REMEMBERING : ROY CASTLE TODAY

REMEMBERING ROY CASTLE TODAY : To give full credit and accurate listing of Roy castle's career, would take a FB page in it's own right! But in addition to his many talents.. and before being a very familiar face on children's television from 1972 -1993 on BBC TV's 'Record Breakers'.. #RoyCastle appeared with #PeterCushing in three films, '#AmicusFilms 'Dr Terror's House of Horrors' in 1966, '#DrWho and the Daleks' in 1965 and Tyburn Films 'Legend of the Werewolf' in 1975. In all three he supplied, a little drama with a good spoonful of comic relief. Although, Castle makes no mention of any of his film appearances, '#CarryOn Up The Khyber', 'The Plank' in his autobiography, it is for these films and his tv appearances you would think he would mostly be remembered...

CASTLE WAS DIAGNOSED with lung cancer in March 1992, and was told that his chances of recovery were slim and that it was unlikely that he would live for more than six months. A non-smoker, he blamed his illness on passive smoking during his years of playing the trumpet in smoky jazz clubs. Castle carried out the high-profile Tour of Hope to raise funds for the erection of the building that would become the #RoyCastleLungCancerFoundation, which is the only British charity dedicated solely to defeating lung cancer. By this stage, however, his condition was deteriorating and recovery was looking highly unlikely.

HIS WIDOW FIONA worked with the charity after her husband's death, and campaigned for the #British smoking ban which came into effect in #NorthernIreland in 2004, Scotland in 2006 and England and #Wales in 2007, banning smoking in virtually all enclosed public places.

 THE PCASUK SERIES of MAKING OF 'LEGEND OF THE WEREWOLF' PART ONE RIGHT HERE!

Behind The Scenes Gallery of #DrWhoandtheDaleks : RIGHT HERE! 

FOR ME, of his screen performances, I'll take the 'Photographer' in Legend of the Werewolf. Castle had played stooge for many years early in his career on stage with British vaudeville stars Jimmy Clitheroe and Jimmy James... and was very good at it. These skills he once again brought to the Cushing / Werewolf scene.... classic! Missed and very much remembered... Roy Castle, who died today in 1994 aged 62. 

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CHARACTER OPTIONS: IT'S PETER CUSHING'S DR WHO AND THE DALEKS FIGURES IN EVERYTHING . . BUT THE BOX!

NEWS: Well, it doesn't mention the Peter Cushing Dr Who movies of 1965 /66 on the box ...or indeed Peter Cushing, but apparently, this doesn't matter.. strange for a dedicated huge fan following, that usually only deals in canons and specifics? Anyway, here goes:

 

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE COMPANY, Character Options : Character Options have announced an exclusive new #Dalek set, featuring the Daleks from the 1965 First Doctor adventure, The Chase.

 

Al Dewar, #CharacterOptions’ Head of Product Development, explains why these Daleks are a special collectible for Doctor Who fans: “Firstly it’s the final adventure for the last of the original #TARDIS companions, Ian and Barbara, but it also features the first and last appearance of a race of robotic creatures the #Mechanoids. Dalek aficionados will also know that it marks the appearance of some rather 'special guest' Dalek props that were seen in Episodes 3 and 5. At the time of filming the BBC were short of Dalek props having only three left. New Daleks were commissioned, but to fill the gap, they hired three Dalek props from the ‘#DoctorWho and The Daleks’ movie.” Er, that would be, 'DR WHO and the Daleks', then . . 😏

 

ABOVE: CALLUM MCKELVIE goes rummaging on Planet AARU in this PCASUK feature, complete with whole gallery of stills and images, for DALEK film #1 goodies! CLICK HERE! 

 

ABOVE: CALLUM MCKELVIE'S SECOND Peter Cushing Dr Who feature : CLICK HERE!

 

ABOVE: MORE ON PETER CUSHING and DR WHO, with CALLUM MCKELVIE's THIRD PCASUK feature with rare stills and gallery : HERE!

 

 

ABOVE: HUGE GALLERY of behind the scenes RARE PHOTOGRAPHS from BOTH Peter Cushing Dr Who films in this exclusive PCASUK Gallery! CLICK HERE!  

SO, THE 'JUNGLES OF MECHHANUS'  set  . . . . are two unaltered props glimpsed several times as part of the Dalek patrols pursuing the TARDIS crew through the Jungle, in the episode.  They are distinctively different, with light covers and skirt bases along with unique metallic colours, this set brings the fans and collectors a one-off unique TV Dalek #ActionFigure never produced before.

 

AH, RIGHT! Amazing! . . . great to see, Cushing's 'Dr Who' and the films, finally receive some connection and credit... no wait....😵😧😒😏

 

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