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Richard Gibbon Hurndall (3 November 1910 – 13 April 1984) was an English actor. He is best remembered for replacing William Hartnell in the role of the First Doctor for Doctor Who's 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors.
Richard Hurndall. Actor: Oil Strike North. A gaunt, intense character actor of striking presence, Richard Gibbon Hurndall was educated at Scarborough College and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
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Dec 2, 2023 · The five doctors who appeared in The Five Doctors, the 20th anniversary show in 1983 with Richard Hurndall on the left with Peter Davidson (seated on robot dog K-9), a waxwork model of Tom...
Richard Hurndall (born in Darlington on 3 November 1910, died 13 April 1984) portrayed the First Doctor in the television story The Five Doctors, replacing the late William Hartnell. Hurndall was...
Sep 15, 2022 · Support my channel here for similar perks! https://ko-fi.com/merganman4 At the request of Mark Burgess, I've created a title sequence for Richard Hurndall's interpretation of the 1st Doctor,...
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Richard Hurndall portrayed the First Doctor, as the character's original actor, William Hartnell, had died since his last appearance on the show ten years previously.
William Hartnell died in 1975, so for the 20th anniversary special "The Five Doctors" in 1983, the role of the First Doctor was played by Richard Hurndall. At the beginning of the programme a film insert of Hartnell's Doctor taken from The Dalek Invasion of Earth was used.
