Pertwee! The frilly clothes, the ludicrous hair, the mighty beak, the dodgy back, the influential friends in high places with whom he is on first-name terms. Ah yes, that old chestnut…
A strangely incongruous reality of the Third Doctor is that disarming ease of manner with stuffed shirts. This was as much as part of actor Jon Pertwee’s own famously ‘clubbable’ personality as was his habit of rubbing the back of his neck or tip of his nose just long enough to ensure the studio camera didn’t forget who wore the velvet trousers. Damascus by Jonathan Barnes, part of the Short Trips range of short-format audio plays, makes great play of this sometimes controversial aspect of the character, casting the British Prime
from Horror and Sci Fi Magazines http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/audio-reviews/16145-doctor-who--short-trips-damascus
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