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Category: Television
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Jon Pertwee’s first series of Doctor Who was a landmark in the history of the show. As well as introducing a new Doctor, it was the first series to be broadcast in colour. Pertwee’s Doctor was a flamboyant man of action as well as a mysterious alien scientist. He loved fast vehicles and practiced Venusian…
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Estimates as to the number of Elvis Presley impersonators active in the world vary wildly, from around ten thousand all the way up to half a million. On Tyneside during the 1980s and 1990s, we had a unique Elvis tribute act of our very own in the shape of Joe Allen, aka Jarrow Elvis. Joe…
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One of the cultural phenomena I remember clearly from my youth is that of “must-see television”. There were some shows that felt like compulsory viewing, and would be discussed and quoted endlessly at school the next day. To miss an episode truly was to miss out, as video cassette recorders were uncommon and expensive in…
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On 25th August, 1975, I watched Tom Baker, in character as The Doctor, sitting in a cinema presenting clips from Disney films in the August Bank Holiday edition of Disney Time. At the end of the show, a hand was seen passing him a note. He read the note and announced “It’s from the Brigadier.…
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As anyone who knows me can attest, I have a deep and abiding affection for Doctor Who, having watched it ever since I was a wee scrap of a lad sitting in front of the TV in the living room. (My first Doctor was Jon Pertwee, accompanied by his companion Jo Grant, played by Katy…