Patrick TroughtonFilmography

The Two of Us [TV Series]

Actors: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Janet Dibley, Patrick Troughton

Synopsis: The long-running British sitcom The Two of Us made its London Weekend Television debut on October 31, 1986. The premise was deceptively simple: Hero Ashley (Nicholas Lyndhurst) wanted to marry his live-in girlfriend Elaine (Janet Dibley), but she turned down his proposals time and time again. Even Read More

Doctor Who: The Two Doctors, Episode 1

Actors: Colin Baker, Patrick Troughton, Nicola Bryant, Frazer Hines, John Stratton

Synopsis: Patrick Troughton returns to his old role of the Second Doctor in the three-part adventure "The Two Doctors." Sent to investigate a space station, the Doctor and his companion, Jamie (Patrick Hines, also making a return appearance), are attacked by the Sontarans. It is up to the Sixth Doctor Read More

Doctor Who: The Two Doctors, Episode 3

Actors: Colin Baker, Patrick Troughton, Nicola Bryant, Frazer Hines, John Stratton

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the three-part adventure "The Two Doctors," the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) rushes to Spain, there to (hopefully) rescue his predecessor, Doctor #2 (Patrick Troughton). Complicating matters is a false ally named Chessen o' the Franzine Grig (Jacqueline Pearce) and a band of Read More

Doctor Who: The Two Doctors, Episode 2

Actors: Colin Baker, Patrick Troughton, Nicola Bryant, Frazer Hines, John Stratton

Synopsis: In the second episode of the three-part adventure "The Two Doctors," the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) comes face to face with his predecessor, Doctor #2 (Patrick Troughton), and that worthy's traveling companion, Jamie (Patrick Hines). Rescuing the Second Doctor and Jamie from a Sontaran attack, the Read More

Swallows and Amazons Forever! Coot Club

The Box of Delights

Actors: Devin Stanfield, Patrick Troughton, Robert Stephens, Geoffrey Larder, Jonathan Stevens

Synopsis: The Box of Delights, based on the children's book by English poet laureate John Masefield, was produced by the BBC, from a screenplay by Alan Seymour under director Renny Rye in mid-1984. Set in 1934, the six-part miniseries tells the story of young Kay Harker (Devin Stanfield), who, while on his Read More

The Box of Delights

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Devin Stanfield, Robert Stephens, Geoffrey Larder, Jonathan Stephens

Synopsis: The British made-for-TV production The Box of Delights begins during the Christmas season, when young Devin Stanfield returns home from boarding school. No sooner has he arrived than Stanfield has made the acquaintance of elderly eccentric Patrick Troughton, who entrusts the boy with a mysterious Read More

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Actors: William Hartnell, Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Richard Hurndall

Synopsis: Doctor Who celebrated its 20th anniversary with the 90-minute special "The Five Doctors." The life of the present Doctor (Peter Davison) is jeopardized when his four previous incarnations -- played by William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, and Tom Baker -- are taken out of time by an Read More

Professor Wagstaff's Time Machine

Synopsis: In this sci-fi adventure, two daring children board an amazing machine and find themselves traveling back in time. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Amy

Actors: Harriet Walter, Clive Francis, Patrick Troughton, Denys Hawthorne, George A. Cooper, Roger Hammond

A Hitch in Time

Synopsis: Inept scientist Troughton provides time traveling machine for youngsters McVey and McLellan who use the opportunity to travel through time and meet their ancestors. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Actors: Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting, Jane Seymour, Patrick Troughton

Synopsis: Famed stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen concocts a collection of fantastic creatures -- including a saber-tooth tiger, a chess-playing baboon, a giant walrus and three banshees -- for this follow-up to The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Patrick Wayne stars as Sinbad, who seeks the hand of Princess Read More

The Omen

Actors: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw

Synopsis: Satan's son has arrived on Earth and He's not about to let human parents get in the way. When his wife Katherine's (Lee Remick) pregnancy ends in a stillbirth in a Rome hospital, U.S. diplomat Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) substitutes another baby, whose mother died. Little Damien (Harvey Stephens) Read More

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Actors: Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith

Synopsis: The sixth entry in Hammer Films' Frankenstein series, this film finds Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) in charge of a lunatic asylum. When young doctor Simon Helder (Shane Bryant) is institutionalized for attempting to create synthetic life, Frankenstein is delighted: now he'll have an assistant Read More

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors, Episode 4

Actors: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "The Three Doctors," the first, second, and third Doctor (played respectively by William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, and Jon Pertwee) are still trapped in Omega's black hole, along with the third Doctor's friends Jo (Katy Manning), the Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney Read More

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors, Episode 2

Actors: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "The Three Doctors," the present Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and his two predecessors (William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton) investigate the strange, roving black hole in space which has been depleting the Time Lords of their energy. It turns out that the Read More

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors, Episode 3

Actors: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "The Three Doctors," the ancient and revered Time Lord Omega (Stephen Thorne) has vowed to destroy his brethren and take over the universe. To this end, he traps the current Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and the two previous Doctors (William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton Read More

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors, Episode 1

Actors: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney

Synopsis: Doctor Who celebrated its tenth year on television with the epochal four-part adventure "The Three Doctors." Attacked by an unknown entity, the Doctor (Jon Pertwee), Jo (Katy Manning), the Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney), and Sgt. Benton (John Levene) take refuge in the TARDIS. Worried that the Read More

The Scars of Dracula

Actors: Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Christopher Matthews, Patrick Troughton

Synopsis: One of a handful of Hammer "Dracula" films starring Christopher Lee, The Scars of Dracula begins as Count Dracula (Lee) rises from the grave once again. Buckets of blood and vats of violence will delight fans of horror. A young man and his girlfriend find themselves in Dracula's castle where Read More

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death, Episode 6

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, John Witty, Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the six-part story "The Seeds of Death," the Martian seed pods are poised to begin spreading disease and devastation on Earth. Happily, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), though stranded on the Moon, is able to stop the Martian fungus in its tracks. Now, the Doctor must figure Read More

