Jacqueline Hill
Also Known As: Grace Jacqueline Hill
Biography: Grace Jacqueline Hill was a British actress most known for her role as Barbara Wright in the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Birmingham, England
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Birthday: December 17, 1929
Age: 95 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: February 18, 1993
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The Blue Parrot
Overview: 'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he was seen alive was the Blue Parrot nightclub. Scotland Yard go in to investigate, with the help of a visiting American detective and a nightclub hostess who may not be all she appears to be.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-01
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Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
Overview: The very first crew of the TARDIS land in a petrified forest on an alien planet. Determined to explore, the Doctor leads his companions into the metal city, where they discover danger at every corner and what will become his deadliest enemy... the mutant Daleks. It's time to encounter the Daleks once again, but this time in a way you've never seen them before. Originally transmitted in December 1963 to February 1964, the seven original episodes of the first Dalek story have received a cosmic makeover, dazzlingly colourised and woven together into a 75-minute blockbuster with brand-new sound and a brand-new score created by Mark Ayres. The Daleks has been gloriously updated, whilst ensuring the original story remains as thrilling as it was in 1963.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-23
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All Together Now
Overview: The weekly brass band rehearsal is an enjoyable, light-hearted occasion. Then Mathew, the conductor, introduces James, a newcomer to the village, who is an enthusiastic bandsman from the north, where they do these things properly.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-09
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The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
Overview: This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the William Hartnell era of Doctor Who to life! Together with a special tribute to William Hartnell (the First Doctor), containing messages from a host of stars and production staff from Doctor Who, this also features the best in-depth interviews ever undertaken with, Carole Ann Ford (Susan), Jacqueline Hill (Barbara), William Russell (Ian), Peter Purves (Steven) and Jackie Lane (Dodo)!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-01
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Doctor Who: The Aztecs
Overview: The TARDIS materialises inside an Aztec tomb. Outside it, the Doctor and his companions soon discover that Mexico in the 15th century is a bloodthirsty and dangerous place... And with Barbara mistaken for a reincarnation of an ancient high priest called Yetaxa, the history teacher thinks that she can put an end to the barbaric human sacrifices once and for all. But can she rewrite history without disastrous consequences?
Genres: Drama Adventure Science Fiction History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-13
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Blood Money
Overview: "Mountain" McClintock is over the hill as a boxer, but his corrupt manager keeps putting him back in the ring.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-31
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Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Overview: Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, two humble teachers during 1963, discover a genius student's grandfather, simply known as "the Doctor", and his police box time machine. Deciding that the pair knows too much about his otherworldly origins, they are whisked away on a journey through time and space.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-23
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Doctor Who: The Daleks
Overview: The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Susan, Barbara, and Ian to the planet Skaro where they meet two indigenous races — the Daleks, malicious mutant creatures encased in armoured travel machines, and the Thals, beautiful humanoids with pacifist principles. They convince the Thals of the need to fight for their own survival.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-01
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Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
Overview: In this completely TARDIS-based story, the crew find themselves and their ship acting very strangely indeed. Blame runs high for the Ship's unusual behavior, until the Doctor realizes the TARDIS itself may be trying to warn them...
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-15
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Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Overview: The TARDIS crew lands in the Himalayas of Cathay in 1289, their ship badly damaged, and are picked up by Marco Polo's caravan on its way along the fabled Silk Road to see the Emperor Kublai Khan. The story concerns the Doctor and his companions' attempts to thwart the machinations of Tegana, who attempts to sabotage the caravan along its travels through the Pamir Plateau and across the treacherous Gobi Desert, and ultimately to assassinate Kublai Khan in Peking, at the height of his imperial power.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-04
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Doctor Who: The Sensorites
Overview: The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan arrive in the TARDIS on board a spaceship. Their initial concern is for the ship's human crew, who are suffering from telepathic interference from the Sensorites, but Susan communicates with the Sensorites and finds the aliens fear an attack by the humans and are just defending themselves. Travelling to the Sense Sphere (the Sensorites' planet) the Doctor seeks to cure an illness to which the Sensorites and Ian have succumbed, but finds it has been caused by deliberate poisoning. The political manoeuvring of the Sensorite City Administrator poses another threat to the TARDIS crew as he seeks to discredit and implicate them.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-08-01
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Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
Overview: The TARDIS arrives on the planet Marinus on an island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid. The travellers are forced by the elderly Arbitan to retrieve four of the five operating keys to a machine called the Conscience of Marinus, of which he is the keeper. These have been hidden in different locations around the planet to prevent them falling into the hands of the evil Yartek and his Voord warriors, who plan to seize the machine and use its originally benevolent mind-influencing power for their own sinister purposes.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-16
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Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
Overview: The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 — one of the bloodiest years following the French Revolution of 1789. The travellers become involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine and get caught up in the machinations of an English undercover spy, James Stirling — alias Lemaitre, governor of the Conciergerie prison.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-12
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Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
Overview: When the TARDIS malfunctions, it and its travellers land on Earth at the size of insects. They uncover a murderous plot involving a new insecticide, but how can they stop the crime in their miniaturised condition?
