He was such a funny man in real life, quite a contrast to his serious take on the Doctor. The only Doctor Who I have met to date (although this was when I was 5 years old and he was dressed as Worzel at the time).
🪦R.I.P William Hartnell , Patrick Troughton & jon Pertwee , the Greatest Trio of Doctor Who ever , they maybe gone but they will never be forgotten😀😀..
Hardly, Pertwee was a fine Doctor and didn't don a syrup. Connery was an appalling Bond and balanced a dead rodent on his head for his entire duration.
I met Jon once at a Doctor Who convention and we were chatting and was interrupted by Sylvester McCoy who walked over. Sylvester then sprung into a Worzel Gummidge voice and the two of them started to argue with each other both playing Worzel.
Wonderful to see Jon and Barbara and of course, Roland, by far the best thing about TV-am - aside from the theme tune which caused a shiver up my spine when I heard it.... a flashback to being a kid again...
SJKPJR007 he saw us after the show when he was clearly very worn out and he was gracious and patient with a bunch of awe-struck kids who didn’t even know what to say to him. Haha. A genuinely lovely man who is greatly missed.
@@Problembeing Thank you for taking the time to reply. I was due to see him in that stage play when it came to Newcastle. I was so excited! Sadly, he became unwell and had to pull out for a spell by the time the show reached the North East. Luckily, Colin Baker stepped in. It wasn't quite the same but I was still delighted because I was one of the few who really loved Colin's Doctor. However, it was Jon Pertwee that was 'my' Doctor, if you know what I mean. Yes, very much missed. Gone but not forgotten.
SJKPJR007 it was my pleasure to talk to a true Whovian :) My school was worth all the bullying because it had the best school DW club in the country, we had regular visits from cast, crew, production and even JNT himself, and we went to the dress rehearsal of Ghostlight as well as getting to see Jon Pertwee premier with reprising his role as undeniably one of the greatest incarnations of The Doctor (though Tom was ‘my’ Doctor, which I think I can be forgiven as having as my first choice), it was my history teacher who ran the club that introduced us to Pertwee’s incredible Doctor on VHS copies of copies (some still in B&W) long before official release, some of which had been missing episodes at the time. That was my true education. Pertwee will always be right up there with Tom for me, there’s not much to separate their beguiling charms and sophistication. I am truly sorry you didn’t get to see him, but I’m sure Colin was a real treat nonetheless and I hope you still enjoyed the rather whacky staging :D I used to live down the road from Wimbledon Theatre and one day I was walking home past the open gates to the backstage area and they had struck the set and there was a battered and what looked to be abandoned TARDIS prop... My god, the temptation to drag it home was overwhelming, but I didn’t as it would probably have broken to bits by the time I got it down the road, but you know what, I regret not trying!
@@Problembeing Thank you so much for the "true whovian" accolade. Coming from a clear devotee such as yourself that means a lot. I'm so sorry to hear your school days had such challenges for you. However, I am relieved you at least had what sounds an utterly incredible network of escape from those trials and tribulations. I love all the classic Doctor's. Though I have to confess Tom Baker did take some getting used after the very straight and traditional hero portrayal by Jon. And when he did his cameo in 'The Day of the Doctor' I was in bits. Silly fool that I am. Take care, stay safe and "Who knows (nose), eh?"
I saw a 3 image cartoon of John, the 1st had the Dr in Betsy driving down the road the 2nd had worse in the field turning his head the 3rd had a lot of scarecrows being evil to the Dr.
I would have loved to have met him. I love Dr Who & I remember watching Worzel a few times. It wasn’t till years later I realized Worzel was the 3rd Dr.
A fine actor who was in many films and dramas over the decades, a great story teller of the the real and not so real, witty and as intellectually sharp as a razor, greatly missed .
I was going to say that I bumped into Jon Pertwee but the fact is that he bumped into me at Paddington Station. After an apology, I just said to him. "The Navy Lark - I love it". He looked down on me beaming. "Really - What do you like about it". I told him that I loved the characters and that I had three favourites that I always listened out for. Ramona Povey, and his wonderful portrayals of Weatherby and Burwasher. Jon thanked me with his re[ly as Weatherby which had me in tears of laughter. He thanked me and said he had to move on. An unforgettable man and to me just a great a gentleman as seen in these clips.
From the comment about Airwolf "starting but having been on for two weeks", the broadcast date is most likely Friday 2nd November 1984 as that appears to be the UK broadcast date of the first episode after the two part pilot in most ITV regions.
Great Pertwee footage. Shame about the classic comics segment with Dennis Gifford is missing, would have liked to seen and heard Jon's reactions and thoughts to publications such as Radio Fun, Film Fun and the Eagle (Dan Dare).
From the clip shown with Joan Sims, I was put in mind of Geoffrey Rush in the Pirates films. Possibly an influence for Geoffrey's performance? Tom Baker was my Dr. Who, but Jon Pertwee will always be my Worzel.
sam baked Imagine jon squirtwee eating puusssy with that massive tongue of his... No doubt the old dilettante fart was too much of a prude to make good use of this enormous appendage.
Evening, I wish to ask if i can get permission to take a few pics from this video and the one with Henry kelly. The pic would be uploaded to the TV live website to help expand the coverage. Your be given full credit. I look forward to your reply.
@@londonlady227 There's no doubt little debauched jon spurtpeee was trying to: "Get a grip" as I cited. If you get my drift... No doubt due to the endless rejection from aunt sally!!
