Doctor Who – In Memoriam 2021 This has become an annual tradition, my video remembering those talented individuals from the world of Doctor Who who left us this year. Please share it among friends whom you think may be interested…
As I have every year since 2014, I have made a video remembering those who have contributed to the world of Doctor Who who have passed away this year (or those who have died since 2014 but whose deaths only came to light in 2019). Please distribute a link to this to anyone you may…
In issue 537 of Doctor Who Magazine I had the opportunity to pay tribute to Pat Gorman. He was the ultimate I-Know-The-Face-But… performer – a familiar figure to TV watchers in the 60s, 70s and 80s, he gave you the nagging feeling that you’d seen him somewhere before. Probably because you had. He was a…
From Sir John Hurt to Deborah Watling, via Trevor Martin and Victor Pemberton, and not forgetting Paddy Russell and Dudley Simpson, we lost a lot of Doctor Who luminaries last year. I have done a video commemorating those good people from the world of Doctor Who who passed away in 2017. I hope you like…
Peter Thomas – actor from missing William Hartnell story The Savages – dies. Peter Thomas as Captain Edal in The Savages Peter Thomas, who played Captain Edal in The Savages, has died at the age of 80. He had worked with Christopher Barry prior to the making of the story and so was in the director’s mind…
EARLY DOCTOR WHO GUEST STAR DIES. Philip Bond as Ganatus in The Daleks The actor Philip Bond has died suddenly whilst on holiday on the island of Madeira. He was 82. He will be known to Doctor Who fans for his important guest role in the second ever story, The Daleks (1963/4). He played Ganatus,…
Doctor Who In Memoriam Video 2016 At the end of the year I always do a video tribute to those people from the Doctor Who universe who have left us. I had trouble uploading this so it didn’t go up on New Year’s Eve as hoped. Anyway, it is here now, and I hope it…
Frances Pidgeon photographed by Ken Russell in 1956, the year she married Doctor Who director Lennie Mayne (© Topfoto) The actress Frances Pidgeon who appeared twice in Doctor Who has died at the age of 84. Her first role was an uncredited one, as the non speaking handmaiden of Queen Thalira in The Monster Of…
Here is how it works – if I haven’t been asked to do an obituary of someone for a paper I will try to do a good one here. Even if I have been asked, I still might blog about them, but giving a more personal or Doctor Who flavoured slant to the piece. I…