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* The [[Seventh Doctor]] started talking to [[William Blake]] about a murder victim, then wandered off into a conversation about a comedian called Ken Dodd. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]'') | |||
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] once mentioned that Ken Dodd was a comedian from the North of England. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death in the New Forest (audio story)|Death in the New Forest]]'') | * The [[Tenth Doctor]] once mentioned that Ken Dodd was a comedian from the North of England. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death in the New Forest (audio story)|Death in the New Forest]]'') | ||
Revision as of 23:26, 20 June 2019
Sir Ken Dodd, OBE (born Kenneth Arthur Dodd, 8 November 1927[1] - 11 March 2018[2]) was an English comedian. He played the Tollmaster in the Doctor Who television story Delta and the Bannermen.
Dodd was raised in Liverpool and attended Knotty Ash School. At the age of seven, Dodd was dared to ride a bicycle with his eyes shut. In doing so, he crashed and received facial injuries that resulted in his distinctive buck teeth. This feature would later become iconic in his performances.[3]
Dodd's first big performance was at the Nottingham Empire and from then on he gradually rose to fame as he was viewed positively. In 1989, he was taken to court on charges of tax evasion. He reportedly had local school children perform in his acts and left them unpaid.
He was also found to have little money in his bank, instead having £36,000 in cash. When asked by the judge "What does a hundred thousand pounds in a suitcase feel like?", he famously replied "The notes are very light, M'Lord." He was later acquitted.[4] The trial led to his use of the line "Let me introduce myself. I'm Kenneth Arthur Dodd, artists' model and failed accountant", while performing.[5]
In the DWU
- The Seventh Doctor started talking to William Blake about a murder victim, then wandered off into a conversation about a comedian called Ken Dodd. (PROSE: The Pit)
- The Tenth Doctor once mentioned that Ken Dodd was a comedian from the North of England. (AUDIO: Death in the New Forest)
External links
- Ken Dodd at the Internet Movie Database
Footnotes
- ↑ Griffin, Stephen. Ken Dodd: The Biography. London: Michael O'Mara, 2007. Print.
- ↑ The Sun
- ↑ Look At It My Way
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/9028099.stm
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2004/oct/23/comedy
