William Russell

William Russell

Born: November 19, 1924
in Sunderland, County Durham, England, UK
William Russell Enoch (born 19 November 1924) is an English actor. He achieved prominence in 1956 when he took the title role in the ITV television series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956–1957). In 1963, he became part of the original lead cast of BBC1's Doctor Who, playing the role of schoolteacher Ian Chesterton opposite William Hartnell from the show's first episode until 1965. Russell's film roles include parts in The Man Who Never Was (1956), The Great Escape (1963) and Superman (1978). On television, he notably appeared as Ted Sullivan in Coronation Street in 1992. In recent years, Russell has maintained his association with Doctor Who; he returned to the show in 2022, making a cameo appearance as Ian in "The Power of the Doctor", 57 years after the character's last television appearance.

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Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
Title: Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
Character: Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Released: November 23, 2023
Type: Movie
The very first crew of the TARDIS land in a petrified forest on an alien planet. Determined to explore, the Doctor leads his companions into the metal city, where they discover danger at every corner and what will become his deadliest enemy... the mutant Daleks. It's time to encounter the Daleks once again, but this time in a way you've never seen them before. Originally transmitted in December 1963 to February 1964, the seven original episodes of the first Dalek story have received a cosmic makeover, dazzlingly colourised and woven together into a 75-minute blockbuster with brand-new sound and a brand-new score created by Mark Ayres. The Daleks has been gloriously updated, whilst ensuring the original story remains as thrilling as it was in 1963.
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Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
Title: Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: October 23, 2022
Type: Movie
Who is attacking a speeding bullet train on the edges of a distant galaxy? Why are seismologists going missing from 21st century Earth? Who is defacing some of history’s most iconic paintings? Why is a Dalek trying to make contact with the Doctor? And just what hold does the mesmeric Rasputin have over Tsar Nicholas in 1916 Russia? The Doctor faces multiple threats…and a battle to the death.
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Executive Order
Title: Executive Order
Released: April 14, 2022
Type: Movie
In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.
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The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
Title: The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
Released: June 1, 2017
Type: Movie
This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the William Hartnell era of Doctor Who to life! Together with a special tribute to William Hartnell (the First Doctor), containing messages from a host of stars and production staff from Doctor Who, this also features the best in-depth interviews ever undertaken with, Carole Ann Ford (Susan), Jacqueline Hill (Barbara), William Russell (Ian), Peter Purves (Steven) and Jackie Lane (Dodo)!
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An Adventure in Space and Time
Title: An Adventure in Space and Time
Character: Harry
Released: November 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.
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Don't Lose Your Head
Title: Don't Lose Your Head
Character: Himself
Released: January 28, 2012
Type: Movie
Don't Lose Your Head was a DVD documentary concerning Doctor Who that was released on 28 January 2013.
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Vision On
Title: Vision On
Character: Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Released: January 23, 2012
Type: Movie
Vision On was a documentary of Clive Doig discussing the role of the vision mixer in making early Doctor Who episodes, including footage and discussion of studio mishaps that occurred on screen.
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The Sets of Marinus
Title: The Sets of Marinus
Character: Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Released: September 21, 2009
Type: Movie
The Sets of Marinus is a BBC documentary looking at set design for the Doctor Who story The Keys of Marinus. It was released on the DVD of the serial.
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Creation of the Daleks
Title: Creation of the Daleks
Character: Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Released: January 31, 2006
Type: Movie
Featured on the "Doctor Who: The Beginning" box set and tells the story of the Creation of the Daleks.
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Doctor Who: Origins
Title: Doctor Who: Origins
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
A 55-minute documentary, detailing the creation of Doctor Who, including a rare interview with creator Sydney Newman, and new interviews with producer Verity Lambert, directors Waris Hussein and Richard Martin, actors William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, title sequence designer Bernard Lodge, and TARDIS sound effect creator Brian Hodgson
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Masters of Sound
Title: Masters of Sound
Character: Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
Documentary on the sound effects of Doctor Who in the 1960s.
