Friday, 15th February, 1974
Elisabeth Sladen and a slightly shabby Cyberman join Tom Baker on the patio outside the BBC Television Centre restaurant as the new Doctor is introduced to the press.
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11 February, 1938: The first attempt at television science fiction aired - a BBC adaptation of Karel Čapek's Rossum’s Universal Robots.
And, no, I'm am not old enough to remember watching it! 😃
Happy Birthday to Peter Purves.
Although he's best remembered by my generation as a Blue Peter presenter, before that Purves played the 1st Doctor's companion Steven Taylor. As William Hartnell's health declined toward the end of his run on Doctor Who, Purves essentially became the leading man, helping to keep the series on the air. His reward? The BBC sacked him, of course.
Here he is in *that* sweater from 'The Celestial Toymaker.'
3rd February, 1966
Publicity photograph of Jackie Lane, William Hartnell and Peter Purves on the jungle set of 'The Ark,' at Ealing Film Studio.
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Just another day in the Land of the Giants.
Pages from the Land of the Giants colouring book,
Whitman Publishing, 1969.
12th January, 1966
The Batman TV series premiered on ABC starring Adam West and Burt Ward as Batman and Robin. The first episode, "Hi Diddle Riddle," pitted the Dynamic Duo against the self-styled 'Count of Conundrums,' the Riddler (Frank Gorshin).
“How does a nightmare begin?”
THE INVADERS, starring Roy Thinnes as alien bothering 'architect' David Vincent began on 10th January, 1967.
On a personal note, it was also the first live-action television series I saw in colour (I'd already seen a colour episode of the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon). This was in the early 1970s, when I was on holiday in Blackpool and colour television was a big draw to get you to stay in a boarding house.
9th January, 1966
William Hartnell, having just celebrated his 58th birthday the previous day, is transformed into the Doctor by Make up artist Sonia Markham.
Happy New Year from Great Britain!
Stars of Sci-Fi and Fantasy we sadly leave behind in 2024.
Gary Graham (Alien Nation/ Star Trek: Enterprise)
James Darren (The Time Tunnel/Star Trek: DS9)
William Russell (Doctor Who)
James Earl Jones (The UFO Incident/Star Wars)
Michael Jayston (Doctor Who.)
David Graham (Doctor Who/Thunderbirds)
Kenneth Cope (Randall & Hopkirk Deceased)
Ron Ely (Tarzan.)
R.I.P.
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