Classic Series Doctor Who Makeup Designer, Lisa Westcott, has won an Oscar for her work on Les Miserables.
Lisa won the Oscar, together with colleague Julie Dartnell, in the 'Makeup and Hairstyling' category for their work on Les Miserables, beating off competition from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Hitchcock.
Lisa worked on the Classic Series, 5th Doctor adventure; 'Black Orchid'.
[Source: Neil Marsh]
It is with deepest regret that DWO announces the passing of Classic Series Doctor Who Actor, Reg Pritchard.
Reg was perhaps best known to Doctor Who fans for his roles in the following Classic Series adventures:
Ben Daheer in the 1st Doctor adventure; The Crusade.
Man In Mackintosh in the 1st Doctor adventure; The Dalek's Masterplan.
Reg, who was born in Wrexham; Wales, had a long career spanning as far back as 1961, and featured in such shows as Dixon Of Dock Green, The Avengers, The Saint and Z Cars.
DWO would like to extend our sympathies to Reg's family and friends.
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On a personal note, there was a bit of story behind getting Reg's birth date. DWO deal with a number of Doctor Who related obituaries, and it is normally easy to find birth dates, but for some reason, there was no record online, or in any printed media of Reg's. We had this news item ready two days ago but kept drawing a blank when it came to finding Reg's year of birth. We contacted Equity, to no avail, and then contacted The Stage (on advice from Toby Hadoke), who informed us they would be in touch.
This afternoon we received a telephone call from a lovely lady named Audrey Leybourne - an actress, who has also had a long career. Audrey was friends with Reg, and did some detective work of her own and managed to find Reg's year of birth for us!
I guess the reason we are recounting this story is because we find it baffling and sad that a man who had such a long career, and who clearly had a lot of friends, should have so little said about him online - despite all the technology and resources we have available to us these days. And thank heavens for people like Audrey, who single-handedly trumped even the best that Google could offer!
[Sources: Neil Marsh; Audrey Leybourne; The Stage; Toby Hadoke]
It is with deepest regret that DWO announces the passing of Classic Series Doctor Who Actor, Trevor Lawrence.
Trevor was perhaps best known to Doctor Who fans for his role as Lodge in the 3rd Doctor adventure; Invasion Of The Dinosaurs.
DWO would like to extend our sympathies to Trevor's family and friends.
[Sources: Neil Marsh; Equity]
It is with deepest regret that DWO announces the passing of Classic Series Doctor Who Actor, David Webb.
David was perhaps best known to Doctor Who fans for his role as Eric Leeson in the 3rd Doctor adventure; Colony In Space.
DWO would like to extend our sympathies to David's family and friends.
[Sources: Neil Marsh; Equity]