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Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Title: Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Character: Self / Ian Chesterton
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
A feature on Doctor Who: The Beginning box set which tells the stories of the Doctor's time machine - the TARDIS.
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Over the Edge: The Story of
Title: Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"
Character: Self / Ian Chesterton
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
Documents the making of the Doctor Who Serial, "The Edge of Destruction". It was released on the DVD of the serial and hence in The Beginning box set.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: TV
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
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Remembering 'The Aztecs'
Title: Remembering 'The Aztecs'
Character: Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Released: October 21, 2002
Type: Movie
The guest actors of the 1964 "Doctor Who" (1963) story, "The Aztecs", reminisce about their time on the programme and making the series.
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Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
Title: Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
Released: June 2, 1999
Type: Movie
As the very first Doctor, William Hartnell created the character that made Doctor Who a success. No other actor made such a lasting contribution to the programme or influenced it so greatly. In this special Myth Makers, Nicholas Briggs meets William’s friends, colleagues and family and explores the personality of this shy, complex and private man. With contributions from William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Maureen O’Brien, Peter Purves, Verity Lambert, Michael Craze, Anneke Wills, Donald Tosh, Christopher Barry and a revealing interview with Jack Pitt, who was an extra in Doctor Who and shared William’s flat in London. Also featured is Jessica Carney, who has written a biography of the grandfather’s life titled Who’s There? This is not just a Myth Makers tribute… it’s almost a chance to meet the man himself.
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Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Title: Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Character: King Charles VI of France / Bishop of Ely / Sir Thomas Erpingham
Released: November 5, 1997
Type: Movie
A documentary about Shakespeare's Globe opening performance of "Henry V" in 1997. The documentary combines the performance of Act IV with rehearsal shots and opening gala footage.
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The Affair
Title: The Affair
Character: Dr. Hastings
Released: October 14, 1995
Type: Movie
A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of her relationship with him as she discovered he had been having an affair with his secretary.
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Title: Heartbeat
Character: Gabriel Firth
Released: April 10, 1992
Type: TV
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Mo Meredrew
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: Robin of Sherwood
Character: The Duke of Gloucester
Released: April 28, 1984
Type: TV
Robin of Sherwood was a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 1984 to 1986 on the ITV network. In America it was retitled Robin Hood and shown on the premium cable TV channel Showtime and on PBS. The show starred Michael Praed and Jason Connery as two different incarnations of the title character. Unlike previous adaptations of the Robin Hood legend, Robin of Sherwood combined a gritty, authentic production design with elements of real-life history, 20th century fiction, and pagan myth. The series is also notable for its haunting title music by Clannad, which won a BAFTA award.
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Little Girls Don't
Title: Little Girls Don't
Character: Daddy
Released: March 10, 1981
Type: Movie
Little Girls Don't" is the tale of two girls, Sheryl and Abbey who have been inseparable friends since childhood despite coming from very different backgrounds. Then Billy arrives on the scene. He is a bad boy who likes to steal cars, but with the encouragement of girlfriend Abbey this soon turns into something much more serious, with tragic consequences for everyone involved.
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Dead Man's Kit
Title: Dead Man's Kit
Character: Senior Officer
Released: September 30, 1980
Type: Movie
After shore-leave in Lisbon for the crew of HMS Diana, Master-at-Arms 'Toby' Toberman makes an official complaint to the ship's Captain about the behaviour of an officer he saw in a casino. Following the ship's 'Sod's Opera' party, Toby is reported missing from the deck - presumed lost overboard. Was it an accident or suicide - or was he given the proverbial push?
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Death Watch
Title: Death Watch
Character: Dr. Mason
Released: January 23, 1980
Type: Movie
In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.
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Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Title: Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Character: Don
Released: November 22, 1979
Type: Movie
BBC Play for Today. Maximillian Schreiber runs a series of gruelling motivational courses - all coming at a cost to the participants - including VAT.
