John Lavalie at 17:31, 5 October 2017

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DR WHO (BBC1 7.30pm)

SITCOM veteran Richard Briers abandons his cuddly. woolly image tonight to play a fascist monster.

He exchanges the suburban single for a hostile planet and a role as the villainous Chief Caretaker in Dr Who.

Fans of Ever Decreasing Circles and The Good Life might have trouble recognising him -- a Hitler moustache disguises his familiar look.

Richard is making the most of his chance to indulge in a touch of melodrama.

"Most of the roles I play are naturalistic so this is a chance to show off a bit," he says.

"The Chief Caretaker is an absolute monster who eats people. He lives in an appalling high-rise block of flats and pops up in the next four episodes."

Although Richard is not a Dr Who fan -- "I've always found it too frightening and so have the children" --he jumped at the chance to star in the cult show.

"It's been extremely hard work. You are in a TV studio for 12 hours a day. It's very exhausting for the actors.

"Fortunately the new Dr Who, Sylvester McCoy, has a very good temperament and he doesn't flip!"

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 SITCOM veteran Richard Briers abandons his cuddly. woolly image tonight to play a fascist monster.
-He exchanges the suburban single for a hostile planet and a role as the villainous Chief Caretaker in Dr Who.
+He exchanges the suburban single for a hostile planet and a role as the villainous [[broadwcast:Paradise Towers|Chief Caretaker]] in Dr Who.
 Fans of Ever Decreasing Circles and The Good Life might have trouble recognising him -- a Hitler moustache disguises his familiar look.

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John Lavalie at 17:31, 5 October 2017

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