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* Unlike the Doctor of the television series who, in common tradition, is never identified by the name "Doctor Who", the Cushing version is explicitly referenced by the name. The character's first name in this context is never revealed. | * Unlike the Doctor of the television series who, in common tradition, is never identified by the name "Doctor Who", the Cushing version is explicitly referenced by the name. The character's first name in this context is never revealed. | ||
* Stanmark Productions Limited obtained a license to make a series of fifty-two half-hour radio dramas based upon ''Doctor Who''. After [[Boris Karloff]] proved unavailable, Peter Cushing was hired to play the role. Advertisements were published, but only a pilot episode (now lost) was ever completed.<ref>[[David J Howe|Howe, David J.]], "The Lost Radio Plays". ''The Frame'' #10. May, 1989. p. 17.</ref><ref>http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/tsv41/petercushing.html "Peter Cushing Obituary". ''Time Space Visualiser'' #41.</ref> It is ''not'' known whether Cushing portrays the film version of Dr. Who in this production, or a version of the character more in keeping with the television series. | * Stanmark Productions Limited obtained a license to make a series of fifty-two half-hour radio dramas based upon ''Doctor Who''. After [[Boris Karloff]] proved unavailable, Peter Cushing was hired to play the role. Advertisements were published, but only a pilot episode (now lost) was ever completed.<ref>[[David J Howe|Howe, David J.]], "The Lost Radio Plays". ''The Frame'' #10. May, 1989. p. 17.</ref><ref>http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/tsv41/petercushing.html "Peter Cushing Obituary". ''Time Space Visualiser'' #41.</ref> It is ''not'' known whether Cushing portrays the film version of Dr. Who in this production, or a version of the character more in keeping with the television series. | ||
* In an interview, Peter Cushing stated that he believed that his human incarnation of the Doctor was canon, and that his film version of the Doctor and the television Doctor were bridged together by the Celestial Toymaker. His theory was that his Doctor is a future incarnation kidnapped by the Toymaker, who "wiped his memory and made him relive some of his earlier adventures." | |||
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