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    Canadanne
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    Some more '80s clips of the late, great John Woodnutt...

    • As a German pastor in Hitler's SS (2:36).

    • Playing a fantastically creepy evil sorcerer in Dramarama play 'Mr Stabs', here at 3:05 and here at 4:07. (David Jason is good in it too!)

    • As jockey Bob Champion's father in the biopic Champions (8:32). He can also be seen watching the big race at various points in this clip.

    • Starting at 6:29, John has several lines as a Theban senator in Oedipus The King, which by the way is very good. He reprises the same role in Antigone from 10:04.

    • He has a minor role as the British Foreign Secretary being held hostage in Who Dares Wins, here (6:49) and here (9:10).

    • One scene as a doctor in Sense & Sensibility (5:53). "There is no vital force left... there's nothing more to be done." Could have done with a VIM spell there!

    • And a fairly big role in the 1981 Doctor Who story The Keeper Of Traken - his character appears throughout the first three parts, starting at 7:49. YouTube also has some brief clips of his earlier appearances in Doctor Who - 1970's Spearhead From Space (1:05), and recognisable only by his voice in both 1973's Frontier In Space (0:30) and 1975's Terror Of The Zygons (3:08). I know some of you will have seen those before!

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      Canadanne
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      Here are some clips of John in the '70s:

      • As a hypnotist in Shoestring, at 3:01 / 5:37 and 6:40.

      • As a doctor in Malice Aforethought (4:26 and 8:31).

      • As a butler in Children Of The Stones (which was filmed at Avebury, downfall of Leo's team). John's scenes include 2:20 / 6:02, 1:14 / 6:11 / 8:40, 0:34, 6:08 / 9:58, 4:54 and 3:36.

      • As the awesome uncle in The Secret Garden (which also features magical themes and a boy named Dickon). John can be seen at 6:32, 1:07, 0:55 / 1:51, 2:35, 6:32, 5:20 / 6:49 and 3:14.

      • As an alien criminal called 'the Spidron'(!) in The Tomorrow People (2:52).

      • As another villainous alien, the sinister 'Thin Man' in Look and Read story The Boy From Space. Continued here, with further scenes at 1:45 / 5:49, 3:44, 1:58 / 3:50 / 5:49, 1:55 / 3:49 / 5:10, 1:14 / 2:22 / 5:26, and through much of the final part up to 6:22. What does he look like in that "spacesuit"?!

      • And as King Henry VII in The Six Wives Of Henry VIII, at 0:30 / 9:54 and 0:00 / 6:46.

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        Canadanne
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        A few more clips, including some '60s stuff...

        • John Woodnutt as a priest in 1989 musical film Mack The Knife, aka The Threepenny Opera (he appears at 1:46).

        • As Lady Macbeth's doctor in a 1983 production of Macbeth. I remember acting out this scene at school, possibly in the same role!

        • As a doctor again in 1969 sci-fi series Out Of The Unknown, at 8:26 and 3:11.

        • And a 1966 guest role in The Avengers, shooting a guy in the stomach! His scenes are at 3:35 / 6:44, 6:57 / 11:14 and 8:56.

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          Canadanne
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          John Woodnutt as a drunken ex-surgeon in The Sweeney - 5:02 / 7:55, 3:21, 2:09 / 4:26. If you'd rather watch it on TV, it's on ITV4 next Saturday at 8pm.

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            Canadanne
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            There are some short clips of John Woodnutt in Doctor Who story 'Terror of the Zygons' on the BBC website:

            http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01crrpx

            http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01crr35

            He's also in a couple of screencaps here:

            http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p01d6jsx

            (Unsure whether or not this is worthy of a small website article? It's not exactly news, but possibly of interest to people who watched the recent anniversary episode. I haven't seen Terror of the Zygons, though.)

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              Unsure whether or not this is worthy of a small website article?

              Your IKM Lexicon entry on Doctor Who could be adapted into a Knightmare.com article if you felt so inclined. The overlap of Knightmarians and Whovians must be quite large, and if more of the latter were aware of our Doctor Who subforum then we might get more activity here.

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                Canadanne
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                Your IKM Lexicon entry on Doctor Who could be adapted into a Knightmare.com article if you felt so inclined. The overlap of Knightmarians and Whovians must be quite large, and if more of the latter were aware of our Doctor Who subforum then we might get more activity here.

                Oh, that's a good idea! Will give it some thought.

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                  Canadanne
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                  Working on a KM & Doctor Who article now. What section of the site would it go under, though?

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                    Depends on the nature of it, really.

                    It's usually best to put it under uncategorised and let us pick.

                    https://www.twicetwice.co.uk/

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                      Canadanne
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                      Having second thoughts about the Doctor Who article, but here are some more John Woodnutt bits & pieces I found on the BBC website:

                      Spearhead From Space video clip:

                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0198ndg

                      Spearhead From Space image galleries:

                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p0160tb6

                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p0160vs6

                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p0161wq5

                      Frontier In Space video clip:

                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01btbyr

                      Frontier In Space image gallery:

                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p01bb7n0

                      More Terror Of The Zygons image galleries:

                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p01d6fh0

                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p01d6g9j

                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p01d6hrz

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                        Canadanne
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                        John Woodnutt can now be seen in an episode of The Saint called 'Luella', from 1964. He plays a crooked hotel porter at 3:46, 25:01, 25:46 and 33:08. I think that's the earliest of his roles that I've ever seen - he would have been 39 at the time.

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