Doctor Who: Reference Time

[Garrett Gilchrist]

Back in 2009, I had a series at Who3D.co.uk where I would post images of 1960s Doctor Who actors in non-Doctor Who roles.

At the time I was animating lost episodes of Doctor Who, so I did this for my own reference.

Those Who3D threads now require a login to view, so I thought I'd repeat these threads here for any old-school Doctor Who fans.

These were originally accompanied by hundreds of additional grabs posted at Megaupload, but those are no longer available due to that site's demise.

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Patrick Troughton is a name unfamiliar to most Doctor Who fans. He had a long and distinguished career, but is probably best known to Doctor Who fans for playing Salamander in The Enemy of the World, and a voracious androgum in The Two Doctors.

Patrick Troughton's first Doctor Who episode was Power of the Daleks, in November-December 1966, but he had already been appearing on television [and in films, of course] for two decades at that point.

For our purposes, we will note that he did two episodes of "The Saint" prior to Doctor Who.

"The Saint" Interlude in Venice -  7 October 1966 (Season 5, Episode 2)

and, over two years earlier --

"The Saint" The Romantic Matron - 16 January 1964 (Season 2, Episode 18)

Let's look at the 1964 episode for a moment, keeping in mind it's nearly three years prior to Doctor Who.





Troughton is in his Salamander mode here, a character type he would return to frequently. He plays a police inspector, in three scenes. There are very few moments where he looks like Doctor Who - he has more of a Salamander look about him. Still, there are a few moments.

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Patrick Troughton in "The Saint" - Interlude in Venice -  7 October 1966 (Season 5, Episode 2)

Again in a Salamander-like role, Troughton is quite good as an Italian police inspector toward the end of the episode. This is right before his Doctor Who role.

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More of Patrick Troughton in "The Saint" - Interlude in Venice -  7 October 1966 (Season 5, Episode 2)

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More of Patrick Troughton in "The Saint" - Interlude in Venice -  7 October 1966 (Season 5, Episode 2)

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From Gideon's Way. Episode - Boy with Gun - aired 1966

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