Reg Cranfield

Last Updated 18 March 2013 by Harry Ward

Acting Credits	expand all 10 roles
Policeman: An Unearthly Child	1 credit in 1 entry
Townsfolk: as Settler: The Gunfighters	2 credits in 1 entry
Atlantean Priest: The Underwater Menace	2 credits in 1 entry
UNIT Soldier: The Invasion; Doctor Who And The Silurians	2 credits in 2 entries
Time Lord: The Deadly Assassin	2 credits in 1 entry
Passer By: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve	1 credit in 1 entry
Atlantean: as Man in Market: The Underwater Menace	1 credit in 1 entry
Bunker Man: The Invasion	1 credit in 1 entry
Solonian: The Mutants	1 credit in 1 entry
Villager: The Green Death	1 credit in 1 entry

Reg Cranfield

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Reg Cranfield

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Reg Cranfield played the policeman seen checking the junkyard during the opening moments of An Unearthly Child, making him the very first actor to appear on Doctor Who.

Other roles include parts in Z Cars (TV series) ,Melissa (TV series) , Play for Today (TV series) , Villains (TV series), Doomwatch (TV series), Curry & Chips (TV series), The Golden Age (TV series), Softly, Softly: Task Force (TV series), Adam Adamant Lives! (TV series), The Informer (TV series), The Wednesday Play (TV series).

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The Sarah Jane Adventures

On This Day: 23rd May

The Aztecs: The Temple of Evil was broadcast in 1964 at 5:16pm, watched by 7.40 million viewers.

Inferno: Episode 3 was broadcast in 1970 at 5:15pm, watched by 4.80 million viewers.

Doctor Who (Miscellaneous): Shada (Online): Part Four was broadcast in 2003 at 12:00pm

K-9: The Custodians was broadcast in 2010 at 4:00pm

Games: The Eternity Clock was released in 2012 at 12:00pm

Birthdays

Sarah Bartles-Smith is 42 today - 2 credits, including Director of Photography for The Power Of Three

Don Warrington is 62 today - credited as The President in Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel

Andrew Burt is 68 today - credited as Valgard in Terminus

Alec Ross (died 1971 aged 49) would be 91 today - credited as Bob Hall in The Evil of the Daleks

Marius Goring (died 1998 aged 86) would be 101 today - credited as Theodore Maxtible in The Evil of the Daleks

Doctor Who News

Clent

The Ice Warriors: original trailer to be included on DVD
The DVD release of The Ice Warriors is include the the original in-character trailer, with brand new animation. Producer Chris Chapman explained on Twitter:
23 May

The Daemons' White Witch To Return On DVD
A drama production featuring Damaris Hayman reprising her role as white witch Olive Hawthorne from Third Doctor story The Daemons is to be released on DVD later this year.
23 May

UKTV

The Caves of Androzani on UKTV
Sunday 26th May sees the broadcast of the last Peter Davison story, The Caves of Androzani on Australian and New Zealand television. The story is presented as part of the 50th Anniversary season of Doctor Who on the UKTV channel.
23 May

Time and Relative Dimensions in Faith (Credit: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd)

Time and Relative Dimensions in Faith
Last year we reported on a book to be compiled focusing on the portrayals of religion in Doctor Who. The book has now been completed and due to be published by Darton, Longman and Todd.
22 May