New Who, 1970

One of the numerous photos announcing the advent of third Doctor, Jon Pertwee, and one that, in hindsight, drips with a certain irony. There’s a Silurian and one of the alien ambassador costumes from his first series, sure enough, but there’s also, notably, a Cyberman—and not even the most recent Cyberman design at that, for some reason, that’s one of the “Wheel in Space” models—and a Yeti. Ironic because, although Pertwee apparently claimed the Cybermen were his favourite Doctor Who monster, they wouldn’t appear in another story until the next Doctor took over and their sole appearance in a Pertwee story was a cameo in “Carnival of Monsters” where neither they nor the Doctor crossed paths… and the Yeti would never appear again other than another cameo in “The Five Doctors”, in which Pertwee’s Doctor conspicuously did not encounter them either…

Author: James R.

The idiot who owns and runs this site. He does not actually look like Jon Pertwee.