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  The Second Doctor -- Patrick Troughton
Troughton played the part as a "cosmic hobo" who wasn't always the tower of strength the First Doctor was, but who still defeat an evil alien menace when he needed.
Troughton's Doctor faced many old foes like the Daleks and the Cybermen, but he also encountered some new threats like the Yeti and the Ice Warriors.
It was also during Troughton's reign that the character of Colonel Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, later to become Brigadier, was introduced and the agency known as UNIT was first seen.
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  Patrick Troughton - Tardis - a Wikia wiki
Troughton's notable film roles include Sir Andrew Ffoulkes in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1954), Phineas in Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Father Brennen in The Omen (1976), Melanthius in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), and Cole Hawlings in a BBC Television dramatisation of the John Masefield children's book The Box of Delights (1984).
Troughton's health was never entirely robust and later in his life he refused to accept his doctor's advice that he had developed a serious heart condition through overwork and stress.
Troughton also continued to smoke heavily and declined to commit himself to any significant physical exercise despite his worsening health and his early death being predicted as an inevitable consequence by his doctors.
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  The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Patrick George Troughton (March 25, 1920 – March 28, 1987) was a versatile and prolific English actor best known in his role as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which he played from 1966 until 1969.
Troughton was born on 25 March 1920 in Mill Hill, England and attended Mill Hill School.
Troughton's health was never entirely robust and later in his life he refused to accept his doctor's advice that he had developed a serious heart condition through overwork and stress.
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Patrick Graham Troughton was born March 25, 1920 in Mill Hill, London, England and went to Mill Hill Public School.
Patrick was drafted into the Royal Navy and served his first tours patrolling the east coast in a destroyer.
Patrick was married with six children, four boys and two girls and lived near Hampton in Middlesex, England.
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 Troughton, Patrick
Patrick Troughton was the second actor to take on the mantle of British television's Dr Who in the long-running science-fiction series of the same name, playing the role for three years, from 1966 to 1969.
Troughton followed William Hartnell as Dr Who after his predecessor, suffering from multiple sclerosis and disillusioned with the changing character of the programme (which had originally been intended to have a strong educational content), withdrew from the series.
Troughton determined at once that his Doctor would be in marked contrast to the white-haired dotty professor-type depicted by Hartnell and in his hands the Doctor became a colourfully whimsical and capricious penny-whistle playing eccentric who could be testy, courageous and downright enigmatic as the mood took him.
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 Patrick Troughton - Definition, explanation
Troughton's sons, David and Michael, are both well-known actors on stage and screen, and his grandson, Jim, plays professional cricket for Warwickshire.
Troughton's health was never that robust and late in his life he apparently refused to accept his doctor's advice that he had developed a serious heart condition through overwork and stress.
Troughton also continued to smoke heavily and declined to commit himself to any real physical exercise despite his worsening health and his early death was predicted as an inevitable consequence by his doctors.
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 The Mind Robber -- The Patrick Troughton Collection
The Doctor presented here is Patrick Troughton, whose tenure is quite sadly least represented in the BBC Archives, but his Chaplinesque portrayal as the Doctor has been fondly remembered for over 35 years and his passing in 1987 marked a milestone in this fans appreciation for this era of the program.
In order to find stories with screen captures a little more easily, we've inserted a TV symbol where appropriate into each of the Doctor's index pages which links to the relevant SC page for that story.
To refresh the Patrick Troughton era ran like this...
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Troughton found Doctor Who's schedule (at this time, 40 to 44 episodes per season) gruelling, and decided to leave the series in 1969, after three years in the role.
Following each of these attacks, his doctor's warnings were again ignored as Troughton committed himself to a heavy TV and film schedule.
Troughton also continued to smoke heavily and declined to commit himself to any significant physical exercise despite his worsening health and his early death being predicted as an inevitable consequence by his doctors.
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 Who's Doctor Who? - What IS Doctor Who?
They chose Patrick Troughton as the new Doctor, and his success in the role paved the way for the eight other actors who would assume the part.
Troughton, a popular character actor known for roles in Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare films, and for his appearances in several Hammer horror classics, played The Doctor until 1969, fighting an array of menaces which included the Cybermen, Yeti, and Ice Warriors.
In Troughton's final story, The War Games, the audience learned that The Doctor was a fugitive from his own people, the Time Lords, who had left his home planet, in part because he wanted to take an active role in a universe which the other Time Lords were content merely to observe.
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 Patrick Troughton (Doctor Who)
Patrick Troughton talks about taking over the show, the scripts becoming more "him" as the season went on, the sonic screwdriver and improvising with Hines and Watling.
This is the earliest Patrick Troughton Doctor Who serial to exist in its entirety.
The second of the nine complete Patrick Troughton Doctor Who adventures to be released on DVD sees the Doctor up against those chilly Martians; The Ice Warriors.
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 Amazon.ca: Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen: DVD: Patrick Troughton,Frazer Hines,Deborah Watling,Roy Stewart,Aubrey ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Troughton's Doctor, although he remains one of the most loved actors in the role, has the least amount of surviving episodes, since the BBC thoughtlessly destroyed several stories in the 1970s.
Watling, nicknamed "Leatherlungs" by Troughton and costar Fraser Hines (Jamie), because of all the screaming she did throughout the serial, turns out to be an loyal and fairly smart companion, not the dainty dips*** she had been previously remembered as.
