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Whos There: the Life and Career of William Hartnell Free FREE WHOS THERE: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF WILLIAM HARTNELL PDF Jessica Carney | 270 pages | 01 Sep 2013 | Fantom Films Limited | 9781781960998 | English | Coventry, United Kingdom Who's There?: The Life and Career of William Hartnell by Jessica Carney We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Doctor Who has been on our screens sincewhen the science-fiction series everyone has come to know and love took viewer's breath away with its magic and adventure. Over the years we've seen 13 Doctors come and go, but the very first to take on the role was actor William Hartnell, who played The Doctor for three years, and his exit was very different to that of his successors. Hartnell had enjoyed a long and successful career in film and television before he took on the role as The Doctor, and he was the oldest actor to take on such responsibility. Many previous stars gave the usual spiel about taking on "new challenges" and leaving the show at "the right time" but William's departure wasn't out of choice. The actor, who first made his appearance in the episode entitled An Unearthly Child as an eccentric grandfather, suffered from a medical condition that restricted blood flow, which affected his ability to remember and deliver lines. While nowadays it wouldn't be much of a hinderance to production, back then it was very different. With producers working to tight timings and budgets and rarely able to film multiple takes, there are instances where Hartnell stumbles over his words, some of which can be seen in the classic episodes which are still available to watch today. It has been said that producers attempted his return in multi-Doc episode The Three Doctors, but the actor's deteriorating health restricted him to a background role. The beauty of regeneration allowed him to Whos There: The Life and Career of William Hartnell out easily as the concept made it possible for a new actor to swoop in without prompting questions of continuity. Patrick Troughton took the role on after Hartnell exited and he too played the eccentric Time Lord for three years. Skip forward years, and viewers saw Christopher Eccleston make his debut in the first series of the BBC show's revival. From then on, the franchise has become somewhat of a national treasure, with some of the biggest names in TV taking on the role, including David Tennant, Peter Capaldi, Colin Baker and currently Jodie Whittaker. While many jump at the chance Whos There: The Life and Career of William Hartnell portray the famous character, one actor revealed he ended up backing out of the opportunity back in to 60s. Brian Blessed admitted he was in the pipeline Whos There: The Life and Career of William Hartnell the part of the Second Doctor after Hartnell's tenure came to an end, but did not agree with bosses on where he wanted to take the character. It came to light that he had some ideas that bosses didn't want to explore on the show, not keen on the direction he wanted to take the Time Lord. The star has addressed the claims before, during a performance of Whos There: The Life and Career of William Hartnell live show An Evening With where he noted the name 'Who' isn't English. Brian did eventually have a part in the programme, playing warlord Yrcanos in the episode The Trial of The Time Lord. This, along with the ever- changing cycle of production, ultimately impacted his departure. Doctor Who BBC. Lives William Hartnell, First Edition - AbeBooks Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Who's There? Who's There? My grandfather was a Time Lord He arrived at the fete, wearing his Doctor Who costume, in an open-topped vintage car. William Hartnell took the leading role of Doctor Who towards the end of a long acting career that was as successful as it was varied. He played musical light comedy; he played a succession of mean, crooked and bullying sergeant-majors; he played a time-travelling eccentric. He appeared in more than 75 feature films, in countless stage performances and in several television programmes in addition to Doctor Who. Jessica Carney's closely-researched biography of her grandfather includes stories from many of the hundreds of stars and screen with whom he worked, among them Richard Attenborough, Verity Lambert, Bob Whos There: The Life and Career of William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, David Langton and Lindsay Anderson. Get A Copy. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 4. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Who's There? Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. Sort order. Start your review of Who's There? Carry On Sergeant, in retrospect, was the peak of his cinematic career, with the really big breakthrough on the big screen never quite Whos There: The Life and Career of William Hartnell his usual form was to be super-effective, and yet not quite Whos There: The Life and Career of William Hartnell, supporting the bigger names. The pages of narrative reach Doctor Who only on Whos There: The Life and Career of William Hartnellwhich actually shows a rather admirable sense of proportion; Hartnell's life was much more than Who. His father is unknown, and his unmarried mother was pretty much absent. His birth family were not completely estranged - he remained in touch with his second cousin Norman Hartnell throughout their lives. As a boy he eked out a life of expulsions from numerous schools and petty crime. In his teenage years the good-looking rough lad was adopted by the art connoisseur Hugh Blaker, who sent him to acting school and got him onto an upward track generally. He remained very insecure, pursuing younger women, fussing about food and cooking, drinking when he wasn't working which was more often than he liked. His wife Heather, who had grown up next door to John Masefield in Oxford, was a serious creator in her own right, both as actress and playwright; one of her plays was filmed. Hartnell, who was never religious as far as we can tell, lapped up his new connection with his young audience, and perhaps soldiered on longer than he should have because he was loving it too much. I would have liked Carney to dig a little more into, say, how and why Hartnell's career differed from those of his contemporaries - he was born in the same year as John Mills, Rex Harrison, Michael Redgrave and Robert Morley all of whom started acting professionally after he did, but came from more privileged social backgrounds. But I think this book is quite a good explanation of how and why he ended up in the role for which he is best known, and how and Whos There: The Life and Career of William Hartnell he played it the way that he did, setting up the programme for a longevity he could not have imagined. Oct 26, James Perkins rated it really liked it. William Hartnell played the very first Doctor Whos There: The Life and Career of William Hartnell for three years in the mid s. His biography reveals a man who was very different in reality from the character that he portrayed and went on to inspire a television series now over 50 years old. Born illegitimate inhe was rejected by his mother, became a street kid and petty thief, trained as a boxer and a jockey, and eventually ended up in the theatre. He appeared in dozens of plays and movies, and worked with many illustrious actors, William Hartnell played the very first Doctor Who for three years in the mid s. He appeared in dozens of plays and movies, and worked with many illustrious actors, including Richard Attenborough, James Cagney and Peter Sellers, and was quite a well-established and reasonably famous actor himself when cast as the Doctor. Written by his real-life granddaughter Jessica Carney, this short book lacks objectivity, and she meanders between calling him "my grandfather" and "Bill" as he was usually known to his colleagues and friends. As such, it only briefly touches on his drinking, gambling, philandering and bad temper, as if that kind of detail was too sordid for a family record. Nevertheless, Hartnell comes across as a warm, talented and generous man with flaws, and in this way, it is a well-written, concise account of his life. I enjoyed reading about the man who breathed life into the first version of the on-screen character Whos There: The Life and Career of William Hartnell have been following since my Whos There: The Life and Career of William Hartnell. Combines honesty with affection Like the biography of Patrick Troughton which I reviewed before, this benefits enormously from being written by a relation - in this case Whos There: The Life and Career of William Hartnell granddaughter. It combines honesty with affection and puts the Dr Who years in their proper perspective, following on from an impressive career in theatre, film and TV. Those who saw the excellent docudrama "An Adventure in Space and Time" will find echoes here, but with more emphasis on the man himself.
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