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| image          = David Spenser.jpg
| image          = David Spenser.jpg
| job title      = Actor
| birth date    = [[12 March (people)|12 March]] [[1934 (people)|1934]]
| death date    = [[20 July (people)|20 July]] [[2013 (people)|2013]]
| job title      = [[Actor]]
| role          = [[Thonmi]]
| role          = [[Thonmi]]
| story          = ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''
| story          = ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''
| time          =  
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|birth date = [[12 March (people)|12 March]] [[1934 (people)|1934]]|death date = [[20 July (people)|20 July]] [[2013 (people)|2013]]}}
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'''David Spenser''' ([[12 March (people)|12 March]] [[1934 (people)|1934]]-[[20 July (people)|20 July]] [[2013 (people)|2013]]<ref>[http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2013/07/david-spenser-1934-2013.html David Spenser 1934-2013 Doctor Who News]</ref>) played [[Thonmi]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''.
'''David Spenser''' ([[12 March (people)|12 March]] [[1934 (people)|1934]]-[[20 July (people)|20 July]] [[2013 (people)|2013]]<ref>[http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2013/07/david-spenser-1934-2013.html David Spenser 1934-2013 Doctor Who News]</ref>) played [[Thonmi]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''.


He was the long-term life partner of writer [[Victor Pemberton]].
An archive interview with David was used in the documentary ''[[Troughton in Tibet (documentary)|Troughton in Tibet]]''.
 
== Personal life ==
He was the long-term life partner of writer [[Victor Pemberton]], until he passed away in 2013.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/aug/01/david-spenser</ref> Both were acknowledged in a posthumous tribute by [[Gary Russell]] in the form a visual easter egg in the animated release of ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'', where a clipboard contains a note that says "Get Vic and Dave on this!".<ref>https://twitter.com/twilightstreets/status/1306013108817756161?s=20&t=cgMicvyW8-YGo-c17lv8Fg</ref>


== External links ==
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 21:19, 19 August 2023

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David Spenser (12 March 1934-20 July 2013[1]) played Thonmi in the Doctor Who television story The Abominable Snowmen.

An archive interview with David was used in the documentary Troughton in Tibet.

Personal life[[edit] | [edit source]]

He was the long-term life partner of writer Victor Pemberton, until he passed away in 2013.[2] Both were acknowledged in a posthumous tribute by Gary Russell in the form a visual easter egg in the animated release of Fury from the Deep, where a clipboard contains a note that says "Get Vic and Dave on this!".[3]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]