Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Mr. Magpie is the secondary antagonist of the Doctor Who episode "The Idiot's Lantern". Around that same time, the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler were passing through, the latter quickly realising that he must be involved because the only new thing in the houses of those attacked were his televisions. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern) In Essex in 1138, the Twelfth Doctor anachronistically played his electric guitar through a Magpie Electronics amplifier on a tank in a medieval castle. I need a miracle. Magpie promptly dumped her onto the street. They stalked Madame de Pompadour in 18th century France, believing that they could repair their ship by taking her brain. The Mara is a recurring antagonist in the Doctor Who franchise, especially of the Fifth Doctor. Magpie But behind the celebrations there are rumours of monsters on the streets, and the tormented Mr Magpie is hiding a strange and alien secret, in Doctor Who - The Idiot's Lantern. It is a great visual joke with Rose looking like an extra from Grease and The Doctor sporting a superb DA hairstyle as he exits the TARDIS on a scooter! It was a prominent city on Earth and was invaded by aliens many times. In 1953, in the days leading up to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Magpie was visited by The Wire, who had just arrived in energy form in that time period. Admitting that he knew he would get found out, Magpie told her that all he wanted was peace from her, pointing to the Wire, who shortly afterwards took Rose's face, Magpie merely watching on with guilt. With David Tennant, Billie Piper, Maureen Lipman, Ron Cook. Magpie Electricals was a radio and television shop located on Mafeking Terrace in Muswell Hill. Cast notes. The Mara was first encountered by the Doctor on the planet Deva Loka. Rot them into soup. And your It is the main antagonist of the stories "Kinda" and "Snakedance". Memorable moment In 2003, he played the part of Doughty, Admiral Pellew's and later Hornblower's steward in the Hornblower episode, Duty. televisions), and its owner, Mr. Magpie … Work in the DWU Arthur Hewlett, Actor: BBC Sunday-Night Theatre. He died on February 16, 1997 in Camden, London, England. Sutekh (also known as Sutekh the Destroyer) is a member of an alien race called the Osirans, and was encountered by the Fourth Doctor in the Doctor Who story "Pyramids of Mars". Species: He was used by the alien known as the Wire . The Wire arrived on Earth in one of this televisions, briefly taking Magpie's face; however, she put it back, with a burning pain "behind [his] eyes", forcing him to cooperate. ... Actor James Bree reappeared in Doctor Who as Nefred in Full Circle (1980) and as the Keeper of the Matrix in The Ultimate Foe (1986). "Doctor Who" The Idiot’s Lantern ( - 2006.05.27) quotes on planetclaireTV. When the Wire begins feasting on the minds of those watching the coronation, Magpie … Main actor: Stories: It turns out that someone is tampering with history. https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Magpie_(The_Idiot%27s_Lantern)?oldid=2989828. Main Actor: Maureen Lipman. Place of origin: He has the unusual distinction of having portrayed Napoleon Bonaparte in two different productions. Magpie owned Magpie Electricals, a business which sold TV sets at affordable prices to Londoners, claiming that it was his "patriotic duty" to allow as many as possible to see Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. The son of a school cook and a car worker, he went to Wyken Croft Junior School and then Caludon Castle School. Join or Sign In. Since then, the Master has been plagued by the four-beat sound of drums, believing them to be the "drums of war", and became into a would-be universal conqueror. This appeared to occur in a cycle. The Wire killed him after he refused to kill the Doctor. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), The Avengers (1961) and Top Secret (1961). Cheyann is best known for her iconic clothing […] The show earned a cult following. The victim's consciousness remained intact, as seen when the Wire showed the Doctor a sampling of its vic… Mr Magpie played by Ron Cook, as seen in "The Idiot's Lantern" (2006), owned Magpie Electricals, a shop selling electrical devices such as televisions. (TV: The Beast Below). Mr Magpie. Ron Cook played Mr Magpie in the Doctor Who story The Idiot's Lantern. His other productions have included 24 Hour Party People, Little Dorrit, The Diary of Anne Frank, the original Singing Detective mini-series, and he also played Parker in the film version of Thunderbirds alongside Sophia Myles as Lady Penelope. Listen with Mother was a BBC radio programme for children