Doctor Who Visual Effects Wizard Dies Aged 95: his work will be featured in forthcoming exhibition. Peter Day, one of the very first people to join the BBC visual effects department after its formation in the 1950s, has died at the age of 95. His work on Doctor Who included a number of classic series…
My tribute video to the great and good from Doctor Who who died in 2020. Throughout the year I put together a montage remembering those creatives – actors, writers, behind-the-scenes grafters – who have contributed to the legend that is Doctor Who but who have sadly passed away on the last 12 months. Its a…
Derrick Sherwin, one of the many Doctor Who luminaries to pass away this year. Remembering those from the world of Doctor Who who have passed away this year. Well, here I am, Maudlin McDoomyguts (thats my real name, but I had to change it because there was already one in Equity) with my annual List…
SONIA MARKHAM RIP Sonia Markham Sonia Markham, who was the make-up supervisor of Doctor Who for the majority of the Hartnell era has died at the age of 78. Her connection with the show began early on when she was a make-up artist on The Sensorites (1964), assisting Jill Summers, and she continued in that…
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…