Celebrity appearances in Doctor Who

Celebrity appearances in Doctor Who - Footnotes. Note 1: The producers had originally planned to have The Beatles appear as elderly versions of themselves, but had to settle for using a filmclip from a BBC musical series. Reportedly, this particular variety show is one of many that were deleted, therefore making the clip seen in The Chase the only surviving footage of this Beatles performance. Note 2: Jean Marsh was at one time married to Jon Per ...

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Battlefield is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from September 6 to September 27, 1989. Battlefield Doctor Who - Synopsis. The Doctor and Ace face knights in armour from another dimension, and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart returns from retirement to save the world one last time. Battlefield Doctor Who - Plot. In the TARDIS, the Seventh Doctor and Ace pick up a distress signal ...

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Blake's 7 was a BBC science fiction television series created by Terry Nation that ran four seasons from January 2, 1978 to December 21, 1981. Blake's 7 - The series. The series was created by Terry Nation, who had previously worked on Doctor Who and created the Doctor's most famous adversaries, the Daleks. It was made in the United Kingdom and was produced and broadcast by the BBC. Blake's 7 resembled other BBC science fiction shows (such as Doctor Who), but was characterised by ...

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• Blake's 7 - The series
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Some six months after the events of Mission to the Unknown, the TARDIS arrives on the planet Kembel, and the Doctor leaves the TARDIS to try and find medical aid for the wounded Steven, leaving him with the Trojan servant girl Katarina. Meanwhile, two Space Agents, Bret Vyon and the injured Kert Gantry are also on the planet trying to find out what happened to their agent, Marc Cory. Eventually Gantry tells Vyon to go on without him, as he will slow Vyon down. Seconds after Vyon leaves, a Dalek finds Gantry and kills him. Vyon ...

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The Daleks' Master Plan, The Daleks' Master Plan - Synopsis, The Daleks' Master Plan - Plot, The Daleks' Master Plan - Cast, The Daleks' Master Plan - Missing episodes, The Daleks' Master Plan - Script, The Daleks' Master Plan - Notable appearances, The Daleks' Master Plan - The Christmas episode, The Daleks' Master Plan - Notes

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Following on from the end of The Empty Child, the gas-masked virus carriers each call out "Mummy?" while they back the Doctor, Rose and Jack up into a corner; meanwhile, in a house in another part of London, the Child himself is cornering Nancy. At the last moment, the Doctor forcefully steps forward and commands the zombies in a stern, parental voice, to go to their room. The zombies pause, uncertain, and simultaneously, so does the Child. The Doctor repeats his order, saying that he is very cross with them, and slowly, the zombies t ...

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The Doctor Dances, The Doctor Dances - Synopsis, The Doctor Dances - Plot, The Doctor Dances - Cast, The Doctor Dances - Notes

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The TARDIS chases a metal cylinder that is careening its way through space. As the Doctor struggles to keep up with it, he explains to Rose that the cylinder is mauve — the universal colour for danger. The TARDIS console sparks as the object jumps a time track, travelling back in time towards London. The TARDIS materialises in a narrow alley between some brick buildings at night. The Doctor and Rose step out in search of the object; the Doctor notes that they have arrived a couple of weeks to a month after the cylinder's impact. Ros ...

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The Empty Child, The Empty Child - Synopsis, The Empty Child - Plot, The Empty Child - Cast, The Empty Child - Notes

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Taking off immediately from the end of The Faceless Ones in 1966 London, the Second Doctor and Jamie watch helplessly as the TARDIS is loaded onto a lorry and driven away from Gatwick Airport. The trail leads them to an antique shop run by Edward Waterfield, who sells Victorian-style antiques that curiously seem as though they were still new. Investigating the store, the Doctor and Jamie succumb to a booby trap that gasses them. They wake up to find that they have been transported to 1866, and are in the house of Theodore Maxti ...

