Review, synopsis, cast and pictures for every jon pertwee doctor who episode. Doctor who marco polo episode 3 five hundred eyes animated cgi reconstruction. A collection of episodes from the british science fiction series featuring the third doctor, played by jon pertwee. With jon pertwee, elisabeth sladen, nicholas courtney, richard franklin. Watch doctor who episodes online season 8 1971 tv guide. Having weathered the storm of one lead actor leaving the show, the announcement in 1969 that patrick troughton was handing back his keys to the tardis was less stressful than it might have been. In my quest to view all of the episodes of at doctor who, i decided to visit the era of jon pertwee, the third doctor who also happens to be my favorite doctor. Mind you, the revelation that he was to be replaced by jon pertwee, a seasoned theatrical performer and renowned clown, must have had protowhovians. An experiment gone awry sends the doctor jon pertwee to a parallel universe where his friends and companions are members of a fascist regime in this thrilling and popular episode from the longrunning british science fiction series doctor who. Spearhead is the first episode of the seventh season, and the first episode.
The most notable aspect of this story is the arrival of the master as an arch nemesis for the doctor. Doctor who episode guide the third doctor jon pertwee. The third doctor regenerates jon pertwee to tom baker. Exiled to the 20th century by the time lords, the newlyregenerated doctor is immediately. The top 10 doctor who stories of all time were revealed as. He continued to play the doctor throughout all 42 episodes in the first. Jon pertwee is best known for his portrayal of the third doctor on the bbcs sciencefiction television series doctor who 1963 from 1970 to. Click on each episode to find out more information, including cast and production team credits, synopsis, facts, merchandise information, as well and pictures and other related media.
I was a doctor who fan from somewhere in the late 70s until the mid80s, getting into reruns of tom baker, peter davison, and jon pertwee episodes via pbs. The third doctor jon pertwee doctor who bbc youtube. Lately, ive seen some of the new doctor who, and gleaned that the show and its conventions were popular once again, so i decided to revisit one of my favorite stories from the old days. Andrew takes a look back at the sterling work of the third doctor, jon pertwee. Jon pertwee is best known for his portrayal of the third doctor on the bbcs sciencefiction television series doctor who 1963 from 1970 to 1974. Jon pertwee continues his role as the third doctor, and jo grant played by katy manning makes her. Watch all the doctor who jon pertwee episodes here.
This was also the first time that the daleks had been seen in colour in the television series they had been in colour in the two films starring peter cushing produced in the mid1960s. Includes jon pertwee, katy manning, barry letts, terrance dicks, stephen moffatt and mark gatiss. A look at the episodes of the third doctor jon pertwee 1970 74. The master summons the sea devil the sea devils doctor. The third doctors essential episodes rachel hyland. Liz shaw, the brigadier not just the best episode of the third doctor s tenure but one of the best in the whole of doctor who, inferno is an. Although his first episode aired on 3rd january 1970, he was actually contracted as the third doctor on 21st may 1969. The doctor and his companion liz shaw along with their friends at u. We look back on what makes jon pertwee s era so special in doctor whos long history. Colony in space was the first serial set away from earth since the war games at the end of season 6, and came about as a result of producer barry letts feeling that the earthbound stories of the doctor s exile were too limiting in terms of potential plotting. I am the doctor jon pertwee s final memoir, which was.
This episode introduces jon pertwee as the third doctor. Doctor who classic series episode guide third doctor. Doctor who online episode guide the third doctor episodes. Trying to add some content with some new and improved style every episode of doctor who ever, next with the 3rd doctor played by jon pertwee from 19701974. Fans, or whovians as they call themselves, might be wondering where to stream doctor who. In this free fortyminutelong retrospective video documentary on the splendid science fiction show that is doctor who, clever dick indeed, the cleverest dick in this, or any other universe sets us up to consider the third doctor, aka jon pertwee cd goes on to explore how doctor who needed to change to meet the strange demands of seventies television, before exploring how who evolved to. A look at the full history and backstory of the fourth incarnation of the doctor. Jon pertwee is best known for his portrayal of the third doctor on the. This episode has the shortest title of any televised instalment of doctor who broadcast to date and is the only one to date to consist solely of a number. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show doctor who anytime, anywhere.
The fan show this is the place to find all the best official clips from all the years of doctor who history. The doctor attempts to convince people there are monsters in the caves, prompting major baker to start shooting at a reptile man. Doctor who jon pertwee and jo katy manning take a voyage and wind up travelling in time from 1926 to the age of the dinosaurs. Andrew takes a look back at the sterling work of the third doctor, jon pertwee, who took the character in a dandyish new direction classic doctor who. Pertwee used the phrase when he acted in the stage play doctor who the. With the cliffs behind them, guards to the left of them and a sea devil emerging from the waves, it looks like. The first serial, day of the daleks, saw the return of the daleks for the first time since season 4s the evil of the daleks in 1967.