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Title: Testament of Youth
Released: November 4, 1979
Type: TV
A dramatization of Vera Brittain's 1933 autobiography Testament of Youth---a memorial to a generation devastated by WWI--- chronicles her experiences as a nurse in London and Malta and at the front lines in France. It opens with 18-year-old Vera, the genteel daughter of a paper-mill owner, nurturing 'hopes of escaping from provincial young ladyhood.' Her plan is to attend Oxford.
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Title: Shoestring
Released: September 30, 1979
Type: TV
Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 one hour-long episodes. Star Trevor Eve decided not to return to the role after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre roles, so the same production team changed the format to be based in Jersey and created Bergerac, also about a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.
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Superman
Title: Superman
Character: 8th Elder
Released: December 14, 1978
Type: Movie
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
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Title: Disraeli
Character: Wyndham Lewis
Released: September 5, 1978
Type: TV
Disraeli is a British four part serial about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli.
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Terror
Title: Terror
Character: Lord Garrick
Released: May 1, 1978
Type: Movie
The descendants of a witch hunting family and their close friends are stalked and killed by a mysterious entity.
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Title: The Professionals
Character: Charles Holly
Released: December 30, 1977
Type: TV
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
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Three Men in a Boat
Title: Three Men in a Boat
Character: Doctor
Released: December 31, 1975
Type: Movie
One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London. A boating holiday with lots of fresh air and exercise would be just the very thing, or so their doctors tell them. So, after debating the merits of hotel or camp beds and what to pack, they set off on their voyage - a trip up the Thames from Henley to Oxford - but very quickly find themselves ill-equipped for the trials of riverbank life.
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Title: The Hanged Man
Character: Peter Kroger
Released: February 15, 1975
Type: TV
After surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to remain "dead" after the most recent one so he can go undercover and find out which of his close friends and business associates want him dead.
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Title: Father Brown
Released: September 26, 1974
Type: TV
Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.
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Title: Van der Valk
Character: Rokin
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.
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Title: Justice
Character: Dr. Victor Ainsworth
Released: October 8, 1971
Type: TV
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.
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Title: The Main Chance
Character: Arnold Galbraith
Released: June 18, 1969
Type: TV
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
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Title: Breaking Point (UK)
Released: October 22, 1966
Type: TV
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Doctor Who: The Chase
Title: Doctor Who: The Chase
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: June 26, 1965
Type: Movie
The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert planet Aridius and beyond.
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Doctor Who: The Space Museum
Title: Doctor Who: The Space Museum
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: May 15, 1965
Type: Movie
On the planet Xeros, the TARDIS crew discover their own future selves frozen in time as exhibits in a galactic museum and must avert this potential future.
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Doctor Who: The Crusade
Title: Doctor Who: The Crusade
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: April 17, 1965
Type: Movie
In 12th century Palestine, the Doctor and his friends are drawn into the holy war between the forces of King Richard the Lionheart and the Saracen ruler Saladin.
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Title: Doctor Who: Lost in Time
Character: Ian
Released: March 27, 1965
Type: TV
A digitally restored collection of rare 1960s Doctor Who episodes, from stories which no longer exist in their entirety. They offer a unique glimpse at classic adventures which are now lost in time ...
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Doctor Who: The Web Planet
Title: Doctor Who: The Web Planet
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: March 20, 1965
Type: Movie
On the planet Vortis, the Doctor and his companions aid the butterfly-like Menoptra in their battle against the parasitic Animus and its mind-controlled minions, the ant-like Zarbi.
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Doctor Who: The Romans
Title: Doctor Who: The Romans
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: February 6, 1965
Type: Movie
The TARDIS crew take up residence near Rome in 64AD, where Ian and Barbara are kidnapped by slave traders, and the Doctor's imitation of Maximus Pettulian sees him taken to the court of Emperor Nero where he inadvertently plays a part in deciding the course of history...
