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'''Reg Cranfield''' played the [[police]]man seen during the opening credits of ''[[The Pilot Episode]]'' and ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''.<ref>[[DWMS Summer 1994]]</ref> Some sources credit the role to [[Fred Rawlings]], despite the fact that Cranfield is listed as playing the part in the production paperwork for both versions of the first ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story. Either these sources are mistaken or Rawlings played the part in one of the unused versions. | '''Reg Cranfield''' played the [[police]]man seen during the opening credits of ''[[The Pilot Episode]]'' and ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''.<ref>[[DWMS Summer 1994]]</ref> Some sources credit the role to [[Fred Rawlings]], despite the fact that Cranfield is listed as playing the part in the production paperwork for both versions of the first ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story. Either these sources are mistaken or Rawlings played the part in one of the unused versions. | ||
Cranfield, therefore, has the unique distinction of being the very first actor to appear on ''Doctor Who''. | Cranfield, therefore, has the unique distinction of being the very first actor to appear on ''Doctor Who''; he later went on to appear in more than a half-dozen other ''Doctor Who'' stories into the 1970s. | ||
A character in the 2013 novel [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shroud of Sorrow (novel)|Shroud of Sorrow]]'' is named Reg Cranfield. In the book, Cranfield is featured patrolling along [[Totter's Lane]] as the actor did on TV. | |||
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