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ASSORTED incarnations of Doctor Who and an ever-changing cast of companions have travelled for 60 years through time and space in the Tardis. Last week I got to do some time-travelling of my own, as the BBC marked the 60th anniversary of the science-fiction TV series by broadcasting a specially colourised version of the Doctor's [[broadwcast:The Daleks|first encounter]] with the Daleks. | ASSORTED incarnations of Doctor Who and an ever-changing cast of companions have travelled for 60 years through time and space in the Tardis. Last week I got to do some time-travelling of my own, as the BBC marked the 60th anniversary of the science-fiction TV series by broadcasting a specially colourised version of the Doctor's [[broadwcast:The Daleks|first encounter]] with the Daleks. | ||
− | For there was [[ | + | For there was [[wikipedia:Philip Bond (actor)|my actor father]], playing Ganatus, a handsome Thal, a former warrior race who had the grave misfortune to share the planet Skaro with the Daleks. |
I sat watching, spellbound and somewhat dumbfounded - but very much on my sofa rather than behind it. Mind you, it would have been different if it had been the Cybermen, as they are still truly scary. | I sat watching, spellbound and somewhat dumbfounded - but very much on my sofa rather than behind it. Mind you, it would have been different if it had been the Cybermen, as they are still truly scary. |