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Terry Scully, Louise Pajo

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the six-part story "The Seeds of Death," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) has managed to escape the possibility of a fatal materialization in Deep Space. But he is still stranded on the Moon, still attempting valiantly -- and vainly -- to thwart the destructive schemes of the Read More

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Dudley Foster, Gordon Gostelow

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the six-part story "The Space Pirates," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions have become enmeshed in a series of intrigues involving the Instellar Mining Corps, a band of renegade Argonite pirates, and eccentric mining expert Milo Clancey (Gordon Gostelow). Read More

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Gordon Gostelow, Jack May

Synopsis: In the third episode of the six-part story "The Space Pirates," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) miraculously saves himself and his companions Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) from being marooned in space forever. Landing on the planet Ta, the TARDIS crew locates the hiding place of the Read More

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Jack May, Donald Gee

Synopsis: In the second episode of the six-part story "The Space Pirates," the renegade Argonites have captured the TARDIS and abandoned the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie (Frazier Hines), and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) in Deep Space. Though without a ship to his name, the Doctor concocts a scheme to save Read More

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Brian Peck, Dudley Foster

Synopsis: The "space pirates" of the title are a band of renegade Argonites. Materializing on a space beacon, the TARDIS finds itself in the middle of an Argonite attack against the Army Space Corps. The pirates succeed in capturing the TARDIS and leaving the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions Read More

Doctor Who: The Krotons, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Gilbert Wynne, Madeleine Mills

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "The Krotons," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) joins forces with scientist Beta (James Cairncross) in a last-ditch effort to destroy the highly advanced but eminently dangerous Krotons. Alas, these efforts may well come to naught, as the Krotons prepare to Read More

Doctor Who: The Krotons, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Robert La Bassiere, Miles Northover

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "The Krotons," the crystalline title characters have been awakened from suspended animation by the combined intellects of the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury). Now expendable, the two time travelers are hunted down like animals, while Read More

Doctor Who: The Krotons, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, James Copeland, Gilbert Wynne

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "The Krotons," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions try to find out just why the hybernating Krotons are exercising mind control -- euphemistically described as "education" -- upon the primitive Gonds. In the course of events, the Doctor Read More

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Christopher Coll, Louise Pajo

Synopsis: In the third episode of the six-part story "The Seeds of Death," the 21st century teleportation system T-Mat has broken down, leaving the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) drifiting helplessly in space. Desperate, the Doctor tries to land on the moon, hoping to use it as a base from which to Read More

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Alan Bennion, Martin Cort

Synopsis: In the second episode of the six-part story "The Seeds of Death," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) wants to find out the reason that T-Mat, Earth's principal transportation system of the 21st century, has broken down. He eventually learns that the system has been targeted for takeover by his old Read More

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Louise Pajo, John Witty

Synopsis: The Ice Warriors introduced during Doctor Who's fifth season are back in the six-episode "The Seeds of Death," which launched its original BBC run on January 25, 1969. The Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his friends materialize in the 21st century, when Earth's transportation system is entirely Read More

Doctor Who: The War Games, Episode 6

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, David Savile, James Bree

Synopsis: In the sixth episode of the ten-part story "The War Games," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), his companions Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury), and the Resistance fighters try to escape from Alien Control, the entity responsible for restaging the Earth's most famous battles on a faraway Read More

Doctor Who: The War Games, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, David Savile, Vernon Dobtcheff

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the ten-part story "The War Games," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions, still trapped on an Earth-like planet where the combatants from different wars and different armies are hypnotically locked into eternal combat, have joined up with a Resistance movement Read More

Doctor Who: The War Games, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, David Savile, Jane Sherwin

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the ten-part story "The War Games," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions are still on an Earth-like planet populated entirely by soldiers from different countries and different wars. Connecting with an underground resistance movement, the Doctor learns that Read More

Doctor Who: The War Games, Episode 9

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, David Savile, Michael Napier-Brown

Synopsis: In the ninth episode of the ten-part story "The War Games," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) prepares to put the War Lord (Philip Madoc) out of business, only to be thwarted by a traitor in the Resistance movement. But an even greater crisis looms on the horizon: Should the Doctor be successful in Read More

Doctor Who: The War Games, Episode 8

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, David Savile, James Bree

Synopsis: In the eighth episode of the ten-part story "The War Games," the Resistance's rescue efforts fail, and the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions remain in the clutches of the diabolical War Lord (Philip Madoc). At long last, the War Lord reveals the reason for the endless war games: He Read More

Doctor Who: The War Games, Episode 7

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, David Savile, Edward Brayshaw

Synopsis: In the seventh episode of the ten-part story "The War Games," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie (Frazer Hines), and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) are still trapped on an Earth-like planet where the world's most famous battles are being bloodily re-enacted. Eluding the minions of Alien Control, the Read More

Doctor Who: The War Games, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Jane Sherwin, John Livesey

Synopsis: The longest and (in retrospect) most significant of the sixth-season Doctor Who adventures, "The War Games" began its ten-week run on April 9, 1969. The TARDIS materializes on a planet that bears a remarkable resemblance to Earth. But there are a few differences: For one thing, the Read More

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates, Episode 6

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Gordon Gostelow, Esmond Knight

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the six-part story "The Space Pirates," Argonite pirate chieftain Craven (Dudley Foster) draws up plans to destroy the Space Corps -- and the entire planet Ta -- with a super bomb. It is up to the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), his friends Zoe (Wendy Padbury) and Jamie (Frazer Read More

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Lisa Daniely, Gordon Gostelow

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the six-part story "The Space Pirates," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his friends are once more in the clutches of Argonite pirate leader Craven (Dudley Foster). Salvation arrives from an unlikely source: Madeleine Issigi (Lisa Danniely), the daughter of Craven's Read More

Doctor Who: The War Games, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, David Savile, Jane Sherwin

Synopsis: In the third episode of the ten-part story "The War Games," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie (Frazer Hines), and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) manage to escape their uniformed captors and make their getaway across a charred and bloodied battlefield. As they continue their flight, with their pursuers Read More

Doctor Who: The War Games, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Hubert Rees, Noel Coleman

