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|image = Doctor Who it's a square world.jpg | |image = Doctor Who it's a square world.jpg | ||
|doctor = Doctor Fotheringown | |doctor = Doctor Fotheringown | ||
|writer = Michael Bentine | |writer = [[Michael Bentine]] | ||
|broadcast date = [[31 December (releases)|31 December]] [[1963 (releases)|1963]] | |broadcast date = [[31 December (releases)|31 December]] [[1963 (releases)|1963]] | ||
|setting = Studio | |setting = Studio | ||
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|music = [[Harry Rabinowitz]] | |music = [[Harry Rabinowitz]] | ||
|series = Sketches from other shows on a ''Doctor Who'' DVD | |series = Sketches from other shows on a ''Doctor Who'' DVD | ||
|next = Untitled (The Lenny Henry Show) | |next = Untitled (The Lenny Henry Show) | ||
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'''''The Doctor's New Invention''''' was a | '''''The Doctor's New Invention''''' was a parodical sketch based on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' that featured on ''[[It's a Square World (series)|It's a Square World]]''. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
[[Doctor Fotheringown]] is invited to be interviewed in a studio about his new invention, the first rocket set to be shot into space by British scientists. Soon, the clumsy, eccentric old man accidentally presses the launch button on the working model brought into the studio, sending him and his interviewer into orbit. | |||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be added'' | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Doctor Fotheringown]] - [[Clive Dunn]] | * [[Doctor Fotheringown]] - [[Clive Dunn]] | ||
* [[Interviewer (It's a Square World)|Interviewer]] - [[Michael Bentine]] | * [[Interviewer (It's a Square World)|Interviewer]] - [[Michael Bentine]] | ||
Other roles played by: | |||
* [[Frank Thornton]] | |||
* [[Leon Thau]] | |||
* [[Joe Gibbons]] | |||
* [[Freddie Earlle]] | |||
* [[Jan Williams]] | |||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
* Writer - [[Michael Bentine]] | * [[Writer]] - [[Michael Bentine]] | ||
* Additional Material - [[Clive Dunn]] | * Additional Material - [[Clive Dunn]] | ||
* Director - [[Joseph McGrath]] | * [[Film editor|Film Editor]] - [[Jim Latham]] | ||
* Producer - [[Joseph McGrath]] | * [[Film cameraman|Film Cameraman]] - [[Tony Leggo]] | ||
* Music | * [[Special effects|Special Effects]] - [[Jack Kine]] | ||
* [[Graphics]] - [[Tom Taylor]] | |||
* [[Wardrobe supervisor|Wardrobe Supervisor]] - [[Michael Endacott]] | |||
* [[Make-up supervisor|Make-Up Supervisor]] - [[Cherry Alston]] | |||
* [[Designer (crew)|Designer]] - [[George Djurkovic]] | |||
* [[Executive producer|Executive Producer]] - [[James Gilbert]] | |||
* [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[Joseph McGrath]] | |||
* [[Producer]] - [[Joseph McGrath]] | |||
* [[Incidental music|Music]] - [[Harry Rabinowitz]] | |||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* Notably the first | * Notably, this is the first ''[[Doctor Who]]'' parody, only 39 days after the original broadcast of the first episode ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''. | ||
* This also makes Clive Dunn the second actor to play the Doctor in any medium. | * This also makes Clive Dunn the second actor to play the Doctor in any medium. | ||
* Clive Dunn dons William Hartnell's original [[First Doctor]] costume. | * Clive Dunn dons William Hartnell's original [[First Doctor]] costume. | ||
* The sketch was released on [[DVD]] in ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]: Special Edition''. | |||
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[[Category:Parodic comedy sketches from non-DWU series]] | [[Category:Parodic comedy sketches from non-DWU series]] | ||
[[Category:1963 television stories]] | |||