This is a small
selection of science fiction and horror related events that have
happened on this day over the years.
Born on this day in
1885 – Lionel Atwill, actor who made appearances in House of
Frankenstein, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, Night Monster, The
Ghost of Frankenstein, Man Made Monster, The Son of Frankenstein, and
Doctor X.
The photograph below
shows him in Son of Frankenstein.
Born on this day in
1918 – Roger Delgado, actor probably best known as The Master in
Doctor Who. He also made appearances in another pair of science
fiction classics: First Man into Space, and Quatermass II.
Delgado made his
first appearance as The Master in 1971 and appeared in the following
series:
The Terror of the
Autons
The Mind of Evil
The Claws of Axos
Colony in Spaceship
The Daemons
The Sea Devils
The Time Monster
Frontier in Space.
Roger Delgado died
on location in Turkey when his chauffeur driven car left the road and
crashed into a ravine.
Born on this day in
1926 – Cesare Danova, actor who has appeared in Tenticles, The
Astral Factor, and Gemini Man.
In Doctor Who on
this day in 1987 Sylvester McCoy and Bonnie Langford attend a press
photocall to confirm the news that McCoy has been cast as the Doctor,
they later appear on Blue Peter.
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