Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2012 August 3

= August 3 =

Doctor Who uk tv series
After the death of the first Doctor Who (William Hartnell) a actor by the name of (Jack Parnell) who looked very much like William Hartnell carried on playing the part of Doctor Who.He made only a few episodes for the BBC TV series yet i have never been able to find any mention of him acting as Doctor Who.Also i have not been able to find any TV episodes which he was in.I remember from a youg boy him playing the Doctor as do many of my friends .(So why has he been left out of all there is to know about the Doctor). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.25.7.237 (talk) 19:11, 3 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I think you've got the wrong Dr Who or are misremembering. William Hartnell died in 1975, 9 years after he finished playing Dr Who. We are at a disadvantage here because all of the 1960s episodes were wiped a long time ago as they weren't considered worth keeping! The other reason I think you're misremembering is because Jack Parnell wasn't the name of an actor, but of a bandleader. I'm not a fan of Dr Who, but it's been part of my life since I was a little girl! I think maybe you need to bounce this off one of the Dr Who forums. --TammyMoet (talk) 19:27, 3 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Perhaps you're thinking of The Five Doctors (1983), where the first Doctor was played (or impersonated) by Richard Hurndall, though 'Hartnell does make an appearance, ... in a pre-titles clip taken from the end of The Dalek Invasion of Earth.' AndrewWTaylor (talk) 19:44, 3 August 2012 (UTC)


 * The Doctor who followed Hartnell in the TV series was of course Patrick Troughton. As a fan the other Doctor I recall from the time was Peter Cushing in the film versions. Britmax (talk) 21:36, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

A show
I am trying to remember a Japanese animated series showing a main female magician who has magical cards or something like that. The female protagonist is a school girl I think. And having similar name like shakura or sakura. Anybody help me? GiantBluePanda (talk) 20:52, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I think you're thinking of Cardcaptor Sakura. Our article says it was an anime as well as a manga.  -  Ka renjc 21:17, 3 August 2012 (UTC)