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{{wikipediainfo|Thomas Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth}} | |||
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'''Lord Ravensworth''' was a wealthy landowner in the village of [[Killingworth]] in the early [[19th century]]. He and [[George Stephenson]] were going to sponsor a meeting of scientific and engineering geniuses. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Ackland Joss Ackland], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Andrews Harry Andrews], [[Bernard Archard]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Bailey Robin Bailey], [[George Baker]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bannen Ian Bannen], [[Geoffrey Bayldon]], [[John Carson]], [[Peter Cushing]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Cuthbertson Allan Cuthbertson], [[James Ellis]], [[Frank Finlay]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Flemyng Robert Flemyng], [[Michael Gough]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Kemp Jeremy Kemp], [[Dinsdale Landen]], [[T. P. McKenna]], [[Donald Pickering]], [[Peter Sallis]], [[John Standing]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Stewart Patrick Stewart] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vaughan Peter Vaughan] were considered for the role before [[Terence Alexander]] was cast. | |||
* Ravensworth was the first historical figure to appear in the series since [[Grey (The Highlanders)|Solictor Grey]] in ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'' (although [[The King's Demons (TV story)|an android disguised as King John]] and [[The Mind Robber (TV story)|fictional constructs based on Blackbeard, D'artagnan, and Cyrano de Bergerac]] had appeared in the interim), and the first real world person of any sort to be portrayed in the series since [[Jeremy Thorpe]] in ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]''. | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:21, 3 October 2023
Lord Ravensworth was a wealthy landowner in the village of Killingworth in the early 19th century. He and George Stephenson were going to sponsor a meeting of scientific and engineering geniuses. (TV: The Mark of the Rani)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Joss Ackland, Harry Andrews, Bernard Archard, Robin Bailey, George Baker, Ian Bannen, Geoffrey Bayldon, John Carson, Peter Cushing, Allan Cuthbertson, James Ellis, Frank Finlay, Robert Flemyng, Michael Gough, Jeremy Kemp, Dinsdale Landen, T. P. McKenna, Donald Pickering, Peter Sallis, John Standing, Patrick Stewart and Peter Vaughan were considered for the role before Terence Alexander was cast.
- Ravensworth was the first historical figure to appear in the series since Solictor Grey in The Highlanders (although an android disguised as King John and fictional constructs based on Blackbeard, D'artagnan, and Cyrano de Bergerac had appeared in the interim), and the first real world person of any sort to be portrayed in the series since Jeremy Thorpe in The Green Death.
