Toby Hadoke
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Biography: Toby Hadoke (born 2 January 1974) is an English actor, writer, stand-up comedian and comedy promoter. He is known for his work on the Manchester comedy circuit, where he performs regularly, and as a prominent fan of the television series Doctor Who. He runs the XS Malarkey comedy club, and is involved with many comedy nights in the region. His comedy tends towards the topical and/or political.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Birthday: January 02, 1974
Age: 51 years old
Gender: Male
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Six Minutes to Midnight
Overview: Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
Genres: Thriller Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-15
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Monk Dawson
Overview: Monk Dawson is a film that was released in 1998, directed and produced by Tom Waller and starring John Michie, Benedict Taylor, Rhona Mitra and Paula Hamilton. It was based on the novel of the same name written by Piers Paul Read. The film is about Eddie Dawson, a monk who has led a sheltered existence at a Benedictine monastery, but when he is expelled from his order he has to learn to deal with the harsh realities of everyday life, including falling in love, and the betrayal of a friend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-31
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Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage
Overview: Rising to fame amid the 1980s alternative comedy boom, Ian Cognito was one of the UK's most popular comedians. His performances left audiences in hysterics - but behind the laughter was a troubled and often controversial figure. This is the story of the comedy scene that nurtured a comedic genius, and the real life of a man famed for his outlandish sense of humour.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-21
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Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Overview: Behind-the-scenes stories from the long-running sci-fi drama. There are tales of stunts that went dangerously wrong and secrets of how the crew brought monsters to life, as well as revelations about how some storylines proved to be so scary the BBC were forced to re-edit episodes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-25
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Living with Levene
Overview: Intrepid comedian and Doctor Who fan Toby Hadoke heads to Salisbury to spend the weekend with one of the show's most unusual actors. John Levene played Sergeant Benton on-screen for nearly a decade, but these days is a very enigmatic figure. Now Toby has 48 hours to get to know the man, and figure out what makes him tick.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-22
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An Adventure in Space and Time
Overview: Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-21
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Doctor Who: Shada
Overview: The Doctor visits his old Time Lord friend Chronotis in Cambridge, 1979. But the ruthless Skagra has also arrived to retrieve a book that will help unlock one of the Time Lords' greatest secrets: what is Shada? Filming for this story was never finished, and in this version the unfilmed material is completed via animation.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Animation TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-24
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The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited
Overview: Brave Doctor Who cast members tackle their original recipes from the official 1985 cookbook.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-07
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Whose Doctor Who: Revisited
Overview: Toby Hadoke meets the producers and grown-up stars of the very first Who Documentary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-20
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Looking for Peter
Overview: Looking for Peter was a documentary about Peter R. Newman, writer of The Sensorites, and was included on the 2012 DVD releases of that story.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-23
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Looking for Dursley
Overview: A documentary looking back at the life and career of Dursley McLinden (Mike Smith in the 1988 Doctor Who serial Remembrance of the Daleks), who sadly died of AIDS in 1995 aged just 30.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-28
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THE HOUSE OF CLEMENS
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-27
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A Weekend with Waterhouse
Overview: Toby Hadoke gets an insight into the life of Adric actor Matthew Waterhouse when he moves in for the weekend.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-18
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Rediscovering the Urge to Live
Overview: The team behind the reconstruction of Planet of Giants explain how it was put together.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-20
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Robophobia
Overview: Toby Hadoke takes a humorous look at the history of robots, with particular reference to their appearances in Doctor Who.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-13
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Looking for Lennie
Overview: Toby Hadoke delves into the life of director Lennie Mayne
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-08
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Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
Overview: A look at the making of the Doctor Who story, The Time Monster.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-20
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