Synopsis: In the second episode of the ten-part story "The War Games," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions have arrived in the midst of a bloody battle, apparently somewhere on planet Earth. Things take a nasty turn when Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) are captured by colorfully Read More

Doctor Who: The War Games, Episode 10

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Bernard Horsfall, Trevor Martin

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the pivotal ten-part story "The War Games," the Doctor has successfully thwarted the universe-conquering schemes of the War Lord (Philip Madoc). In doing so, however, he has violated his own ethics, and now finds himself hunted down by his own race, the Time Lords. Captured Read More

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World, Episode 6

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Mary Peach

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the six-part story "The Enemy of the World, Episode 6," Patrick Troughton again appears in the dual role of the Doctor and his lookalike, 21st century dictator Salamander. Having been thwarted in his plans to rule the world, Salamander tries to make a quick getaway by posing Read More

Doctor Who: The Invasion, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Murray Evans, Walter Randall

Synopsis: The second-longest Doctor Who adventure of the series' sixth season, "The Invasion" ran for eight episodes, the first of which was originally telecast on November 2 1968. This was the story arc that introduced the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, or U.N.I.T. It all begins when the TARDIS Read More

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Colin Douglas

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the six-part story "The Enemy of the World," traitorous scientist Kent (Bill Kerr) has blown up the research station infiltrated by the Doctor (Patrick Troughton). Not long afterward, 21st century dictator Salamander, who bears a startling resemblance to the Doctor, makes Read More

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Colin Douglas

Synopsis: In the third episode of the six-part story "The Enemy of the World," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) impersonates his lookalike, 21st century would-be dictator Salamander (also Patrick Troughton). He does this to penetrate a research station controlled by Salamander's minions, the better to find Read More

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Colin Douglas, Mary Peach, Bill Kerr

Synopsis: In fourth episode of the six-part story "The Enemy of the World," self-styled patriot Giles Kent (Bill Kerr) is revealed to be a traitor, in league with would-be 21st century dictator Salamander. Meanwhile, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) -- who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Salamander Read More

Doctor Who: The Invasion, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Sally Faulkner, Robert Sidaway

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the eight-part story "The Invasion," megalomanic electronics executive Tobias Vaughn (Kevin Stoney) plots to double-cross his powerful allies, the Cybermen. Meanwhile, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and the agents of U.N.I.T. try to prevent the Cybermen from carrying out Read More

Doctor Who: The Invasion, Episode 6

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Sally Faulkner, Robert Sidaway

Synopsis: In the sixth episode of the eight-part story "The Invasion," London is helpless on the eve of the Cybermen's final attack. In hopes of saving humanity, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) must first try to figure out the baffling computer circuits created by evil electronics executive Tobias Vaughn Read More

Doctor Who: The Invasion, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Kevin Stoney, Peter Halliday

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the eight-part story "The Invasion," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Jamie (Frazer Hines) are rescued from sinister electronics executive Tobias Vaughn (Kevin Stoney) by an old friend, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney). Now aligned with a group called Read More

Doctor Who: The Invasion, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Kevin Stoney, Geoffrey Cheshire

Synopsis: In the second episode of the eight-part story "The Invasion," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions have landed in the England of 1975, which has been all but conquered by the sinister corporation Intenational Electromatics. Investigating a bizarre conspiracy theory, the Doctor and Read More

Doctor Who: The Invasion, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Peter Halliday, Kevin Stoney, Nicholas Courtney

Synopsis: In the third episode of the eight-part story "The Invasion," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Jamie (Frazer Hines) are still being forcibly detained by Tobias Vaughn (Kevin Stoney), the head of the all-powerful electronics firm which controls the world's computers in the year 1975. Eventually Read More

Doctor Who: Fury From the Deep, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Graham Leaman, Roy Spencer

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the six-part story "Fury From the Deep," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) continues to fend off an attack by a race of seaweed creatures on a North Sea oil refinery. One of the Doctor's supposed allies, Robson (Victor Maddern), turns out to be among the villains, who have Read More

Doctor Who: Fury From the Deep, Episode 6

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Victor Maddern, Roy Spencer

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the six-part story "Fury From the Deep," Robson (Victor Maddern) has revealed himself to be in league with the parasitic seaweed creatures who are attacking an oil refinery in the North Sea. Kidnapping Victoria (Deborah Watling), Robson makes a desperate escape, with the Read More

Doctor Who: Fury From the Deep, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Victor Maddern, June Murphy

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the six-part story "Fury From the Deep," a group of parasitic seaweed creatures step up their attack on an oil refinery in the North Sea. In his efforts to thwart the bad guys, the Doctor and several of his cohorts are terrorized by a huge, anthropomorphic thrashing weed. Read More

Doctor Who: Fury From the Deep, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Victor Maddern, John Abineri

Synopsis: In the second episode of the six-part story "Fury From the Deep," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) tries to solve the strange disappearance of several oil-refinery crews from a North Sea drilling site. Halfway through the episode, it is revealed that two of the refinery scientists -- Quill (Bill Burridge Read More

Doctor Who: Fury From the Deep, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Victor Maddern, John Abineri

Synopsis: In the third episode of the six-part story "Fury From the Deep," several more workers mysteriously vanish from an oil refinery in the North Sea. The Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions follow the trail of evidence to a horrifying conclusion: The culprits, it seems, are parasitic weed Read More

Doctor Who: The Dominators, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Kenneth Ives, John Hicks

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the five-part story "The Dominators," the denizens of the peaceful planet Dulkis debate over whether or not to defend themselves against the Dominator invasion. Meanwhile, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) is captured by the villains' warriors, the Quarks. He is then given a Read More

Doctor Who: The Dominators, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Kenneth Ives, Giles Block

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the five-part story "The Dominators," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) is able to free himself and Jamie (Frazer Hines) from the Dominators' clutches. He must now make a final, desperate effort to prevent the Dominators and their Quarks from destroying the planet Dulkis. The Read More

Doctor Who: The Dominators, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Kenneth Ives, John Hicks

Synopsis: In the third episode of the five-part story "The Dominators," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) warns the citizens of the planet Dulkis that their world is in danger of wholesale energy depletion at the hands of the Dominators. Alas, the Dulcians are strict pacifists and refuse to defend themselves Read More