Below is a complete list of the 3rd doctor adventures. And now series 11s penultimate episode it takes you away has slipped in a subtle little reference to one of the most popular doctors of all time jon pertwee s third doctor when the. Its also 50 years since jon pertwee joined doctor who. I watched spearhead from space, the third doctor s first adventure.
Peter capaldis casting as the doctor must have been all the sweeter for an actor who set his sights. Also, another traveler shows the crew of the tardis a new contraption that rivals the television. Granted a whole new regenerative cycle by the time lords, the doctor experienced. Season 07 episode 050 spearhead from space episode 051 doctor who and the silurians episode 052 the ambassadors of death episode 053 inferno. Doctor who spearhead from space episode 1 clip title sequence. This fellow renegade time lord is like moriarty is to sherlock holmes, an equally brilliant, intelligent regular adversary who is a bit like the other side of the same coin with the doctor.
The second doctor patrick troughton has been punished by the time lords in the prior episode and is forced to regenerate as jon pertwee who does not know who he is for a bit and winds up in a hospital where the medical doctors are confounded by a man with two hearts and blood with sticky platelets. Travel through space and time in the tardis with the best episode clips dating back to the doctors fi. The fan show this is the place to find all the best official clips. The top 10 doctor who stories of all time doctor who. Nonetheless, ive made an attempt without further ado, here are jon pertwee s ten best episodes, episodes which must surely rank among the. He regenerated into the 3rd doctor, as played by jon pertwee. The doctor finds that all the enginerelated machinery has been destroyed, and comments that the. Alternatively, here are all the third doctor jon pertwee adventures. I mean she saved the day in like in all episodes, she brought the doctor back from his near death, she did everything. The third doctor regenerates jon pertwee to tom baker planet of the.
Then 10 years later, in the classic episode the talons of wengchieng, the chinese. The third doctor only said the full phrase reverse the polarity of the neutron flow twice on screen in the sea devils 1972 and the 20th anniversary special the five doctors 1983. On jan 3 1970, the first episode of the classic doctor who serial spearhead from space was broadcast. Lupton forms an alliance with the spider to steal the doctor s blue crystal, while sarah and mike attempt to alert people to what theyve seen. Including behindthescenes footage, exclusive videos and our very own doctor who. This is one of my favorite episodes, really just anytime delgado and pertwee shared. Jon pertwees final memoir doctor who download full. This is an intersting third doctor tale starring jon pertwee first broadcast between march and april 3 1971. Travel in the tardis with clips dating back to the doctor s first incarnation in 1963, all the way through dozens of regenerations. Doctor who classic series episode guide jon pertwee. An overview of the third doctor era, with new interviews and archival contributions. Asserting that doctor who had been reinvented by three men barry letts, terrence dicks and jon pertwee and saved from the axe, the final curtain chronicles the genesis of planet of the spiders by critically assessing the previous four years, highlighting 1973 as a defining period for irreversible change. Season 07 episode 050 spearhead from space episode 051 doctor who and the silurians.
As part of his sentence from the time lords, the doctor was forced to begin his exile on earth with a new face. Inferno is the name of a project designed to drill into the earths core and release a powerful. Moon boots and dinner suits published in 1984, which primarily covers his life and career prior to doctor who, and the posthumously published doctor who. With jon pertwee, caroline john, nicholas courtney, fulton mackay. The tenth season of british science fiction television series doctor who began on 30 december. The entire season was broadcast from 30 december 1972 to 23 june 1973. Including behindthescenes footage, exclusive videos and our very own show doctor who. The director also did some good story for patrick troughton and jon pertwees doctor later on. Watch doctor who 1963 season 7, episode 1 spearhead from space, episode 1.
This may not be the very best of the pertwee era but it is an excellent story and a fitting finale for the third incarnation of the doctor. From 051173, excompanion peter purves looks back at ten years of doctor who. Old doctor who the classic era of old dr who covered. Welcome to the official home of doctor who on youtube. The third doctor was confident, bold and brash, but with a soft paternal side. In the early 1970s, jon pertwee, who had played the third doctor, recorded a version of the doctor who theme with spoken lyrics, titled, who is the doctor. Beware of greeks bearing gifts is the old saying, but in this case it is the autons, with a material called axonite which brings with it the promise of solving all the earths problems of food shortages. The time lady debate has raged since the beginning of time.
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