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| image          = Derek Francis.jpg
|image          = Derek Francis.jpg
| birth date    = [[7 November (people)|7 November]] [[1923 (people)|1923]]
|birth date    = [[7 November (people)|7 November]] [[1923 (people)|1923]]
| death date    = [[27 March (people)|27 March]] [[1984 (people)|1984]]
|death date    = [[27 March (people)|27 March]] [[1984 (people)|1984]]
| role          = [[Nero]]
|role          = [[Nero]]
| job title      = [[Actor]]
|job title      = [[Actor]]
| story          = ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]''
|story          = ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]''
| time          = 1965
|time          = 1965
| non dwu        = ''The Long Way Home'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'', ''Hugh and I'', ''[[The Forsyte Saga]]'', ''The Queen's Traitor'', ''Carry On...'' films, ''Middlemarch'', ''Oh Brother!'', ''Scrooge'', ''Catweazle'', ''Oh, Father!'', ''The Dick Emery Show'', ''Crown Court'', ''Sykes'', ''Jabberwocky'', ''Nicholas Nickleby'', ''[[Coronation Street]]'', ''Just William'', ''[[Great Expectations]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''
|non dwu        = ''The Long Way Home'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'', ''Hugh and I'', ''[[The Forsyte Saga]]'', ''The Queen's Traitor'', ''Carry On...'' films, ''Middlemarch'', ''Oh Brother!'', ''Scrooge'', ''Catweazle'', ''Oh, Father!'', ''The Dick Emery Show'', ''Crown Court'', ''Sykes'', ''Jabberwocky'', ''Nicholas Nickleby'', ''[[Coronation Street]]'', ''Just William'', ''[[Great Expectations]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''
| imdb          = 0290136
|imdb          = 0290136
}}
}}
'''Derek Francis''' ([[7 November (people)|7 November]] [[1923 (people)|1923]]-[[27 March (people)|27 March]] [[1984 (people)|1984]]<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21003/derek-francis Find a Grave]</ref>) played [[Nero]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]''.
'''Derek Francis''' ([[7 November (people)|7 November]] [[1923 (people)|1923]]-[[27 March (people)|27 March]] [[1984 (people)|1984]]<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21003/derek-francis Find a Grave]</ref>) played [[Nero]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]''.


He was the first major actor to ask to be on the show and through his connection with [[Jacqueline Hill]]'s husband [[Alvin Rakoff]], soon secured the role. [[William Hartnell]] was overjoyed to work with him again, having previously worked with him in the ''[[Carry On]]'' series.
He was the first major actor to ask to be on the show and through his connection with [[Jacqueline Hill]]'s husband [[Alvin Rakoff]], soon secured the role.
 
 


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Latest revision as of 16:46, 3 March 2024

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Derek Francis (7 November 1923-27 March 1984[1]) played Nero in the Doctor Who television story The Romans.

He was the first major actor to ask to be on the show and through his connection with Jacqueline Hill's husband Alvin Rakoff, soon secured the role.

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