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The Third Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee.Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time and space in the TARDIS, frequently with companions.
John Devon Roland Pertwee (/ ˈ p ɜːr t w iː /; [1] 7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor.Born into a theatrical family, he became known as a comedy actor, playing Chief Petty Officer Pertwee (and three other roles) in the BBC Radio sitcom The Navy Lark (1959–1977) and appearing in four films in the Carry On series (1964–1992).
However, he praised Pertwee and Troughton's interplay, the fact that Jo was given more to do, and Stephen Thorne's performance as Omega. [7] Alisdair Wilkins of io9 picked The Three Doctors as the worst Doctor Who story of the classic series, feeling that the Second Doctor and the Brigadier were written as too comical, the story had too much ...
57. The Mind of Evil (1971). Doctor: Jon Pertwee. One of the Master’s most dastardly schemes sees him hijack a mind-altering nerve gas as part of a plan to start World War III between China and ...
It was Jon Pertwee's penultimate serial as the Third Doctor. The serial is set on the mineral-rich planet Peladon 50 years after the 1972 serial The Curse of Peladon . In the serial, the engineer Eckersley (Donald Gee) and the rogue Ice Warrior Commander Azaxyr ( Alan Bennion ) conspire to take over the planet and sell its minerals to Peladon's ...
In 2018, The Daily Telegraph ranked Day of the Daleks at number 53 in "the 56 greatest stories and episodes", arguing that "the Daleks' apelike henchmen, the Ogrons, are well-designed and Jon Pertwee's Doctor runs the full gamut from one-man wine and cheese society to man of action, to stern authority in his scenes in the 22nd century". [17]
In 1995 an abridged version of the novel was issued by BBC Audio as an audio book, read by Jon Pertwee. It was later reissued on the MP3-CD release Tales from the TARDIS Volume 2. An unedited audio book version was released in June 2013, narrated by actor and writer Mark Gatiss, with Dalek voices performed by Nicholas Briggs.
The Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) convinces the Master to stop this plan at the last minute, and the Master subsequently escapes, albeit with his TARDIS left non-functioning after the Doctor confiscates the ship's dematerialisation circuit. [8]