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{{Retitle|Dr. Who (''King Kong Escapes'' character}} | {{Retitle|Dr. Who (''King Kong Escapes'' character)}} | ||
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|job = Scientist | |job = Scientist | ||
|first mention = The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel) | |first mention = The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel) | ||
}} | }}{{dab page|Dr. Who (disambiguation)}} | ||
{{dab page|Dr. Who (disambiguation)}} | |||
'''Dr. Who''' was a fictional mad scientist in the [[1967]] [[Japan]]ese [[King Kong]] film ''[[King Kong Escapes]]''. He was an example of the "oriental wise-man" stereotype that originated with [[Nie Who|Dr. Nie Who]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') | '''Dr. Who''' was a fictional mad scientist in the [[1967]] [[Japan]]ese [[King Kong]] film ''[[King Kong Escapes]]''. He was an example of the "oriental wise-man" stereotype that originated with [[Nie Who|Dr. Nie Who]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
{{iw|godzilla|Dr. Who|A character called Dr. Who}} indeed appeared in ''Kong Kong Escapes'', played by {{w|Hideyo Amamoto}}. He was a revamped version of a villainous roboticist earlier depicted in the animated ''King Kong'' series produced by Rankin-Bass Productions, but his appearance and attire was changed to faintly resemble [[William Hartnell]]'s [[First Doctor]]. Most notably, they both wore cloaks and the Japanese Dr. Who at one point wore an Astrakhan hat which was an occasional favoured cap of the First Doctor. It is generally held that the similarities with the BBC character were coincidental.{{source}} | {{iw|godzilla|Dr. Who|A character called Dr. Who}} indeed appeared in ''Kong Kong Escapes'', played by {{w|Hideyo Amamoto}} and voiced in the film's English dub by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Frees Paul Frees]. He was a revamped version of a villainous roboticist earlier depicted in the animated ''King Kong'' series produced by Rankin-Bass Productions, but his appearance and attire was changed to faintly resemble [[William Hartnell]]'s [[First Doctor]]. Most notably, they both wore cloaks and the Japanese Dr. Who at one point wore an Astrakhan hat which was an occasional favoured cap of the First Doctor. It is generally held that the similarities with the BBC character were coincidental.{{source}} | ||
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[[Category:Fictional scientists from the real world]] | [[Category:Fictional scientists from the real world]] | ||