Doctor Who: The Dominators, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Ronald Allen, Kenneth Ives

Synopsis: Doctor Who's sixth season was launched on August 10, 1968, with episode one of the five-part "The Dominators." The Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his friends land on the planet Dulkis, an orb populated entirely by pacifists. The tranquility of Dulkis is sorely threatened by the invasion of the Read More

Doctor Who: The Dominators, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Kenneth Ives, Ronald Allen

Synopsis: In the second episode of the five-part story "The Dominators," the warmongering title characters have landed on the pacifistic planet Dulkis. Intending to convert the planet into their own private refueling station, the Dominators meet resistance in the form of the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Read More

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear, Episode 6

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Derek Pollitt, Jack Woolgar

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the six-part story "The Web of Fate," Col. Lethbridge-Stuart (Nicholas Courtney) has successfully driven back the invasion of the Yeti robots. Even so, the Great Intelligence persists in his scheme to conquer the world with his robot army. It falls to the Doctor (Patrick Read More

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Frederick J. Foote, Eric Flynn

Synopsis: Scripted by David Whitaker from a story by Kit Parker, the six-episode Doctor Who adventure "The Wheel in Space" begins with the TARDIS materializing inside a drifting rocket called the Silver Carrier. The Doctor (Patrick Troughton) quickly determines that the derelict rocket is within the orbit Read More

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Jack Watling, Nicholas Courtney

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the six-part story "The Web of Fear," the Great Intelligence continues to deploy his army of Yeti robots to take over London, and then the world. Fortunately, the villain's efforts to steal the mind of the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) have failed. But how can the Doctor turn Read More

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Derek Pollitt, Nicholas Courtney

Synopsis: In the third episode of the six-part story "The Web of Fear," an army of Yeti robots runs amok in the London subway system, controlled by the alien Great Intelligence. To prevent this havoc from reaching the surface, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) enlists the aid of the entire British Army. Read More

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Jack Watling, Tina Packer

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the six-part story "The Web of Fear," Col. Lethbridge-Stuart (Nicholas Courtney) of the British Army leads a counterassault against the Yeti robots, which have taken over the London subway system. Meanwhile, the alien Great Intelligence steps up his plan to use the robots Read More

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Clare Jenkins, Eric Flynn, Ann Ridler

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the six-part story "The Wheel in Space," the battle between the Cybermen and the Earthlings continues to rage on the Space Wheel defense station. Just when it seems as if things cannot get much worse, the Wheel is bombarded by a meteor storm. Scripted by David Whitaker from Read More

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space, Episode 6

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Eric Flynn, Donald Sumpter

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the six-part story "The Wheel in Space," the Cybermen reveal their master plot to attack and take over the Earth. Back on the Space Wheel, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions steel themselves for a final all-out assault against the Cybermen. Guest star Wendy Read More

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Michael Goldie, Derrick Gilbert, Michael Turner

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the six-part story "The Wheel in Space," the Cybermen continue their attack on the Space Wheel defense station. In helping the crew fend off the aliens, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Jamie (Frazer Hines) are faced with the gravest of grave dangers. Even worse, morale Read More

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Kenneth Watson, Michael Goldie, Derrick Gilbert

Synopsis: In the second episode of the six-part story "The Wheel in Space," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Jamie (Frazer Hines) are rescued from the Cybermen and brought to the huge Space Wheel defense station. The crew of the Wheel are all for destroying the derelict vessel where the TARDIS had Read More

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Clare Jenkins, Eric Flynn, Michael Turner

Synopsis: In the third episode of the six-part story "The Wheel in Space," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) tries to help the crew of the Space Wheel defense station fend off attacks from the Cybermen, while Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) embark upon a dangerous mission to retrieve an important Read More

Doctor Who: The Mind Robber, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Emrys Jones, John Atterbury

Synopsis: When the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) is compelled to move the TARDIS out of the space-time continuum, the ship is threatened with total destruction. Making matters worse, an irresistable force draws the Doctor's companions -- Zoe (Wendy Padbury) and Jamie (Frazer Hines) -- into a white void, where Read More

Doctor Who: The Mind Robber, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Hamish Wilson, Wendy Padbury, Philip Ryan

Synopsis: In the second episode of the five-part story "The Mind Robber," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) is drawn out of the TARDIS by the same irresistable force that has sucked Zoe (Wendy Padbury) and Jamie (Frazer Hines) into a white void. Though he is successful in rescuing his companions from the Read More

Doctor Who: The Krotons, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, James Copeland, Terence Brown

Synopsis: The Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions land on the planet of the Gonds, a primitive race. The Gonds are held in mental bondage by the Krotons, highly advanced beings who exist in a state of crystalline suspended animation. In trying to determine exactly what the Krotons are up to, the Read More

Doctor Who: The Invasion, Episode 7

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Sally Faulkner, Robert Sidaway

Synopsis: In the seventh episode of the eight-part story "The Invasion," villainous electronics executive Tobias Vaughn (Kevin Stoney) has crippled London's computer system, leaving the city defenseless as the Cyberman prepare their final assault. Even without any computers at their disposal, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton Read More

Doctor Who: The Invasion, Episode 8

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Kevin Stoney, Sally Faulkner

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the eight-part story "The Invasion," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his friends continue to battle against the world-domination plans of evil electronics wizard Tobias Vaughn (Kevin Stoney) and the Cybermen. When Vaughn turns against the Cybermen, it appears as if at least Read More

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Jack Watling, Tina Packer

Synopsis: The Doctor (Patrick Troughton) once more crosses paths with the robotic Yeti from the earlier Doctor Who adventure "The Abominable Snowmen" -- and with the alien Great Intelligence who controls the monsters. The adventure begins when the Doctor investigates some unusual activity in the Read More

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Tina Packer, Rod Beachem

Synopsis: In the second episode of the six-part story "The Web of Fear," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) discovers that an army of futuristic Yeti robots has been unleashed in the London subway system. It is all the handiwork of Professor Travers (Jack Watling), who accidentally caused one of the dormant Read More

