News about Elisabeth Sladen

As the BBC celebrated the 60th anniversary of the science-fiction television series by airing a specially colored version of the Doctor's first encounter with the Daleks last week, I had to do some time-travelling of my own last week. For those who were young and handsome enough to share the planet Skaro with the Daleks, there was my actor father, playing Ganatus, a handsome Thal. I sat watching, spellbound, and somewhat dumbfounded, but it was more on my couch than it's. Mind you, it might have been different if it had been the Cybermen, as they are still frightening. The fact that Dad once fought the Daleks has been part of Bond family history, but no one of us had actually seen it since it was broadcast. And now he was, his blond hair dyed even more blonde, though the coloring process seemed to have turned him strawberry blonde.

The Tardis is similar to James Bond's Aston Martin. With a female, feisty, and faintly in love with the driver, it's the best. That's always true of Doctor Who, from Elisabeth Sladen's companions in the classic period to Billie Piper's Rose and Jenna Coleman as Clara this century. Millie Gibson, who was 18 years old at Children In Need, was revealed last Friday that she would be the sidekick to new Time Lord Ncuti Gatwa, a good portent for the upcoming series.

Duggie Brown (left) of Coronation Street has died at the age of 82. Coward Tommy Cannon, 84, who described him as a "funny, funny guy," announced the comedian's death.' Ted Spear, who appeared on Coronation Street in three separate unrelated roles (right in 2004), made his most recent appearance on the soap earlier this year as Ted Spear, who was killed in a hit-and-run.