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"Then I did a [https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=1&q=the+waterlogged+spa&media=radio&yf=1923&yt=2009&mf=1&mt=12&tf=00%3A00&tt=00%3A00#search radio show] with Eric Barker and became ... er, illegitimate. Ever since, I've been regarded as a comedian." | "Then I did a [https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=1&q=the+waterlogged+spa&media=radio&yf=1923&yt=2009&mf=1&mt=12&tf=00%3A00&tt=00%3A00#search radio show] with Eric Barker and became ... er, illegitimate. Ever since, I've been regarded as a comedian." | ||
| − | Seven years ago, Mr. Pertwee decided to push his type-casting as "eccentric funnyman" into the background | + | Seven years ago, Mr. Pertwee decided to push his type-casting as "eccentric funnyman" into the background, and return to the theatre. |
He has scored many successes in plays, starred on Broadway—and is still regarded as a comic, by many TV and film men. "They're a bit slow in the uptake," he comments. | He has scored many successes in plays, starred on Broadway—and is still regarded as a comic, by many TV and film men. "They're a bit slow in the uptake," he comments. | ||
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Dashing | Dashing | ||
| − | "I hope they get the message now. I'm playing Dr. Who absolutely straight | + | "I hope they get the message now. I'm playing Dr. Who absolutely straight — Pat Troughton gave him a touch of Chaplinesque comedy, but I see him as a rather dashing man of action." |
| − | [[broadwcast:Spearhead from Space|The opening tale]], he promises. will face Dr. Who with "the most | + | [[broadwcast:Spearhead from Space|The opening tale]], he promises. will face Dr. Who with "the most horrifc monster yet encountered." |
| − | The story was | + | The story was filmed on location at a BBC research centre in a Worcestershire mansion. |
Since he's also flirting with comedy in "The Navy Lark" on radio, and working in cabaret many nights of the week, rest is a thing that actor Jon Pertwee seems able to ignore. However, according to the programme. he IS supposed to be several thousand years old, with superpowers ... | Since he's also flirting with comedy in "The Navy Lark" on radio, and working in cabaret many nights of the week, rest is a thing that actor Jon Pertwee seems able to ignore. However, according to the programme. he IS supposed to be several thousand years old, with superpowers ... | ||