Doctor Who: The Mind Robber, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Emrys Jones, Christopher Robbie

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the five-part story "The Mind Robber," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) wend their way through a Lewis Carroll-like maze, somewhere in the Land of Fiction. Emerging from the confusion, the two time travellers come face to face with the Master (Emrys Read More

Doctor Who: The Mind Robber, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Hamish Wilson, Wendy Padbury, Emrys Jones

Synopsis: In the third episode of the five-part story "The Mind Robber," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Zoe (Wendy Padbury), and Jamie (Frazer Hines) find themselves in a strange forest, where the trees are in the shape of huge letters. All around them are images apparently culled from the world's most Read More

Doctor Who: The Mind Robber, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Sue Pulford, Emrys Jones

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the five-part story "The Mind Robber," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) discover that their new acquaintance (Bernard Horsfall) is actually that other celebrated traveler, Lemuel Gulliver. Now the Doctor realizes that he has been summoned to Read More

Doctor Who: Fury From the Deep, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Victor Maddern, Roy Spencer

Synopsis: When the TARDIS lands in the North Sea, the vessel's arrival coincides with the mysterious disappearance of several oil-refinery drilling crews. The authorities natural assume that the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions are responsible for endangering the world's oil supply. But the Read More

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Marius Goring, John Bailey, Gary Watson

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the seven-part story "The Evil of the Daleks," the titular villains continue to search for the "human factor" of unpredictability which will enable them to create a race of super-Daleks. To this end, they have trapped the Doctor and his companions in the Victorian era and Read More

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks, Episode 6

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Marius Goring, John Bailey, Deborah Watling

Synopsis: In the sixth episode of the seven-part story "The Evil of the Daleks," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions continue to be at the mercy of the Daleks, who are intent upon using their captives to obtain the "human factor" of unpredictability which will enable them to conquer the world. Read More

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Sonny Caldinez, Robert Jewell, Gerald Taylor

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the seven-part story "The Evil of the Daleks," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions are still imprisoned in the Victorian era, still at the mercy of the Daleks. In hopes of obtaining the "human factor" of unpredictability, the Daleks force poor Jamie (Frazer Hines Read More

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Griffith Davies, Robert Jewell, John Bailey

Synopsis: In the second episode of the seven-part story "The Evil of the Daleks," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Jamie (Frazer Hines), searching for the missing TARDIS, end up at a somewhat sinister antique shop owned by Prof. Edward Waterfield (John Bailey). Only after being whisked back to the Read More

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Robert Jewell, Gerald Taylor, Peter Hawkins

Synopsis: In the third episode of the seven-part story "The Evil of the Daleks," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Jamie (Frazer Hines, here with Deborah Watling) are trapped in the Victorian era, prisoners of the Doctor's perennial enemies, the Daleks. Hoping to create a super-race, the Daleks intend to Read More

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks, Episode 7

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Marius Goring, John Bailey, Deborah Watling

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the seven-part story "The Evil of the Daleks," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions have been transported to the Dalek home city of Skaro. From here, the villains hope to mount an assault on Earth, armed with the "human factor" of unpredictability, which they Read More

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Donald Pickering, Bernard Kay, Gilly Fraser

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the six-part story "The Faceless Ones," Chameleon Tours prepares to transport another load of passengers, who are blissfully unaware that their "hosts" are actually aliens who intend to rob them of their personalities. The Doctor (Patrick Troughton) tries to prevent this Read More

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wanda Ventham, Colin Gordon, Gilly Fraser

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the six-part story "The Faceless Ones," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) again tries to prevent the alien Chameleons from robbing unwary Earthlings of their personalities. Putting his own life on the line, the Doctor makes a last-ditch effort to rescue Ben and Polly, who are Read More

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Victor Windling, George Selway, Gilly Fraser

Synopsis: In the third episode of the six-part story "The Faceless Ones," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) has tumbled to the fact that the Chameleon Tours air service is actually controlled by aliens who hope to repopulate their dying planet by stealing the personalities of their customers. Now, of course Read More

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, James S. Appleby

Synopsis: Written by David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke, the six-part Doctor Who adventure "The Faceless Ones" got under way on April 8, 1967. Returning to contemporary London, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his friends attempt to land at Gatwick airport. Their efforts are confounded by the fact that the Read More

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Donald Pickering

Synopsis: In the second episode of the six-part story "The Faceless Ones," both Ben (Michael Craze) and Polly (Anneke Wills) mysteriously vanish not long after the TARDIS has landed at Gatwick Airport. While searching for his companions, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) learns that a phony travel agency is Read More

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Alec Ross, Griffith Davies, John Bailey

Synopsis: In the first episode of the seven-part story "The Evil of the Daleks," the TARDIS inexplicably vanishes, leaving the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Jamie (Frazer Hines) stranded in contemporary London. Following a slim trail of clues, the Doctor ends up at a Chinese antique shop run by Professor Read More

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Jack Watling, Norman Jones

Synopsis: The Doctor (Patrick Troughton) arrives at the Det-sen monastery in Tibet, sometime in the mid-'30s. Almost immediately, a colleague of one Professor Travers (Jack Watling) is murdered, and the Doctor finds himself the number one suspect. Written by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln, the six-part Read More

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, David Spenser, Norman Jones

Synopsis: In the second episode of the six-part story "The Abominable Snowmen," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) is accused of murder while visiting the Det-sen monastory of Tibet. The actual culprit is an alien being called the Great Intelligence, which holds the Doctor's very old friend Padmasmabhava (Wolfe Morris Read More

The Viking Queen

Actors: Don Murray, Carita, Donald Houston, Andrew Keir, Niall MacGinnis

Synopsis: Set in first century England, The Viking Queen is a loose retelling of the legend of Boadicea (also sometimes known as Boudica), the queen of the native Britons, who were known as the Iceni. In the year 60 A.D., the Roman governor general Justinian (Don Murray) attempts to rule over the island Read More

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Catherine Howard

Synopsis: In the first episode of the four-part story "The Underwater Menace," the TARDIS crew rediscovers the lost continent of Atlantis -- or do they? At least one thing is certain: The Doctor (Patrick Troughton) will have to spend the next three weeks thwarting the sinister machinations of one Professor Read More

