] by Hartnell's widow, Heather.
Doctor Who follows the adventures of the title character, a rogue Time Lord with somewhat unknown origins who goes by the name "the Doctor".The Doctor fled Gallifrey, the planet of the Time Lords, in a stolen TARDIS ("Time and Relative Dimension(s) in Space"), a time machine that travels by materialising into, and dematerialising out of, the time vortex.
Stephen Robinson of The A.V. Club criticised the Doctor's characterisation, noting "there are key moments in the story that directly contradict the Doctor's former growth" and that "he's a mix of the 'lonely god' from Russell T Davies' first run and Steven Moffat's 'madman in a box,' and the effect is discordant". [24]
The Edge of Destruction (also referred to as Inside the Spaceship) is the third serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was written by David Whitaker, and first broadcast on BBC TV in two weekly parts on 8 February and 15 February 1964. The first episode was directed by Richard Martin, while Frank Cox directed the ...