Katy Manning, who played companion Jo Grant, and producer Barry Letts had also left, adding to Pertwee's feeling that the band breaking up. The high turnaround coupled with the departure of friends seemingly created an environment where Pertwee felt ready to leave Doctor Who.
Other sources have cited reasons for Pertwee's departure that are harder to substantiate. It's possible that he asked for a raise and was denied, leading to his exit -- while there's no hard evidence to support this theory, there are anecdotes suggesting later Doctor actors teased Pertwee about how little he was paid.
Other factors may have included Pertwee's back pain, which was the result of a war injury and led to a spinal operation in Whether this had any impact on his decision to leave Doctor Who , however, is unknown. Jon Pertwee brought a sense of class and adventure to the Doctor and stayed on longer than either of the earlier actors who brought the character to life. His time also brought to life a number of standard Doctor Who characters , including the infamous Master.
Whether he left solely because he felt it time to go or was influenced by health and money, Pertwee left a legacy of the Doctor as an action hero, unafraid to "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow. Sign In. Up this week. View rank on IMDbPro ». He was also the first to play the role following the transition of BBC One from black and white to colour.
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Show all 13 episodes. Worzel Gummidge. While he stayed at the Isle of Wight, a few local fans were given the chance to meet him. The footage of their meeting was recorded on a video cassette and exists online under the name, "Jon Pertwee's last visit to the Isle of Wight 2 May ".
It was made available by an individual using the pseudonym 20mbPodcast. His last association with the series was posthumous. With the approval of his widow, Ingeborg, his voice was used as part of the plot of the Big Finish Productions 40th-Anniversary Doctor Who audio drama, Zagreus. Pertwee's voice was culled from the fan-produced Doctor Who film Devious [5] , portions of which were recorded prior to his death; he filmed his scenes for the production in April He was a lifelong fan of cartoons and a self-proclaimed expert in animation.
His godson, Adam James , appeared in Planet of the Dead. The costumes allowed the actors playing them to express themselves more fully than a Dalek or Cyberman.
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