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The Evil of the Daleks, The Evil of the Daleks - Synopsis, The Evil of the Daleks - Plot, The Evil of the Daleks - Cast, The Evil of the Daleks - Notes

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During World War II, two dinghies manned by Soviet soldiers row towards Maiden's Point on the English Northumbrian coast, but one gets lost in the fog. Nearby, the TARDIS materialises, and the Seventh Doctor and Ace step out. The Doctor is content to stroll right in, but Ace is wary — if this is a top-secret naval installation, then it should not be that easy. Indeed, only a few steps later they are confronted by armed guards. The Doctor befuddles the guards by complaining that it took them long enough and asks them where Dr Judson's offic ...

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The Curse of Fenric, The Curse of Fenric - Synopsis, The Curse of Fenric - Plot, The Curse of Fenric - Cast, The Curse of Fenric - Notes

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The TARDIS materializes in 12th century Palestine, during the time of the Third Crusade. When the Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki emerge, they find themselves in the middle of a Saracen ambush. In the confusion, Barbara is captured by the Saracens, while the rest of the TARDIS crew stop the attackers from killing William de Tornebu, an associate of King Richard. William des Preaux, another companion of the king, is also captured by Saracens and pretends to be Richard in order to protect him. The Doctor, Ian, and Vicki agree to take the wounded de Tornebu back to Richard's court, but first must stea ...

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The Crusade Doctor Who, The Crusade Doctor Who - Synopsis, The Crusade Doctor Who - Plot, The Crusade Doctor Who - Cast, The Crusade Doctor Who - Missing episodes, The Crusade Doctor Who - Notes

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The Doctor and Sarah land on the planet Karn. The Doctor recognises the skies saying that he was born around this part of the galaxy. They find an unusual concentration of spaceship wrecks and the remnants of the crews. At a castle, they meet Dr Solon who is cautious about revealing his activities but shows inordinate interest in the doctor, particularly his cranium. The Sisterhood of Karn, who live on the planet know the Timelords and jealously guard their elixir which gives them long life. Fearing the Doctor has been sent by the Tim ...

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The Brain of Morbius, The Brain of Morbius - Synopsis, The Brain of Morbius - Plot, The Brain of Morbius - Cast, The Brain of Morbius - Notes

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In the TARDIS, the Seventh Doctor and Ace pick up a distress signal from Earth in the near future. The TARDIS materialises near Lake Vortigern in England. Nearby a convoy of UNIT trucks is conveying a nuclear missile, under the command of Brigadier Bambera. The TARDIS crew attempt to hitch a ride and are picked up by Peter Warmsly, an archaeologist, working on a nearby battlefield. As they drive along, they hear explosions. Unbeknownst to them, it is the noise of armoured knights arriving from outer space, directed by Morgaine, the Sunkiller, Dominator of the ...

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Battlefield Doctor Who, Battlefield Doctor Who - Synopsis, Battlefield Doctor Who - Plot, Battlefield Doctor Who - Cast, Battlefield Doctor Who - Notes

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The Doctor, Rose and new companion Adam travel forward in time to the year 200,000 and land aboard Satellite 5, a space station orbiting Earth during the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. Earth in this time period is at its height, covered with megacities, five moons and a population of 96 billion, the centre of a galactic domain that stretches across a million planets and species — or, at least, it is supposed to be. They make their way around the station, the Doctor telling Adam that he will enjoy this period as human cultu ...

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The Long Game, The Long Game - Synopsis, The Long Game - Plot, The Long Game - Cast, The Long Game - Notes

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On board a space station orbiting Earth, something opens up a compartment containing a sleeping human and enters it. Years later, and leading on from the end of Robot, the TARDIS materialises in a darkened room on board the station, and the Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan emerge. As Harry apologises, the Doctor complains about Harry's turning the ship's helmic regulator too far, which is what made the TARDIS travel randomly to begin with. The sealed room also does not have much air or heat in it and the travellers f ...

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The Ark in Space, The Ark in Space - Synopsis, The Ark in Space - Plot, The Ark in Space - Cast, The Ark in Space - Notes

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In the Middle Ages, the bandit Irongron and his aide Bloodaxe together with their rabble of criminals find the crashed spaceship of a Sontaran warrior named Lynx. The alien claims Earth for his Empire then sets about repairing his ship, offering Irongron “magic weapons” that will make him a king in return for shelter. They strike a bargain, though Irongron remains suspicious. The Doctor and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart investigating the disappearance of several scientists from a top secret scientific research complex. They do not ...

