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Cool it, Carol (1970) // dir. Pete Walker

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Robin Askwith and George Layton’s show ‘Still Behaving Like Cults’ at the Phoenix Arts Club, 15 April 2024

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Robin Askwith, 01/03/25 matinee special guest

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Retro Trailer: Computer Killers (1973)

AKA: Horror Hospital

Disclaimer: I am not associated with the uploader nor the creators of this trailer.

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Britannia Hospital (1982) Lindsay Anderson

July 2nd 2023

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HORROR HOSPITAL Michael Gough! Robin Askwith! - free online

‘The operation is a success … when the patient dies’ Horror Hospital is a 1973 British satirical horror film directed by Antony Balch. After the success of his episodic art/exploitation feature debut Secrets of Sex (aka Bizarre, 1969), Balch envisioned his second film as an out-and-out horror movie and one with a continuous narrative. The movie stars Robin Askwith (Tower of Evil; Queen Kong),…

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Robin Askwith, 01/03/25 matinee special guest

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"Who's that girl" DWM 268 (1998)

So, who would have played the Doctor if she'd been a woman from the first? DWM rounds up the likely ladies …

Hermione Baddeley 1963-66 Renowned for unsympathetic roles in both Brighton Rock and the dour 'kitchen sink'-styled Room at the Top, film veteran Baddeley made an enthralling Doctor - part dragon, part slightly dotty maiden aunt. Eternal juvenile Melvyn Hayes was 'unearthly' grandson Stephen Vivian Pickles 1966-69 Although much younger, and never a lead, the versatile Pickles had been a familiar TV face for 20 years (Harpers West One, etc) before being cast as Baddeley's successor. Her sprightly, elfin Doctor had a penchant for dressing-up, like a St Trinian's tomboy who never left school

Liz Fraser 1970-74 A comic actress familiar from several Carry Ons, Fraser's initial trepidation at taking on an ostensibly serious role soon dissipated. Her bossy, big-sisterly show-off of a Doctor was best paired with dippy companion Joe Grant (later Playgirl pin-up Robin Askwith) Frances de la Tour 1974-81 Gangling, piercing-eyed Shakespearean actress de la Tour played a tweedy, louche, Bohemian Doctor part-based on Virginia Woolf. Caused a minor sensation when she married the young actor who played the second incarnation of Time Lord companion Roman — Peter Davison

Jan Francis 1982-84 Despite rumours that the next Doctor might be played by a man (former New Avenger Gareth Hunt is hotly tipped), the youngest actress yet is cast. Fresh from middlebrow thirties drama The Good Companions, Francis made for a sporty Doctor in Lottie Dod-style tennis whites Lynda Bellingham 1984-86 Known to SF fans for her role as Barbara the Butcher in an episode of Jenna's 7, Bellingham's controversial Doctor was a loud, hectoring grand-dame of the theatre. Unceremoniously 'regenerated' following the Doctor's on- (and off-) screen inquisition in the epic Trial of a Time Lady

Pauline Melville 1987-89 Virtually unknown fringe cabaret and cult comedy artiste is surprise choice for 'back to basics' Seventh Doctor. Fan fears that series will become showcase for childish high-jinks up-ended when Melville stories adopt a sombre, down-beat mood, performed with conviction and gravitas Miranda Richardson 1996 The eldest in a successful line of acting siblings, a favourite of BBC producers since high-profile lead debut in revisionist biographical drama of notorious 20th century 'villain', makes a bid for American network stardom via lavish new big-haired version of Doctor Who. Star Trek actor Alexander Siddig plays love interest Dr Brian

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TOWER OF EVIL Review of lurid '70s proto-slasher

‘A night of pleasure becomes a night of terror‘ Tower of Evil is a 1972 British horror film written and directed by Jim O’Connolly, screenwriter of The Night Caller. In the US it was initially released as Horror of Snape Island. The movie stars Bryant Haliday (Devil Doll), Jill Haworth (It!; The Mutations), Dennis Price (Horror Hospital) and Robin Askwith (Queen Kong; Horror Hospital). In 2019,…