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'''Frank Finlay''' ([[6 August (people)|6 August]] [[1926 (people)|1926]]-[[30 January (people)|30 January]] [[2016 (people)|2016]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jan/31/frank-finlay The Guardian]</ref>) voiced [[Shapeshifter (Bedtime Story)|something taking the form of]] [[Jacob Williams]] in the [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'']] audio story ''[[Bedtime Story (audio story)|Bedtime Story]]''. He was one of the few Oscar-nominated actors to appear in a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' production.
'''Frank Finlay CBE''' ([[6 August (people)|6 August]] [[1926 (people)|1926]]-[[30 January (people)|30 January]] [[2016 (people)|2016]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jan/31/frank-finlay The Guardian]</ref>) voiced a [[Shapeshifter (Bedtime Story)|Shapeshifter]] taking on the form of [[Jacob Williams]] in the [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'']] audio story ''[[Bedtime Story (audio story)|Bedtime Story]]''. He was one of the few Oscar-nominated actors to appear in a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' production.


It was a publicity photo of Finlay as Porthos in the [[1973]] film ''{{w|The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film)|The Three Musketeers}}'' was the basis for the [[musketeer]] on [[David McAllister]]'s cover artwork for the [[The Mind Robber (novelisation)|novelisation]] of ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mwrightwriter/status/1374780284621688832 Twitter]</ref>
He was previously considered for the roles of Lord [[Ravensworth]] in ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'' and [[Orcini]] in ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]''. ([[TCH 41]])


== In the DWU ==
It was a publicity photo of Finlay as Porthos in the 1973 film ''{{w|The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film)|The Three Musketeers}}'' was the basis for the [[musketeer]] on [[David McAllister]]'s cover artwork for the [[The Mind Robber (novelisation)|novelisation]] of ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mwrightwriter/status/1374780284621688832 Twitter]</ref>
Frank Finlay starred as Porthos in the 1973 film ''[[The Three Musketeers]]''. [[Genetics|Genetic]] material from Finlay and his co-stars, [[Michael York]], [[Oliver Reed]] and [[Richard Chamberlain]], were used to create [[Reprise]]s of [[Porthos]], [[d'Artagnan]], [[Athos]] and [[Aramis]] in [[Europa (Managra)|Europa]] in the [[33rd century]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'')


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Frank Finlay CBE (6 August 1926-30 January 2016[1]) voiced a Shapeshifter taking on the form of Jacob Williams in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story Bedtime Story. He was one of the few Oscar-nominated actors to appear in a Doctor Who production.

He was previously considered for the roles of Lord Ravensworth in The Mark of the Rani and Orcini in Revelation of the Daleks. (TCH 41)

It was a publicity photo of Finlay as Porthos in the 1973 film The Three Musketeers was the basis for the musketeer on David McAllister's cover artwork for the novelisation of The Mind Robber.[2]

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