Jon Pertwee in The Curious Case of Santa Claus, pt 1

An Hour With Jon Pertwee

Listen to Jon Pertwee discuss his various roles - Doctor Who, Worzel Gummidge, Pertwee of The Navy Lark, from Oct 18-23 using this link for BBC Radio 7.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bdjh3

You can also listen to Part 9 of the Brightonomicon here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f265m

A new Paul McGann radio series begins tomorrow (Sunday) and the first episode is Dead London. Complete in 50 minutes. I"ll share the link when it's available.

The Doctor and Lucie get trapped with a killer in a labyrinth of London's history. Starring Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith.

SF & Fantasy Events July 7, 2008

Births

Adam Byrne was born on July 7, 1977, Orange County, California. He is an illustrator on World of Warcraft and Spellbound.

Bill Campbell was born on July 7, 1959, Charlottesville, Virginia. He has not done a great of science fiction. He starred as Cliff Secord in The Rocketeer.

TV
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" - Capt. Thadiun Okona (1 episode, 1988)in The Outrageous Okona.

Movies
Call from Space (1989) - Young Man
The Rocketeer (1991) - Cliff Secord
The Cold Equations (1996) (TV movie) - Lt. John Barton
Menno's Mind (1997) - Menno
Max Q (1998) (TV Movie) - Clay Jarvis


Robert Heinlein was born on July 7, 1907, in Butler, Missouri, USA and died on May 8, 1988 in Carmel, California.

He was one of the Big Three of science fiction writers.

Jon Pertwee was born on July 7, 1919, in Chelsea, London, England, and died
on May 20, 1996, in Timber Lake, Connecticut of a heart attack.

He was the third Doctor Who.

Deaths

None known at this time.

Jon Pertwee Speaks!

On the anniversary of Jon Pertwee's death on May 20, 1996, today and for the next seven days you'll be able to hear Jon Pertwee speak about his acting career, at BBC Radio 7.

It's called An Hour With Jon Pertwee.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/saturday/

Time Lord. Scarecrow. Naval officer. Is there nothing Jon Pertwee couldn't do? Jon himself enthralls us with tales of his life

The show is an hour long - he talks about Doctor Who for the last 15 minutes - but the whole thing was fun.



A bit serendipitous, as I just saw today for the first time the 10th Doctor episode, School Reunion, in which the 10th Doctor meets Sarah Jane Smith. Who fans will know that Sarah Jane started out with the Third Doctor, Pertwee, and ended with Tom Baker.

Elisabeth Sladen has an unoffcial webiste: http://www.elisabethsladen.co.uk/

There's sparks between Rose (the current companion) and Sarah Jane, and Sarah Jane has a zinger for the Doctor (can't remember the exact quote but something like, "I can tell you're getting older. You're assistants are getting younger.")

And Anthony Head does a masterful job as the villain... definitely alien acting, and his delivery of the line "Forget the shooty dog thing," is fantastic. Now, if I'd actually purchased a TV a few days ago with a built in DVD-recorder, I would have taped it and watched it again. Unfortunately, I'd misread the box and all I've got is a tv with a player that plays DVD-Rs as well as DVDs... very annoying.

I didn't know that Anthony Head was the brother of Murray Head (Chess), although now that I do know I can see the resemblance. I'd liked him in his coffee commercials that made him famous decades ago... but never watched him in anything. I knokw he was in Buffy the Vampire Slayer but I don't like horror shows (except Darren McGavin's one and only Night Stalker!) so I never watched it... but perhaps I might revisit it.... ; )

Jon Pertwee fans get a treat

If you're a fan of Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor (and I am) you're in for a treat, as BBC Radio 7 is airing a 30 minute doc on Jon Pertwee's early radio work (before the Doctor was even in its first incarnation....)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/sunday/

Radio Roots
Jon Pertwee: Russell Davies traces the actor's early broadcasting career before he was famous, with archive clips and interviews.