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Doctor Who: The Rescue
Title: Doctor Who: The Rescue
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: January 9, 1965
Type: Movie
On the planet Dido, the Doctor, Ian and Barbara meet two survivors from a crashed spaceship who are terrorised by the monster Koquillion.
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Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Title: Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: December 26, 1964
Type: Movie
The TARDIS arrives in a desolate future London, where the Doctor discovers his old enemies the Daleks have taken control of Earth.
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Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
Title: Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: November 14, 1964
Type: Movie
When the TARDIS malfunctions, it and its travellers land on Earth at the size of insects. They uncover a murderous plot involving a new insecticide, but how can they stop the crime in their miniaturised condition?
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Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
Title: Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: September 12, 1964
Type: Movie
The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 — one of the bloodiest years following the French Revolution of 1789. The travellers become involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine and get caught up in the machinations of an English undercover spy, James Stirling — alias Lemaitre, governor of the Conciergerie prison.
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Doctor Who: The Sensorites
Title: Doctor Who: The Sensorites
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: August 1, 1964
Type: Movie
The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan arrive in the TARDIS on board a spaceship. Their initial concern is for the ship's human crew, who are suffering from telepathic interference from the Sensorites, but Susan communicates with the Sensorites and finds the aliens fear an attack by the humans and are just defending themselves. Travelling to the Sense Sphere (the Sensorites' planet) the Doctor seeks to cure an illness to which the Sensorites and Ian have succumbed, but finds it has been caused by deliberate poisoning. The political manoeuvring of the Sensorite City Administrator poses another threat to the TARDIS crew as he seeks to discredit and implicate them.
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Doctor Who: The Aztecs
Title: Doctor Who: The Aztecs
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: June 13, 1964
Type: Movie
The TARDIS materialises inside an Aztec tomb. Outside it, the Doctor and his companions soon discover that Mexico in the 15th century is a bloodthirsty and dangerous place... And with Barbara mistaken for a reincarnation of an ancient high priest called Yetaxa, the history teacher thinks that she can put an end to the barbaric human sacrifices once and for all. But can she rewrite history without disastrous consequences?
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Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
Title: Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: May 16, 1964
Type: Movie
The TARDIS arrives on the planet Marinus on an island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid. The travellers are forced by the elderly Arbitan to retrieve four of the five operating keys to a machine called the Conscience of Marinus, of which he is the keeper. These have been hidden in different locations around the planet to prevent them falling into the hands of the evil Yartek and his Voord warriors, who plan to seize the machine and use its originally benevolent mind-influencing power for their own sinister purposes.
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Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Title: Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: April 4, 1964
Type: Movie
The TARDIS crew lands in the Himalayas of Cathay in 1289, their ship badly damaged, and are picked up by Marco Polo's caravan on its way along the fabled Silk Road to see the Emperor Kublai Khan. The story concerns the Doctor and his companions' attempts to thwart the machinations of Tegana, who attempts to sabotage the caravan along its travels through the Pamir Plateau and across the treacherous Gobi Desert, and ultimately to assassinate Kublai Khan in Peking, at the height of his imperial power.
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Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
Title: Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: February 15, 1964
Type: Movie
In this completely TARDIS-based story, the crew find themselves and their ship acting very strangely indeed. Blame runs high for the Ship's unusual behavior, until the Doctor realizes the TARDIS itself may be trying to warn them...
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Doctor Who: The Daleks
Title: Doctor Who: The Daleks
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: February 1, 1964
Type: Movie
The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Susan, Barbara, and Ian to the planet Skaro where they meet two indigenous races — the Daleks, malicious mutant creatures encased in armoured travel machines, and the Thals, beautiful humanoids with pacifist principles. They convince the Thals of the need to fight for their own survival.
