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Jane Baker

Born December 30, 1924

Died September 8, 2014 · aged 89

No biography available.

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Night of the Big HeatNight of the Big Heat · 1967
Night of the Big Heat
5.31967
MovieScience FictionHorror
While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. Only a stand-offish visting scientist realizes space aliens are to blame.
Captain Nemo and the Underwater CityCaptain Nemo and the Underwater City · 1969
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
5.61969
MovieAdventureFamily
Survivors of a sinking ship are rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine crew. They are taken to an underwater city where they may spend the rest of their lives.
Doctor Who: Terror of the VervoidsDoctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids · 1986
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
4.71986
MovieDramaScience Fiction
As evidence for the defense at his ongoing trial, the Doctor presents an adventure from his future when he is travelling with a computer programmer named Mel. Answering a mysterious distress call from the space liner Hyperion III, they find that the passengers aboard include unscrupulous scientists, secret agents, saboteurs, thieves and a murderer. And lurking in the shadows are the Vervoids, the product of sinister botanical experiments, who will stop at nothing to destroy all non-plant life.
The Third AlibiThe Third Alibi · 1961
The Third Alibi
6.61961
MovieThrillerDrama
A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.
The BreakThe Break · 1963
The Break
6.91963
MovieCrime
A group of inmates escape from Dartmoor prison. They hide out in the English country side but are doggedly chased by police.
The Painted SmileThe Painted Smile · 1962
The Painted Smile
5.81962
MovieThriller
Jo and Mark are working the "outraged husband" racket when they fall foul of the sinister Kleinie....
Doctor Who: Time and the RaniDoctor Who: Time and the Rani · 1987
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
5.51987
MovieScience FictionDrama
The Rani has returned with another malicious scientific scheme. Taking advantage of the post-regenerative trauma the recently regenerated and unstable Doctor is going through, she hopes to achieve control of an approaching asteroid composed entirely of strange matter. Can the Doctor figure out he is being used for the Rani's evil experiment, and what is behind the door the Rani won't allow him past?
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and BeyondThe Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond · 1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
7.01995
MovieDocumentary
More than 30 years have now passed since a certain time traveling police box first materialized on our television screens, and the exploits of its various crews have enthralled audiences ever since. Here is the story of Britain's Number 1 Science Fiction programme told in order of the various actors who have played the Doctor.

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The ExpertThe Expert · 1968
The Expert
9.01968
SeriesDrama
The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases. The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.

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