Jon and the Whomobile (1974)

You should know I like a picture or two of Jon Pertwee by now; He's so iconically the 70s

 

Here he is showing off his new custom built futuristic car which would go on to feature in a couple Doctor Who stories

I "met" this car some years later at the Stoneleigh Town and Country Show and have to say it was just as wonderful in reality.  Looking back I can't help feeling the vehicle should have generated a diecast toy or plastic model kit at the very least.  I would have been so up for one of those.  Still would if anyone wanted to play catch-up

 

These are some of the nicest pictures I've ever seen of Whomobile and they are certainly clearer than any images captured from the TV episodes.

And there you have it, not the first flying car I fell in love with as a kid but certainly the best looking
....and no, the other one wasn't Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.


Steve

Who and the Wizzard (1973)

Roy Wood, the Wizzard of 70's glam rock meets the Time Lord.  So 70's it hurts!


Steve

Doctor Who and the Tomorrow People (1973)

Benign Time Lord endorses the rights of Homo Superior to have their own long running science-fiction TV show.

Steve

Tom Baker and the Daleks at BBC TV Centre (1974)

Its interesting how they've been using these images for decades now but its only through putting a few of them together for this blog post that I've thought of them as a set of stills from the same photo-shoot.  That's quite an icon and successful photo-shoot for which I would like to credit the photographer, if anyone knows.

I reckon this must be Tom's Abbey Road

 

Which oddly the following isn't!

 

And that's why you haven't seen these images of Jon Pertwee, 3rd Doctor, used quite so much - Come on Man! Get up and stand up to them!

 

 

Steve

TV Times - 22 June 1974 - Whodunnit?

Only a couple of weeks after his demise and transformation on the floor of the UNIT laboratory,  3rd Doctor; Jon Pertwee was up and about, and not in the least bit Tom Baker'ish, as he hosted this murder mystery quiz show on ITV.

 

I've a vague recollection of watching an episode or two of this and finding it all a little odd and something of a bonkers concept!  It's still strikes me as a fairly unusual idea now which makes it all the more surprising that someone hasn't resurrected it as a bit of daytime filler at the very least.

 

 

 

Steve