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Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Title: Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: Movie
Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, two humble teachers during 1963, discover a genius student's grandfather, simply known as "the Doctor", and his police box time machine. Deciding that the pair knows too much about his otherworldly origins, they are whisked away on a journey through time and space.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Ian Chesterton
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: TV
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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The Great Escape
Title: The Great Escape
Character: Sorren
Released: July 3, 1963
Type: Movie
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
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Return to Sender
Title: Return to Sender
Released: March 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A fraudster is arrested for stealing a large sum of money from his partners. When he learns that a particularly brilliant barrister will lead the prosecution against him he sets out to undermine the credibility of the barrister.
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Title: Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Released: August 16, 1962
Type: TV
Dr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella ‘Country Doctor’, the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s. Cronin was the primary writer for the show between 1962 and 1964.
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The Share Out
Title: The Share Out
Released: February 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A gang of high class corporate thieves use blackmail to induce their victims to sell property at knock-down prices.
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Adventure Story
Title: Adventure Story
Character: Hephaestion
Released: June 12, 1961
Type: Movie
The story of Alexander the Great.
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Title: Sunday-Night Play
Character: Colonel Friedrich Eilers, Leader of a Fighter Squadron
Released: September 25, 1960
Type: TV
BBC anthology drama series that ran over four seasons and replaced the previous BBC Sunday Night Theatre series.
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Title: Nicholas Nickleby
Character: Nicholas Nickleby
Released: October 18, 1957
Type: TV
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The Big Chance
Title: The Big Chance
Character: Bill Anderson
Released: September 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A clerk sees his big chance to escape a humdrum existence, but his resolve is tested as many unexpected obstacles arise.
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The Adventures of Hal 5
Title: The Adventures of Hal 5
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A very old Austin 7 car is found by two children and bought by their uncle, the Vicar, but the garage proprietor conceals its faulty transmission, which leads to some surprising developments.
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Title: The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Character: Sir Lancelot du Lac
Released: September 15, 1956
Type: TV
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV network. The series starred William Russell as the eponymous Sir Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table in the time of King Arthur at Camelot.
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The Man Who Never Was
Title: The Man Who Never Was
Character: Joe
Released: April 3, 1956
Type: Movie
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece. His body is put into the sea where it will ultimately drift ashore and the papers be passed along to German Intelligence.
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Above Us the Waves
Title: Above Us the Waves
Character: Ramsey
Released: March 29, 1955
Type: Movie
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.
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One Good Turn
Title: One Good Turn
Character: Alec Bigley
Released: January 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer (boo hiss) who is also the chairman of the orphanage board wants to close the orphanage and build a factory on the site. The children are sent to Brighton for the day and Norman is very excited because he's "Never seen the Sea". When they get back they discover the plan to close the orphanage and have to decide what to do
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The Gay Dog
Title: The Gay Dog
Character: Leslie Gowland
Released: June 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Jim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win. His friends bet on his dog while he bets against.
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They Who Dare
Title: They Who Dare
Character: Lieutenant Poole
Released: February 2, 1954
Type: Movie
In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with orders to attack two airfields from which the Luftwaffe is threatening allied forces in Egypt. The island is crawling with troops, and even moving by night the men soon run into trouble.
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The Saint's Return
Title: The Saint's Return
Character: Keith Merton
Released: October 12, 1953
Type: Movie
A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
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Malta Story
Title: Malta Story
Character: Officer at Prison
Released: June 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese girl.
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Intimate Relations
Title: Intimate Relations
Character: Michael
Released: May 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Yvonne is seething when her devoted son, Michael, declares his intention to marry Madeleine, despite the latter's admitting to having an affair with a mysterious older man. At the same time, George, Michael's father, confides in Yvonne's sister, Leo, that he is in fact Madeleine's other lover. Together, they hatch a plot to end Madeleine's hopes of marriage - by threatening to reveal George's scandalous secret to his son.
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Gift Horse
Title: Gift Horse
Character: Crewman
Released: June 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.