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-14
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Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Overview: The TARDIS arrives in a desolate future London, where the Doctor discovers his old enemies the Daleks have taken control of Earth.
Genres: Drama Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-26
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Doctor Who: The Romans
Overview: The TARDIS crew take up residence near Rome in 64AD, where Ian and Barbara are kidnapped by slave traders, and the Doctor's imitation of Maximus Pettulian sees him taken to the court of Emperor Nero where he inadvertently plays a part in deciding the course of history...
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-02-06
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Doctor Who: The Rescue
Overview: On the planet Dido, the Doctor, Ian and Barbara meet two survivors from a crashed spaceship who are terrorised by the monster Koquillion.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-09
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Doctor Who: The Web Planet
Overview: On the planet Vortis, the Doctor and his companions aid the butterfly-like Menoptra in their battle against the parasitic Animus and its mind-controlled minions, the ant-like Zarbi.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-03-20
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Doctor Who: The Crusade
Overview: In 12th century Palestine, the Doctor and his friends are drawn into the holy war between the forces of King Richard the Lionheart and the Saracen ruler Saladin.
Genres: History Action Adventure Science Fiction Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-17
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Doctor Who: The Space Museum
Overview: On the planet Xeros, the TARDIS crew discover their own future selves frozen in time as exhibits in a galactic museum and must avert this potential future.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-05-15
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Doctor Who: Meglos
Overview: On the lush planet Tigella, two opposing factions are divided over the usage of the Dodecahedron, an ancient and powerful artefact which provides the entire planet's energy. The Doctor is summoned to arbitrate the conflict, but the power-crazed Meglos intercepts the call and impersonates him in order to steal the Dodecahedron.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-18
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Doctor Who: The Chase
Overview: The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert planet Aridius and beyond.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-26
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Romeo and Juliet
Overview: Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-03
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The Comedy Man
Overview: A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognition. He eventually gives it all up to return to stage work and keep his pride.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-03
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Creation of the Daleks
Overview: The cast and crew's memories of the creation of the Daleks and the making of The Daleks.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-31
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Masters of Sound
Overview: Documentary on the sound effects of Doctor Who in the 1960s.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-30
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Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Overview: A feature on Doctor Who: The Beginning box set which tells the stories of the Doctor's time machine - the TARDIS.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-30
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The Sets of Marinus
Overview: The Sets of Marinus is a BBC documentary looking at set design for the Doctor Who story The Keys of Marinus. It was released on the DVD of the serial.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-21
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Vision On
Overview: Vision On was a documentary of Clive Doig discussing the role of the vision mixer in making early Doctor Who episodes, including footage and discussion of studio mishaps that occurred on screen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-23
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Don't Lose Your Head
Overview: Don't Lose Your Head was a DVD documentary concerning Doctor Who that was released on 28 January 2013.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-28
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Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Overview: Amy tries to flirt with The Doctor but he tries to ignore her advances.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-09
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Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Overview: Captured in a time corridor, the Doctor and his companions are forced to land on 20th century Earth, diverted by the Doctor's oldest enemy - the Daleks. It is here the true purpose of the time corridor becomes apparent: after ninety years of imprisonment, Davros, the ruthless creator of the Daleks, is to be liberated to assist in the resurrection of his army. Not even the Daleks foresee the poisonous threat of their creator. Indeed, who would suspect Davros of wanting to destroy his own Daleks - and why? Only the Doctor knows the truth. Will he descend to Davros' level of evil to stop him?
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-15
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The Ties That Bind Us
Overview: A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-03
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