Doctor Who: The Troughton Years

Synopsis: In this video of the enormously popular British sci-fi television series, several orphaned episodes are bundled together with an introduction and linking narration to give a quick overview of Patrick Troughton's time playing the second incarnation of the Doctor. This feature provides a historical Read More

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Norman Jones, Jack Watling

Synopsis: In the third episode of the six-part story "The Abominable Snowmen," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) has learned that the Tibetan monastery of Det-sen is being held in thrall by the malevolent Great Intelligence. He also now knows that his alien adversary intends to use an army of Yeti robots to Read More

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Henry Stamper, Rhys McConnochie

Synopsis: The TARDIS lands on a barren beach, where it is immediately fired upon by a hovercraft. Rescued by helicopter pilot Astrid (Mary Peach), the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) discovers that he has arrived on Earth the year 2017 A.D. -- and that he is the exact double of a would-be dictator called Read More

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Colin Douglas

Synopsis: In the second episode of the six-part story "The Enemy of the World," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) has arrived on earth in the year 2017 A.D. Rescued from certain death by helicopter pilot Astrid (Mary Peach), the Doctor is informed by Astrid's boss, Kent (Bill Kerr), that the world is on the Read More

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen, Episode 6

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Jack Watling, David Spenser

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the six-part story "The Abominable Snowmen," the Great Intelligence is poised to release his army of Yeti robots on the helpless world. The Doctor (Patrick Troughton) finally hits upon a method to banish the Intelligence forever. But what effect will this have on the Doctor's Read More

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, David Spenser, Raymond Llewellyn

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the six-part story "The Abominable Snowmen," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) must figure out a method of escaping the evil Great Intelligence, which has enslaved the denizens of a remote Tibetan monastery. The danger increases as the villain's army of robotic Yetis converge Read More

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Wolfe Morris, David Spenser

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the six-part story "The Abominable Snowmen," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) continues to face great danger at the Det-sen monastery in Tibet. His only hope for survival is to banish the Great Intelligence, an alien force bent on world domination, from the earth's Solar Read More

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones, Episode 6

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Donald Pickering

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the six-part story "The Faceless Ones," the alien Chameleons continue to repopulate their dying planet by stealing the personalities of unwary Earthlings. With no other tricks up his sleeve, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) relies upon a desperate bluff to thwart the Chameleons. Anneke Wills Read More

Doctor Who: The Moonbase, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Patrick Barr

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "The Moonbase," the Cybermen begin their final assault on the moonbase which controls the Earth's weather in the year 2070 A.D. The Doctor (Patrick Troughton) must prevent the Cybermen from emerging triumphant, lest the Earth be devastated by germ warfare. Read More

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Roy Stewart, Aubrey Richards

Synopsis: Season five of Doctor Who began on September 2, 1967, with chapter one of the four-part "The Tomb of the Cybermen." That tomb is located on the planet Telos, where the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie (Frazer Hines), and Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling) have joined an archeological Read More

Doctor Who: The Moonbase, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Patrick Barr

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "The Moonbase," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) is now fully aware that the Cybermen intend to destroy the earth by spreading deadly disease. Armed with this knowledge, the Doctor does his darnedest to stop the Cybermen from taking over the moonbase Read More

Doctor Who: The Moonbase, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Patrick Barr

Synopsis: In 2070 A.D., the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his friends arrive at the moonbase which controls the Earth's weather. Here they become aware of a sinister presence, but at first the Doctor isn't certain what that presence might be. As various members of the moonbase staff mysteriously disappear Read More

Doctor Who: The Moonbase, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Patrick Barr

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "The Moonbase," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) finally gets to the bottom of a series of mysterious disappearances at the moon colony which controls the Earth's weather. It turns out that the Cybermen, whom the doctor last confronted on the planet Read More

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Bernard Holley, Cyril Shaps

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "The Tomb of the Cybermen," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his friends have joined an archeological expedition on the planet Telos. Upon finding the ice tombs of the dreaded Cybermen, the Doctor also uncovers a horrible secret. Without giving the Read More

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Colin Jeavons

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "The Underwater Menace," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) learns that Professor Zaroff (Joseph Furst) intends to empty the oceans and split the world in twain. On a more positive note, the Doctor's companions, Ben (Michael Craze) and Jamie (Frazer Hines) Read More

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Joseph Furst

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "The Underwater Menace," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) steps up his efforts to thwart the world-destruction schemes of Professor Zaroff (Joseph Furst). He is able to foment a below-the-sea rebellion against Zaroff, utilizing an army of fishlike Read More

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Joseph Furst

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "The Underwater Menace," the mad Professor Zaroff (Joseph Furst) launches his scheme to empty the oceans and split the world right down the middle. With the help of a fishlike tribe, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions stage a Read More

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Aubrey Richards, George Pastell

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "The Tomb of the Cybermen," three members of an archeolgical expedition on the planet Telos have conspired to revive the long-frozen Cybermen. No sooner has the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) digested this information than he is forced to deal with a new Read More

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Clive Merrison, George Pastell

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "The Tomb of the Cybermen," the titular villains unleash their Cybermat army on the members of an expedition on the planet Telos. Among those threatened is the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), who fortunately has the wherewithal to destroy the Cybermen. Read More

Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Peter Sallis, Peter Barkworth

Synopsis: In the third episode of the six-part story "The Ice Warriors," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) is forced to revive the comrades and recover the spaceship of hostile Martian Ice Warrior Varga (Patrick Troughton). Meanwhile, Dr. Clent (Peter Barkworth), leader of a team of 31st century scientists Read More

Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Peter Sallis, Peter Barkworth

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the six-part story "The Ice Warriors," Martian invader Varga (Bernard Bresslaw) and his companions intend to use the earth's 31st Century "New Ice Age" to their advantage. The Doctor (Patrick Troughton) hopes to prevent this by utilizing a super computer -- but a team of Read More

Doctor Who: The Highlanders, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, David Garth, Dallas Cavell