which ran between 16 January 1950 and 10 September 1982. The Wire took control of him, making him her unwilling henchman. Earth Ron Cook, Actor: Hot Fuzz. The Master's madness begun at the age of eight when he was taken before Untempered Schism, a gap in the fabric of space and time, as part of a Time Lord initiation ceremony. Ron Cook was born in 1948 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England. He is sitting in the dark writing, Magpie Electricals apparently continues to exist beyond the death of Mr Magpie; Martha Jones had a Magpie brand television in Doctor Who: The Sound of Drums (2007), and a Magpie brand microphone can be seen in Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007). Main roles: Mr Magpie was the owner of a small television shop in 1953. The magpie is known to others on the street and she often approaches humans, according to Mr Hanan. Margaret John, who plays Tommy's Grandma, also played Megan Jones in the Second Doctor serial Fury from the Deep (1968). The Clockwork Repair Droids, also known simply as the Clockwork Droids,were androids that served on the SS Madame de Pompadour in Doctor Who episode "The Girl in the Fireplace". Appearance: Human Grandma (Margaret John): I hear they rot your brains. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Set in Scotland in 1980 and 2119, the episode is a "bootstrap paradox" where the alien time traveller the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) prevents the invasion plot of an alien called the Fisher King (Neil Fingleton and Peter Serafinowicz) while also saving the life of the Doctor's companion Clara (Jenna Coleman) in the future through the use of information the Doctor received that he would later send to himself. He was portrayed by Gabriel Woolf, who later provided the voice of the Beast in the revival series. IMDb profile. The Idiot's Lantern Mr Magpie, played by Ron Cook, as seen in "The Idiot's Lantern" , owned Magpie Electricals, a shop selling electrical devices such as televisions. Arthur Hewlett was born on March 12, 1907 in Southampton, England as Arthur Reginald Hewlett. Another memorable moment. Sparking the fury of the Doctor, who forced his way in the following day with Detective Inspector Bishop and Tommy Connolly, Magpie fled to Alexandra Palace to finish the Wire's plan. He was married to Margaret Denyer and Beryl Johnstone. With the help of the Doctor, the invasions were repelled. In the Hornblower TV series, he played Doughty (Captain Pellew's former Steward, and Horatio Hornblower's Steward). The Doctor and Rose arrive in London in 1953 dressed for their expected visit to Las Vegas in 1958! Between 1963 and 1989, seven actors played the Doctor. Like the best of Dr. Who, “The Idiot’s Lantern” has a quality of deadly playfulness, with a Dickensian victim-villain named Mr. Magpie who has a television repair shop in the Muswell Hill area of North London (home of those Muswell Hillbillies the Kinks). He is a crazed and blasphemous super-being who feared all forms of life might one day challenge his rule. He added: 'My neighbour told me that magpie is known by people on the street. • The Doctor’s guitar amp—as first seen on top of a tank in “The Magician’s Apprentice”—has the logo of Magpie Electricals, who have become the Whoniverse brand for electrical items since the Tenth Doctor met Mr. Magpie in “The Idiot’s Lantern,” when his TV sets began stealing people’s faces, as part of a diabolical plan by the Wire. Directed by Euros Lyn. It fed off the mental signals of human brains, paralysing them and sucking out their energy with electrical tendrils. He was used by the alien known as the Wire. Like the Doctor, he got his own TARDIS and continued doing evil until he met the Doctor again … The Idiot's Lantern In reality, Magpie was hagridden by the alien criminal the Wire, who fed off the energy of humans, leaving them without faces. Cast List: The Doctor - David Tennant Rose Tyler - Billie Piper The Wire - Maureen Lipman Mr Magpie - Ron Cook Eddie Connolly - Jamie Foreman Rita Connolly - Debra Gillett When Amy and Mandy arrive at the "hole", a sign can be seen above the workman's tent that says "Magpie Electricals", a reference to the season 2 episode Doctor Who: The Idiot's Lantern (2006), which features a shop by the same name selling electrical devices (esp. Sign in with Facebook Sign in with email. His amp is branded with Magpie Electricals – the tenth Doctor faced the owner of the electrical shop, Mr Magpie, along with the villainous Wire in 2006’s The Idiot’s Lantern. It was originally produced by Freda Lingstrom and was presented over the years by Daphne Oxenford, Julia Lang, Eileen Browne, Dorothy Smith and others. 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