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== Death == | == Death == | ||
Tipping died on [[5 February (people)|5 February]] [[1993 (people)|1993]] when a [[parachute]] jump he was performing as part of a reconstruction for the docudrama/real-life rescue series {{wi|999 ( | Tipping died on [[5 February (people)|5 February]] [[1993 (people)|1993]] when a [[parachute]] jump he was performing as part of a reconstruction for the docudrama/real-life rescue series {{wi|999 (British TV series)|999}} went wrong; his parachute failed to open and he fell to his death. | ||
== Credited roles == | == Credited roles == |
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Tip (Timothy) Tipping (13 February 1958-5 February 1993[1]) was stuntman/stunt arranger on three of the later stories of the BBC's original run of Doctor Who. He was the stunt arranger on Remembrance of the Daleks, The Curse of Fenric and Survival.
Career[[edit] | [edit source]]
During work on Survival, he walked off the production because of the involvement of champion motorcyle racer/stunt rider Eddie Kidd, who was not a member of the actors' union Equity. Paul Heasman subsequently took over as stunt arranger.
Death[[edit] | [edit source]]
Tipping died on 5 February 1993 when a parachute jump he was performing as part of a reconstruction for the docudrama/real-life rescue series 999 went wrong; his parachute failed to open and he fell to his death.
Credited roles[[edit] | [edit source]]
As stunt arranger[[edit] | [edit source]]
Uncredited roles[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Remembrance of the Daleks - Exterminated RAF Man, the stunt double for Dr. Who and the stunt double for Mike Smith (DWMS Summer 1993)
- The Curse of Fenric - Stunt Haemovore (DWM 225)
- Survival - Double for Dr. Who (DWMS Summer 1994)