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "The Highlanders," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Ben (Michael Craze) are still stranded in Scotland in the days following the battle of Culloden. Another battle -- this one between a group of Scottish prisoners and their British captors -- breaks out Read More

Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Bernard Bresslaw, Peter Barkworth

Synopsis: In the second episode of the six-part story "The Ice Warriors," a team of 31st century scientists has inadvertently revived an ancient Ice Warrior named Varga (Bernard Bresslaw). Revealing himself to be from the planet Mars, Varga demands that his space ship, and his fellow Ice Warriors, also be Read More

Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Wendy Gifford, Peter Barkworth

Synopsis: The six-episode Doctor Who adventure "The Ice Warriors" is set in 3000 A.D., when the earth is in the midst of a new Ice Age. The Doctor (Patrick Troughton) joins a team of scientists headquartered in an emergency base, all of whom are dedicated to preventing an ice barrier from consuming the Read More

Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Peter Sallis, Peter Barkworth

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the six-part story "The Ice Warriors," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) realizes that the computer he hoped to use to defeat Varga (Bernard Bresslaw) and the Martian Ice Warriors is useless. As an alternate plan, the Doctor intends to deploy a powerful ionizer against the Read More

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Graham Leaman

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "The Macra Terror," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Polly (Annika Wills), and Jamie (Frazer Hines) are forced to work in the Macra salt mines. Here, the time travelers make a horrifying discovery: The crablike Macra intend to use a colony of earthlings Read More

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, John Harvey

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "The Macra Terror," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) escapes the Macra salt mines in hopes of rescuing the earth colonists from being used as the principal component in a gaseous mixture. Things come to a head when the Doctor finally comes face to face with Read More

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Terence Lodge

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "The Macra Terror," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) continues to seek out the source of unrest at a seemingly idyllic earth colony on a distant planet. It turns out that the colonists are slowly being enslaved the Macra, a crablike race who plan to use Read More

Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors, Episode 6

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Peter Sallis, Peter Barkworth

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the six-part story "The Ice Warriors," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) is still figuratively frozen in the earth's "New Ice Age" of the 31st century. Faced with an invasion of Martian Ice Warriors led by the villainous Varga (Bernard Bresslaw), the Doctor persuades scientist Read More

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Peter Jeffrey

Synopsis: The TARDIS crew visits the earth colony on a faraway planet. At first, the colony appears to be a paradise, but the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) cannot help but notice that there is a rebel movement against the ruling class. He will soon learn the reason for this unrest, but not until this four-part Read More

Doctor Who: The Highlanders, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Dallas Cavell, Frazer Hines

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "The Highlanders," Ben manages to outwit Solicitor Grey (David Garth), but remains in forced servitude all the same. As punishment for his insolence, Ben is sentenced to a session with the ducking stool. At the same time, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) Read More

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Edward Kelsey, Nicholas Hawtrey

Synopsis: In the second episode of the six-part story "The Power of the Daleks," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions arrive at the earth colony at Vulcan, where a trio of Daleks repose in a state of suspended animation. The thick-eared colonists, convinced that the Daleks can be trusted Read More

Doctor Who: The Highlanders, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Donald Bisset, Hannah Gordon

Synopsis: The TARDIS arrives in 18th century Scotland -- just in time for the Battle of Culloden. This turn of events obliges the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) to choose up sides: Will he align himself with the Scots, or cast his lot with the English troops? Meanwhile, Ben (Michael Craze) faces the possibility Read More

Doctor Who: The Highlanders, Episode 2

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Donald Bisset, Hannah Gordon

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "The Highlanders," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Ben (Michael Craze) are still marooned in Scotland, in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden. The Doctor endeavors to rescue a group of defeated Scotsmen who are about to be sold as slaves. Read More

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks, Episode 1

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Martin King, Nicholas Hawtrey

Synopsis: Introduced in the previous adventure "The Tenth Planet," the new Doctor Who (Patrick Troughton) takes the reins in the six-chapter "The Power of the Daleks." Now younger, healthier, and a bit more easygoing, the Doctor pilots the TARDIS to the Earth colony at Vulcan, with a confused Ben (Michael Craze Read More

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks, Episode 6

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Nicholas Hawtrey

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the six-part story "The Power of the Daleks," the Earth colony on Vulcan braces itself against the final assault of the dreaded mutant Daleks. Also pitching in are the "new" Doctor Who (Patrick Troughton) and his recently reunited companions, Polly (Annika Wills) and Ben (Michael Craze Read More

Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet, Episode 4

Actors: William Hartnell, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Robert Beatty, David Dodimead

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "The Tenth Planet," Ben (Michael Craze) at last figures out the Cybermen's weakness. For the moment, it appears as though the earth is saved from the alien villains. But the story isn't quite over yet, as proven when Ben and Polly (Annika Wills) come face Read More

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks, Episode 5

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Robert James, Steven Scott

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the six-part story "The Power of the Daleks," the hitherto unheeded warnings of the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) are suddenly given weight, as the Daleks prepare to decimate the Earth colonists on the planet Vulcan. It is up to the Doctor and his companion, Polly (Annika Wills Read More

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks, Episode 3

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Annika Wills, Michael Craze, Nicholas Hawtrey, Robert James

Synopsis: In the third episode of the six-part story "The Power of the Daleks," the three resuscitated Daleks show their true colors by turning on the Earth colonists who released them from suspended animations. Seizing a golden opportunity, a band of rebels align themselves with the Daleks, believing that Read More

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks, Episode 4

Actors: Patrick Troughton, Michael Craze, Robert James, Bernard Archard, Richard Kane

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the six-part story "The Power of the Daleks," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) learns the identity of the rebel leader who has enlisted the Daleks in his scheme to overthrow the Earth colonists. Armed with this information, the Doctor hopes to put an end to the Dalek scourge Read More

The Black Torment

Actors: John Turner, Heather Sears, Ann Lynn, Peter Arne

Synopsis: This staid British thriller stars John Turner as 18th-century nobleman Sir John Fordyce, whose blissful honeymoon holiday is cut brutally short by angry locals who accuse him of raping a woman from the village. Worse, they claim to have seen the ghost of his first wife riding through town on Read More