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The Time Warrior, The Time Warrior - Synopsis, The Time Warrior - Plot, The Time Warrior - Cast, The Time Warrior - Notes

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In a funeral parlour during the Victorian era, a young man named Redpath grieves over the open casket containing his dead grandmother. Closing his eyes in sorrow, he does not see a blue, glowing vapour wash over the corpse and enter it. The old woman's eyes snap open and she grabs Redpath by the throat, killing him. Gabriel Sneed, the undertaker, rushes in and tries to close the lid on the reanimated corpse but she knocks him unconscious to the floor before getting up and wandering out onto the street, wailing. Sneed regains consciousness an ...

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The Unquiet Dead, The Unquiet Dead - Synopsis, The Unquiet Dead - Plot, The Unquiet Dead - Cast, The Unquiet Dead - Notes

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The Second Doctor's TARDIS arrives in what appears to be a World War I battlefield, but turns out to be one of a number of simulated battlefields from Earth's history. An alien race, the War Lords, are using the fake battles to test and hone soldiers kidnapped from Earth, with the intention of developing an army with which they can take over the galaxy. They are assisted in this by their head scientist, called the War Chief, who is on ...

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The War Games, The War Games - Synopsis, The War Games - Plot, The War Games - Cast, The War Games - Notes

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The TARDIS is attacked by a powerful force whilst in flight. The entire console room is distorting and the Sixth Doctor and Melanie Bush are both knocked unconscious. The ship then materialises on the planet Lakertya as a Lakertyan, Ikona, looks on. The TARDIS' doors open and the renegade Time Lady, the Rani (Kate O'Mara) enters. She tells her unseen companion to "leave the girl" and that the Doctor was "the man I want." As she leaves, a lumbering, hair-covered creature, Urak, enters and it moves towards the Doctor's side and turns his prone ...

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Time and the Rani, Time and the Rani - Synopsis, Time and the Rani - Plot, Time and the Rani - Cast, Time and the Rani - Notes

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Following on from the end of Aliens of London, the deadly electricity courses through all of the alien experts in the room, killing them, but the Doctor, not being human, is not as affected as the rest. The Doctor grabs his own electrified identity badge and attaches it to the collar of the Slitheen that was masquerading as Asquith. Somehow, as the electricity courses through Asquith, it affects Green, Blaine and the police inspector threatening Jackie as well. The Doctor makes good his escape, running down and attracting the attentio ...

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World War Three Doctor Who, World War Three Doctor Who - Synopsis, World War Three Doctor Who - Plot, World War Three Doctor Who - Cast, World War Three Doctor Who - Notes

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The Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon land the TARDIS on board Space Station Camera in the Third Zone, on a mission for the Time Lords, who have also installed a teleport control on the TARDIS that grants them dual control for the occasion. The Doctor explains to Jamie that the station is a research facility and they are here to have a discreet word with Dastari, the Head of Projects. The TARDIS materialises in the station kitchen, where they meet Shockeye, the station cook. Shockeye is an Androgum, a member of a primitive, emotionally and e ...

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The Two Doctors, The Two Doctors - Synopsis, The Two Doctors - Plot, The Two Doctors - Cast, The Two Doctors - Notes

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After his regeneration, the Doctor starts behaving erratically. He goes to the wardrobe and looking for a new outfit and finds a glaring, mismatched, brightly coloured coat which he immediately takes a shine to. Peri tells him that he could not go outside wearing such an awful garb, to which the Doctor takes offense. Two twins, Romulus and Remus Sylveste, receive a visitation from a mysterious old man called Professor Edgeworth. They question how he managed to get inside their house, he tells them he will return when their father is t ...

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The Twin Dilemma, The Twin Dilemma - Synopsis, The Twin Dilemma - Plot, The Twin Dilemma - Cast, The Twin Dilemma - Notes

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