Morris Men who starred in Dr Who take centre stage at sci-fi convention

OXFORD Morris dancers who featured in a 1970s episode of Doctor Who are to take centre stage at a science fiction convention.

Four of the original 10 members who featured in 1971’s episode will travel to Aldbourne in Wiltshire for the Return To Devil’s End convention.

The Headington Quarry Morris Men members were seen attacking Doctor Jon Pertwee in the village as part of a five-part ‘Daemons’ plotline that has passed into show legend.

Among the original members set to attend the April 16 convention will be 79-year-old John Graham, who is still in the Morris group.

He said: “It was a great thing to be a part of Doctor Who has always been big, and in those days it was the biggest family show on television.

“We spent a whole day filming and got to meet all the stars. We had to show Jon Pertwee our dance and make sure we didn’t really hurt him.

“We could have done some damage with those sticks, and he was a big guy.”

Current bagman Steve Parker, 56, said: “Lots of the men who featured in that episode are still dancing with us now, and others are still friends, even if they no longer dance.

“Some of the bigger parts were played by actors, but as a group, we are honoured to have been in such an iconic show.”

Other stars from the show, including the Doctor’s former companion Jo, played by Katy Manning, will also attend. Two of the original 10 have died.

In the episode, the Morris dancers capture the Doctor during a dance after being possessed by the evil Master.

Jon Pertwee and Roger Delgado, who played the Master, died in 1996 and 1973 respectively.

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Tom Baker brands fellow Doctor Who Jon Pertwee an "insufferable know-all"

TOM Baker has branded his Doctor Who predecessor Jon Pertwee a tight-fisted, “insufferable know-all”.

Liverpool-born Baker, who took over the Tardis from 1974 to 1981, also made an off-colour joke that he triggered the heart attack which killed Pertwee in 1996.

Baker, 76, said: “Jon Pertwee was an insufferable know-all… Jon found it physically impossible to buy a drink.”

He added: “He liked the idea of big sums of money for voiceovers, so I would say in Jon’s earshot that someone had offered me £15,000 for a voiceover, but I turned it down because it was going to take a whole hour.

“This wasn’t true, but I could hear Jon’s heart pounding. In fact, he died of a heart attack shortly after that. I think that’s why.”

Baker also told Dr Who Magazine how he failed to persuade the BBC to let him snog his female co-stars, or to have a “talking frog or badger” assist the Time Lord.

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Dr who 47 years today

47 Years ago today Dr who was born on the 23rd of November 1963 the first ever episode (unearthly child) was shown on BBC 1 at 17:15.

In the first episode saw 2 school teachers Ian Chesterton. and Barbara Wright travel with the doctor and his granddaughter Susan. It ran for 4 episodes and was 25 minutes long

Dr who ran for 26 series 1963 - 1989 and in 1996 their was a Dr who film staring Paul McGann But Dr who returned in 2005 

Their have been eleven doctors so far and they have been played by William Hartnell,Patrick Troughton,john Pertwee,tom baker,peter Davidson,Colin baker,Sylvester McCoy,Paul McGann,Christopher Eccelston,David Tennant and Matt smith

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The 100 Greatest Sci-Fi & Fantasy TV Shows

Science fiction has been a regular fixture on television since the early days of the medium itself. In the US, kid-orientated space shows like Captain Video and his Video Rangers (1949-1955) and Space Patrol (1950) swiftly amassed a cult following, while Britain was treated to the altogether more grown-up The Quatermass Experiment in 1953.

By the 1960s, science fiction was big business. The shows varied both in tone and content, from The Twilight Zone to Star Trek and from Doctor Who to The Prisoner, but all dealt with our fascination with what lies beyond the limits of known human existence. It’s a trend that continues today, with genre television now an integral part of the schedules…

1) Doctor Who (1963-present)


It had to be, didn’t it? No other sci-fi show combines the breadth of storytelling with such consistency of tone and character. Like the best anthology shows it can take you to any time and any place from week to week, yet like the best continuing dramas it has at its heart a dependable, recognisable hero. The Doctor’s face may change but his archetypal qualities of bravery, decency and fair play remain. For nearly 50 years, we have seen his universe through the eyes of his everyday travelling companions, encountering alien races so enduring that the modern show does not shy away from them, but celebrates them anew. Silurians, Sontarans and Cybermen threaten and thrill children now as much as they did in the 1970s, while the Daleks and the TARDIS are such a part of our cultural landscape that they can be found in dictionaries around the world. The format is so flexible, yet always so distinctly Doctor Who, that it is sure to run for another 50 years.

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Doctor Who: five Doctors join forces in Sarah Jane Adventures

Or rather in cameo 

William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker are all about to appear in the Doctor Who spin-off show, The Sarah Jane Adventures.
All four actors are previous incarnations of the Doctor, who is currently played by Matt Smith, 27. Three of them – Hartnell, Troughton and Pertwee – died some years ago, but will be seen in the story via video footage taken from old episodes of Doctor Who, as will Baker, 76, who recently reprised the role he left nearly 30 years ago in a series of BBC audio plays written by Paul Magrs.

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