The Gorgon

Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Richard Pasco, Barbara Shelley, Michael Goodliffe

Synopsis: A small German town falls prey to an unseen monster that turns its victims into lifeless statues in this mid-'60s outing from Hammer Studios. When the girlfriend of bohemian artist Bruno Heitz (Jeremy Longhurst) becomes the latest townsperson to turn up dead, her corpse transformed to stone, Bruno Read More

Jason and the Argonauts

Actors: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Laurence Naismith, Niall MacGinnis, Michael Gwynn, Honor Blackman

Synopsis: Greek mythology is done up brown by the special-effects expertise of Ray Harryhausen in Jason and the Argonauts. Jason (Todd Armstrong), rightful heir to the throne of Thessaly, is spared from death through the intervention of the goddess Hera (Honor Blackman). The other celestial inhabitants of Read More

The Old Curiosity Shop

Synopsis: One of Charles Dickens' most popular novels (and one of his most controversial, inasmuch as he boldly killed off a principal character despite great public outcry), The Old Curiosity Shop has been adapted for television on several occasions. One of the earliest serialized versions was assembled by Read More

The Phantom of the Opera

Actors: Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Thorley Walters, Michael Gough, Edward de Souza

Synopsis: This Gothic melodrama from Hammer Studios is in color, but the plot is basically the same as the two previous efforts. Instead of Paris, the action takes place at the Royal Opera House in London. The Phantom (Herbert Lom) is a facially disfigured musician/composer who had his opera stolen by a Read More

The Moonraker

Actors: George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Peter Arne, Marius Goring, Clive Morton

Synopsis: When the English Civil War is winding down but the Roundheads and Royalists are still at odds with each other, it is decided that the King, Raymond, should be moved from England to France for safekeeping. When the Cavalier assigned the task is thwarted by the discovery of the scheme, other Read More

The Invisible Man: Strange Partners

Synopsis: Lucian Currie (Griffith Jones) approaches Peter Brady with a bizarre proposition: Currie intends to murder his partner in a gold mine, and he wants the invisible Brady to pull off the dirty deed. To bind the bargain, Currie threatens to unleash his vicious guard dog on Brady--who knows all too Read More

The Curse of Frankenstein

Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Valerie Gaunt

Synopsis: Curse of Frankenstein was the "breakthrough" picture for the fabled Hammer Studios. Told in flashback, the story centers around Baron Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing), a dangerously arrogant scientist who takes it upon himself to play God. Using portions of dead bodies, Victor fashions a Read More

Richard III

Actors: Cedric Hardwicke, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Nicholas Hannen, Claire Bloom, Ralph Richardson, Alec Clunes

Synopsis: Laurence Olivier was the director, co-screenwriter (with Alan Dent), and star of this robust adaptation of Shakespeare's drama, which, as Bruce Eder has written, "was the final, crowning glory of the British studio system and the end of the great cycle of British films aimed at international Read More

The Black Knight

Actors: Alan Ladd, Peter Cushing, Harry Andrews

Synopsis: Alan Ladd once more journeyed to England to make a film for Columbia's British counterpart (Warwick Studios), and the result was the lively swashbuckler The Black Knight. Ladd plays John, a young swordmaker who aspires to join the Knights of the Round Table. Unfortunately, he is falsely accused of Read More

White Corridors

Actors: Googie Withers, Gerard Heinz, James Donald, Godfrey Tearle, Barry Jones

Synopsis: White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a busy hospital, where research pathologist Neil Marriner (James Donald) conducts experiments in the hopes of curing diseases impervious to penicillin. Read More

Treasure Island

Actors: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea

Synopsis: The Walt Disney production of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic novel Treasure Island is one of the company's best live-action films of the '50s, and one of the best family-oriented adventures ever filmed. Bobby Driscoll plays Jim Hawkins, a young cabin boy who battles the pirate Long John Silver Read More

Chance of a Lifetime

Actors: Basil Radford, Niall MacGinnis, Bernard Miles, Geoffrey Keen, Julien Mitchell

Synopsis: Filmed on location in a British industrial town, Chance of a Lifetime is a trenchantly amusing satire of labor-management relations. When a group of angry workers protest their wage and working conditions at a plough factory, they are permitted to take over the operation themselves. It isn't long Read More

The Franchise Affair

Actors: Dulcie Gray, Anthony Nicholls, Marjorie Fielding, Athene Seyler

Synopsis: Set in a quiet British village, Franchise Affair details the ramifications of a malicious lie. Schoolgirl Ketty Kane (Ann Stephens) hopes to cover up her own misbehavior by claiming that two local women, Marion Sharpe (Dulcie Gray) and Marion's mother (Marjorie Fielding), have kidnapped and abused Read More

The Woman with No Name

Actors: Phyllis Calvert, Edward Underdown, Helen Cherry, Richard Burton

Synopsis: The title is a reference to the mental state of leading lady Phyllis Calvert. Ms. Calvert plays an amnesiac, a victim of the wartime air raids, whose past is literally closed off to her. She doesn't know why, but everyone at every turn seems to want something from her--and some of these strangers Read More

Badger's Green

Synopsis: Originally filmed in 1934 (see entry 84314), R.C. Sheriff's venerable stage comedy Badger's Green was given another screen treatment in 1949. The plot is the same as before: a group of villagers revolt when their precious cricket field is threatened with demolition by a fat-cat business firm. Most Read More

Escape

Actors: Jacqueline Clarke, Peter Croft, Peggy Cummins, Cyril Cusack, Betty Ann Davies

Synopsis: In this drama, set after the war, a WW II flying ace and hero comes to the aid of a hooker who is being harassed by a policeman. He pushes the abusive cop away during the tussle; the cop falls, hits his head, and dies. The former flier is promptly tried and given a three-year prison sentence. He Read More

Hamlet

Actors: Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney, Jean Simmons, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer

Synopsis: Although criticized by Shakespeare devotees upon its release because of director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier's decision to excise large portions of the text, his cinematic version of Hamlet is widely considered the best out of several dozens (and counting). Hamlet (Olivier) is a medieval Read More

King Lear

Actors: Ursula Howells, William Devlin

Hamlet