William Russell
Also Known As: William Russell Enoch, Enoch Russell, William Russel, Russel Enoch, Russell Enoch, ویلیام راسل
Biography: William Russell Enoch (19 November 1924–3 June 2024) was an English actor. He achieved prominence in 1956 when he took the title role in the ITV television series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956–1957). In 1963, he became part of the original lead cast of BBC1's Doctor Who, playing the role of schoolteacher Ian Chesterton opposite William Hartnell from the show's first episode until 1965. Russell's film roles include parts in The Man Who Never Was (1956), The Great Escape (1963) and Superman (1978). On television, he notably appeared as Ted Sullivan in Coronation Street in 1992. In recent years, Russell has maintained his association with Doctor Who; he returned to the show in 2022, making a cameo appearance as Ian in "The Power of the Doctor", 57 years after the character's last television appearance. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sunderland, County Durham, England, UK
Birthday: November 19, 1924
Deathday: June 03, 2024
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Gender: Male
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The Great Escape
Overview: The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-07-03
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Malta Story
Overview: Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese girl.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-01
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Above Us the Waves
Overview: In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-29
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The Affair
Overview: A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of her relationship with him as she discovered he had been having an affair with his secretary.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-14
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One Good Turn
Overview: Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer (boo hiss) who is also the chairman of the orphanage board wants to close the orphanage and build a factory on the site. The children are sent to Brighton for the day and Norman is very excited because he's "Never seen the Sea". When they get back they discover the plan to close the orphanage and have to decide what to do
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-04
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Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Overview: A documentary about Shakespeare's Globe opening performance of "Henry V" in 1997. The documentary combines the performance of Act IV with rehearsal shots and opening gala footage.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-05
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The Saint's Return
Overview: A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-12
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Dead Man's Kit
Overview: After shore-leave in Lisbon for the crew of HMS Diana, Master-at-Arms 'Toby' Toberman makes an official complaint to the ship's Captain about the behaviour of an officer he saw in a casino. Following the ship's 'Sod's Opera' party, Toby is reported missing from the deck - presumed lost overboard. Was it an accident or suicide - or was he given the proverbial push?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-30
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The Big Chance
Overview: A clerk sees his big chance to escape a humdrum existence, but his resolve is tested as many unexpected obstacles arise.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-01
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Executive Order
Overview: In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-04-14
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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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Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
Overview: As the very first Doctor, William Hartnell created the character that made Doctor Who a success. No other actor made such a lasting contribution to the programme or influenced it so greatly. In this special Myth Makers, Nicholas Briggs meets William’s friends, colleagues and family and explores the personality of this shy, complex and private man. With contributions from William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Maureen O’Brien, Peter Purves, Verity Lambert, Michael Craze, Anneke Wills, Donald Tosh, Christopher Barry and a revealing interview with Jack Pitt, who was an extra in Doctor Who and shared William’s flat in London. Also featured is Jessica Carney, who has written a biography of the grandfather’s life titled Who’s There? This is not just a Myth Makers tribute… it’s almost a chance to meet the man himself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-02
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Return to Sender
Overview: A fraudster is arrested for stealing a large sum of money from his partners. When he learns that a particularly brilliant barrister will lead the prosecution against him he sets out to undermine the credibility of the barrister.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-03-01
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Intimate Relations
Overview: Yvonne is seething when her devoted son, Michael, declares his intention to marry Madeleine, despite the latter's admitting to having an affair with a mysterious older man. At the same time, George, Michael's father, confides in Yvonne's sister, Leo, that he is in fact Madeleine's other lover. Together, they hatch a plot to end Madeleine's hopes of marriage - by threatening to reveal George's scandalous secret to his son.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-01
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Terror
Overview: The descendants of a witch hunting family and their close friends are stalked and killed by a mysterious entity.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-01
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The Share Out
Overview: A gang of high class corporate thieves use blackmail to induce their victims to sell property at knock-down prices.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-02-01
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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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Little Girls Don't
Overview: Little Girls Don't" is the tale of two girls, Sheryl and Abbey who have been inseparable friends since childhood despite coming from very different backgrounds. Then Billy arrives on the scene. He is a bad boy who likes to steal cars, but with the encouragement of girlfriend Abbey this soon turns into something much more serious, with tragic consequences for everyone involved.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-10
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The Adventures of Hal 5
Overview: A very old Austin 7 car is found by two children and bought by their uncle, the Vicar, but the garage proprietor conceals its faulty transmission, which leads to some surprising developments.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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They Who Dare
Overview: In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with orders to attack two airfields from which the Luftwaffe is threatening allied forces in Egypt. The island is crawling with troops, and even moving by night the men soon run into trouble.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-02
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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: 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: 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 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 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 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 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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Three Men in a Boat
Overview: One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London. A boating holiday with lots of fresh air and exercise would be just the very thing, or so their doctors tell them. So, after debating the merits of hotel or camp beds and what to pack, they set off on their voyage - a trip up the Thames from Henley to Oxford - but very quickly find themselves ill-equipped for the trials of riverbank life.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-31
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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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Superman
Overview: Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush: Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-14
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Adventure Story
Overview: The story of Alexander the Great.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-12
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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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The Man Who Never Was
Overview: The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece. His body is put into the sea where it will ultimately drift ashore and the papers be passed along to German Intelligence.
Genres: Thriller War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-03
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Doctor Who: Origins
Overview: A 55-minute documentary, detailing the creation of Doctor Who, including a rare interview with creator Sydney Newman, and new interviews with producer Verity Lambert, directors Waris Hussein and Richard Martin, actors William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, title sequence designer Bernard Lodge, and TARDIS sound effect creator Brian Hodgson
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-30
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Creation of the Daleks
Overview: Featured on the "Doctor Who: The Beginning" box set and tells the story of the Creation of the Daleks.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-31
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Gift Horse
Overview: Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.
Genres: Adventure War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-01
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The Gay Dog
Overview: Jim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win. His friends bet on his dog while he bets against.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-01
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Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Overview: BBC Play for Today. Maximillian Schreiber runs a series of gruelling motivational courses - all coming at a cost to the participants - including VAT.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-22
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Death Watch
Overview: In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-01-23
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Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"
Overview: Documents the making of the Doctor Who Serial, "The Edge of Destruction". It was released on the DVD of the serial and hence in The Beginning box set.
Genres: Documentary
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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Masters of Sound
Overview: Documentary on the sound effects of Doctor Who in the 1960s.
Genres: No genres available
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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Remembering 'The Aztecs'
Overview: The guest actors of the 1964 "Doctor Who" (1963) story, "The Aztecs", reminisce about their time on the programme and making the series.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-21
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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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Newsworthy - The Girl Who Saw a Tiger
Overview: Quiet Devonshire school girl Joanna's claim that she saw a tiger in Barrow Woods soon takes hold, in her home, at school and in the national press.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-18
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