Loved him as the Doctor
The 1st image / recolection as a young boy was Pertwee changing to Tom Baker
My mother said at the time that I commented "oh no that nice old gentleman has changed to a curly haired hook nosed man" which aparently made her laugh

Crowning moment for me was getting my program signed when I went to see Dr Who on stage at the wimbledon theatre

He is very much missed

Loved the Third Doctor for being a pure English gentleman, despite being from Gallifrey. Far from my favourite incarnation of the Doctor purely because I don't enjoy the earthbound stories as much, but I have many fond memories of Worzel Gummidge!

I apologise for not allowing the off-topicness to die....


Apart from that glitch though, its been really wonderful reading people's views on Jon Pertwee!....

my pap bless his soul looked a bit like john pertwee and once even signed autographs for poor souls that mistaken him for the great man.

Though the Third Doctor isn't one of my favourite Doctor's, I did like the way Jon Pertwee portrayed the part. Like some others on here, I knew him as Worzel Gummidge first and having recently seen it on TV recently, it's very hard to see him as Worzel now I have come to know him as The Doctor.

As I said, he isn't one of my faves but what I do like about watching him is those endearing little qualities he had like rubbing his neck or chin when he was in deep thought!

It was a shame he didn't live to see either the TV movie that was close to his death or the new series. Wonder what he would have made of it all?!!!

I remember it clearly in 1996 when it came on the TV that he had died, it was kind of a shock. Being 11 years old I don't know if I was fully aware which Doctors were alive and which weren't. It's not exactly the funnest Dr Who trivia to research.

My fave Jon Pertwee stories are Spearhead From Space (for me easily the best debut story of any Doctor), Inferno (it fully deserves it's 7 episode length, in fact with the imagination that came with it, it could have gone on for even longer), The Sea Devils (one of the first Dr Who stories I bought on video), Curse of Peladon (I always did love a good old murder mystery), Claws of Axos (loved the feeling of unease the humans had whether to trust such a powerful and unusual alien) and Frontier in Space (it feels like 3 stories wrapped into one).

But my favourite of all is The Daemons, maybe because I like the Satanic elements in the story, with giant Azal and his goat legs and Bok the stone gargoyle.
I think I actually heard it was Jon Pertwee's favourite aswell. I'm not surprised, what with the cute village setting, the dynamic characters, especially seeing UNIT out of their uniforms for alot of the time, and the constant discussion of science vs magic.

What I love about his Doctor is that he was actually the most active one if you think about it, despite being one of the oldest actors to take on the role. Even the younger Doctors probably didn't get into as many fights as the 3rd Doctor did. He took Dr Who into the land of colour TV and the cool, stylish 70's.

Pertwee was one of the fittest doctors so he was quite energetic. And what a wonderful voice you dare not listen to him. I do love his jackets, and that wonderful car.

A wonderful Doctor - and he too had a hand in sorting out his costume,

Now that is a fantastic story. Just goes to show, you can't buy class, you have to be born with it.

A lovely story thanks for sharing it & I'm rather envious that you met him he was my earliest doctor & one of favourites next to Tom Baker.

The fights were always good Venusian akido I think it was I vividly remember his fight with Omega.

It is a fantastic and beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it.