http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Tune_in_Nightly_for_the_Perils_of_%27Dr._Who%27_on_Channel_17&feed=atom&action=historyTune in Nightly for the Perils of 'Dr. Who' on Channel 17 - Revision history2024-03-29T07:53:08ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.0http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Tune_in_Nightly_for_the_Perils_of_%27Dr._Who%27_on_Channel_17&diff=16394&oldid=prevJohn Lavalie: Created page with "{{article | publication = The Philadelphia Inquirer | file = 1972-08-22 Philadelphia Inquirer.jpg | px = 750 | height = | width = | date = 1972-08-22 | author = Harry Harris..."2016-12-29T15:28:53Z<p>Created page with "{{article | publication = The Philadelphia Inquirer | file = 1972-08-22 Philadelphia Inquirer.jpg | px = 750 | height = | width = | date = 1972-08-22 | author = Harry Harris..."</p>
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England's BBC network doesn't manufacture only dramatic blockbusters like "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" and "Elizabeth R." Sometimes its programs are frivolous. Even downright Campy.<br />
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Take the half-hour "Dr. Who," which bowed on [[broadwcast:WPHL|Channel 17]] as a Monday-through-Friday attraction yesterday at 7:30 P. M. It's strictly a cliffhanger serial, of the type that used to delight Saturday matinee moviegoers, the kind where each chapter ended with the hero or heroine in scary peril.<br />
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The close of Chapter 1 of the seven-part "[[broadwcast:Doctor Who and the Silurians|The Silurians]]" (there are eight "Dr. Who" adventures in all, of varying length) found the doctor in a cave and confronting an unfriendly dinosaur.<br />
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This happened after Dr. Who and his comely assistant, Liz Shaw, had been summoned by the supersecurity agency, UNIT, to investigate strange happenings at an underground atonic research station - power failures, nervous breakdowns and an episode-opening encounter which left one junior technician dead and another so terrified that his mind had reversed millions of years and he was drawing paleolithic designs on hospital walls.<br />
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The commercial ATV is the noncommerical BBC's big rival, and "Dr. Who" often seems a sly take-off on ATV's yesteryear "The Avengers."<br />
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Dr. Who outdandies John Steed. He wears an elegant red-lined black cloak, ruffled shirt and string tie, and he's always tinkering with a yellow Edwardian roadster named Bessie, crammed with James Bond-like gadgets, when he's not transporting himself via UNIT helicopter or a time machine tagged Tardis.<br />
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He's had a couple of aides over the show's eight mini-<br />
seasons, both partial to miniskirts.<br />
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Although "Dr. Who" is aimed at kids, older — even senior — citizens can dig its hero—white-haired, furrowed-faced Jon Pertwee.<br />
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This is sci-fi with lots of fee-fi-fo-fum fun. <br />
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