Patrick Torughton as the Doctor and Frzer Hines as Jamie are probably the best Doctor / companion team in the history of Doctor Who (that is saying a lot) and here they are in fine form, playing off of each other quite well.
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 Patrick Troughton information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
TROW-ton) was a versatile and prolific British actor best known in his role as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long running British sci-fi TV series Doctor Who, which he played from 1966 until 1969.
Jim Troughton plays professional cricket for Warwickshire and Sam Troughton is an up-and-coming actor, who appeared in Alien vs. Predator and the 2005 movie Spirit Trap with current Doctor Who star Billie Piper.
Patrick Troughton as Melanthius in the 1977 film Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
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 Outpost Gallifrey: Episode Guide
Troughton was immediately a new type of Doctor -- much more hands-on, more physical, and more prone to slapstick.
Put on trial for his actions, as depicted in the series' first six seasons, he would soon be exiled to Earth and regenerated into his successor, Jon Pertwee.
Troughton would later return for several appearances alongside Pertwee, William Hartnell, Peter Davison and Colin Baker, before his tragic death at an overseas convention in early 1987.
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 Amazon.com: Doctor Who - The Seeds of Death - Episode 48: DVD: Patrick Troughton,Frazer Hines,Wendy Padbury   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Patrick Troughton calmly closes his eyes, his character peacefully preparing for death.
Each of Patrick Troughton's stories -- whether you're watching on TV or merely listening to the surviving audio -- is a seminar on how to play "Doctor Who".
Rational, intellectual Zoe and stout, strong-armed Jamie create a fine balance among the main characters, and their warmth and chemistry with the Doctor seems convincingly natural--the three of them make for what might possibly be one of the most compelling combinations in the history of the show, and that's saying a lot.
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 Patrick Troughton Photos - Patrick Troughton News - Patrick Troughton Information
Patrick starred as Robin in the 1953 Robin Hood TV series.
In 2006 Patrick's grandson, Sam Troughton, stared as Much in the BBC remake of the same name.
A huge success for Granada television at the start of the 1970's, "A Family at War" tells the story of the Ashton family in Liverpool from 1938 to 1945.
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 Patrick Troughton
Patrick Troughton was born on 25 March 1920 and grew up in North London...
Troughton was attending a Science-Fiction convention when he died in March...
A number of soundtracks have survived, and these have been released on tape and CD in the form of audio dramas in the 1990s-2000s.
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 Patrick Troughton - SCIFIPEDIA
Patrick Troughton (March 25, 1920 – March 28, 1987) British character actor, often in supporting roles in Hammer films such as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), The Phantom of the Opera (1962), The Gorgon (1964), The Scars of Dracula (1970) and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973).
His other films credits include Jason and the Argonauts (1963), The Black Torment (1964) and as a memorably impaled priest in The Omen (1976).
Best known as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC's long-running Doctor Who series, Troughton replaced veteran actor William Hartnell in the title role several episodes into the program's fourth season.
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We reported on this about a month ago, but with the new Doctor taking on the Cyberman we thought it would be good to remind everyone that those infamous lost two episodes from 1968 about the Cybermen Invasion...
An animated version of actor Patrick Troughton's battle with the Cybermen from 1968 can be seen on DVD in November.
Peter was the main force behind the series during the time of Patrick Troughton's stint as the Doctor in the late 1960's.
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 The second Doctor Who - Patrick Troughton   (Site not responding. Last check: )
this underexposure, Troughton is perceived in terms of the received fan wisdom as the clown or "cosmic hobo", whatever that means.
But the serious side of his character seems more apparent to me. This Doctor could be secretive, obfuscating and manipulative, sometimes even seeming to be working with his enemies until he found out what they were up to, and how he could defeat them.
It is to be hoped that the much trumpeted rediscovery and video release of The Tomb of the Cybermen a few years ago, which also shows up this facet of his character, might have altered fans' perceptions a bit.
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 Assessing Patrick Troughton   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Even with that in mind, the end of The War Games was a major turning point in the show, introducing the concept of the Time-Lords and laying a foundation for many things to come.
To also suggest the idea that there were adventures between The War Games and Spearhead From Space [referred to by some as season 6B] is something I agree with, and it's supported by two later stories: In The Five Doctors Troughton is traveling alone and is "...not breaking, but bending" the laws of time.
In The Two Doctors Troughton is quite clearly involving himself "unofficially" on behalf of the Time-Lords [possibly meaning the CIA] and possesses devices that the seventh Doctor "...always wanted to have..." hinting that some of Troughton's adventures were later erased from his memory.
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 Outpost Gallifrey: Episode Guide
Whereas William Hartnell had created the role as a feisty explorer, and Patrick Troughton succeeded him as a more energetic intergalactic hobo, Pertwee stepped into the role as a professor, a bon vivant, the otherworldly version of James Bond.
Joining with the Brigadier were Sergeant John Benton (John Levene) and Captain Mike Yates (Richard Franklin); the three would aid the Doctor in his battles against the alien forces of evil.
All story synopses are excerpts from "Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Handbook" by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker, originally published by Virgin Publishing and copyrighted to the authors; these synopses have been reprinted with the kind permission of Mr.
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 - Audio Books Home
Patrick Troughton witnesses "The Final End" of the Daleks...
Patrick Troughton plays the second Doctor in this classic six-part tale of 'bodysnatching' from 1967.
Second Doctor Patrick Troughton faces the return of the emotionless cybermen.
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