Direction: Derek Martinus

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Doctor Who (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sydney Newman · Douglas Camfield · David Maloney · Christopher Barry

Cast William Hartnell · Patrick Troughton · Jon Pertwee · Tom Baker

Synopsis TV Series (1963-1989). 26 Seasons. 696 Episodes. The quintessential "mortgage lifter" for many a financially flagging PBS station, the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who was not always a big favorite in America. The series detailed the wide-ranging adventures...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

Direction Derek Martinus

Cast Jon Pertwee · Caroline John · Nicholas Courtney · Hugh Burden

Synopsis The newly-regenerated Doctor is exiled to modern-day Earth by the Time Lords, where he becomes attached to the British branch of UNIT as their scientific adviser, ostensibly taking orders from Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. Aided by Liz Shaw, the Doctor's first task...

6.7

45 votes

6.7

45 votes

Direction Derek Martinus

Cast William Hartnell · Anneke Wills · Michael Craze · Robert Beatty

Synopsis An important adventure - introduced both the Cybermen and the concept of regeneration. The TARDIS lands in a station in Antarctica in 1986. The Doctor, Polly and Ben are just in time to witness the arrival in the solar system...

6.6

33 votes

6.6

33 votes

Penmarric (TV Series)

1979 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tina Wakerell · Derek Martinus

Cast Annabel Leventon · Peter Blake · Thomas Ellice · Rupert Frazer

Synopsis Maud Penmar Castallack wages war on her cousin Giles for many years in her determination to secure Penmarric for her son, Mark. But Mark is a man of passion and is beholden to his own desires, being torn between two...

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Angels (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mary Ridge · Stephen Butcher · Patrick Tucker · Derek Martinus

Cast Carol Holmes · Kathryn Apanowicz · Julia Williams · Pauline Quirke

Synopsis TV Series (1975-1983). Angels was originally a British television seasonal drama series dealing with the subject of student nurses and was broadcast by the BBC between 1975 and 1978. The show's format then switched to a twice weekly soap opera...

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Doctor Who: Galaxy Four (TV)

1965 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Derek Martinus · Mervyn Pinfield

Cast William Hartnell · Peter Purves · Maureen O'Brien · Jimmy Kaye

Synopsis The Doctor, Vicki and Steven arrive on an arid planet where they meet the occupants of two crashed spaceships: the beautiful Drahvins and the hideous Rills. The latter prove to be friendly, compassionate explorers while the former are a group...

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Direction Derek Martinus

Cast Patrick Troughton · Frazer Hines · Alec Ross · Robert Jewell

Synopsis The TARDIS has been stolen by antiques dealer Edward Waterfield, who lures the Doctor and Jamie into a trap. They are transported back to Waterfield's own time, 1867, where his daughter Victoria is being held hostage by the Daleks to...

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Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors (TV)

1967 · Movie · 145 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Derek Martinus

Cast Patrick Troughton · Frazer Hines · Deborah Watling · George Waring

Synopsis The TARDIS arrives on Earth at the time of a new ice age and the travellers make their way into a base where scientists commanded by Leader Clent are using an ioniser device to combat the advance of a glacier....

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Direction Derek Martinus

Cast Robert Jewell · Kevin Manser · John Scott Martin · Gerald Taylor

Synopsis On the planet Kembel, Space Security Service agent Marc Cory is investigating a recent sighting of a Dalek spaceship. His suspicion that the creatures may have established a base here proves well-founded. His two companions, Jeff Garvey and Gordon Lowery,...

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