Richard Franklin
Richard Kimber Franklin (15 January 1936 – 24 December 2023) was an English actor, writer, director and political activist. Principally a stage actor, he also appeared as a regular character in several high-profile British television programmes, including Crossroads and Emmerdale Farm, and he portrayed Captain Mike Yates of UNIT in Doctor Who from 1971 until 1974, returning to the role on a number of occasions both on television and in Doctor Who spin-off media.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 6.121 |
| Birthday | 1936-01-15 |
| Place of Birth | Marylebone, London, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1971
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
8/4
The Master, an old adversary of the Doctor, has arrived on Earth to destroy humanity with the aid of the Nestene Consciousness and their army of Auton...
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Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1972
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
8.2/5
Guerillas time-jump back from the 22nd century to assassinate Sir Reginald Styles - a diplomat working for World Peace, The Doctor discovers they are...
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Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
7.5/2
The Master, in the guise of Professor Thascalos, has constructed at the Newton Institute in Wootton a device known as TOMTIT - Transmission Of Matter...
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Doctor Who: The Time Monster
2002
Chronotrip
4/1
Philosophical Time Travel
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Chronotrip
2008
Chemical Wedding
4.365/26
A shy, stuttering professor brings satanist Aleister Crowley back to life.
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Chemical Wedding
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
7.494/14986
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
8/14
Many incarnations of the Doctors and their old companions are taken out of time and deposited in the Death Zone on Gallifrey. There, they must battle...
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Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
0/0
Producer Steve Broster takes a look back to 1983 and the celebration of Doctor Who's twentieth anniversary, including the production and transmission...
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Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2013
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
0/0
This exclusive documentary looks at the life and career of Jon Pertwee. With contributions from actors Katy Manning, Judy Cornwell, David Jacobs, Geof...
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A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
2001
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
0/0
Video footage telling the story of the biggest Doctor Who (1963) convention ever in the UK, "Longleat 83", which was put together to celebrate the 20t...
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Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1998
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
9/1
By her own admission, Katy Manning is ‘as blind as a bat’ and never knows where she’ll end up. When she suddenly arrived in the UK, Katy was probably...
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Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1968
The Fiction Makers
7.2/8
Simon Templar is hired by a friend in the book publishing trade to protect one of his stars, a secretive recluse named Amos Klein who writes a popular...
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The Fiction Makers
1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death
8.7/6
The Doctor and UNIT investigate a deadly infection lurking underneath the Welsh mining town of Llanfairfach. It's an adventure that will change Jo Gra...
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Doctor Who: The Green Death
1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
7.3/6
The blue crystal that the Doctor took from Metebelis III in a previous adventure is desperately sought by the Eight Legs, a race of mutated spiders, a...
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Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
7/3
The Third Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find it has been evacuated because dinosaurs have appeared mysteriously. It turns out the dinosau...
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Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
7.5/4
On the eve of May Day, dark elemental forces begin to disturb the village of Devil's End as the Master summons the demon Azal: unexplained murders, a...
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Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
6.7/3
A group of gold-skinned aliens known as the Axons land on Earth and offer wondrous technology in exchange for fuel. The Doctor, however, isn't fooled,...
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Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
7.2/6
Professor Emil Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of criminals. But when the Doctor and Jo arrive at Stangmoor Priso...
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Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
4.8/12
All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end of London in this 30th Anniversary Special.
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Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
2001
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
0/0
It was a operation worthy of UNIT itself… bringing The Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney), Captain Yates (Richard Franklin) and RSM Benton (John Levene) ba...
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ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2015
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
0/0
In April 1983, Roger Stevens and James Russell were given “Access All Areas” passes to the BBC’s Doctor Who celebrations at Longleat. Armed with a Fer...
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Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
1989
Myth Makers 16: Richard Franklin
0/0
During the early 1970’s the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT) featured heavily in Doctor Who. Captain Mike Yates joined the ‘three man army...
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Myth Makers 16: Richard Franklin
2011
Life on Earth
0/0
A documentary about the making of Terror of the Autons. Actors Katy Manning and Richard Franklin, both of whom made their debuts in this story, recou...
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Life on Earth
2013
Twilight of the Gods
3/1
When the ghost of the composer Richard Wagner visits the raving Friedrich Nietzsche within the walls of the Turin lunatic asylum the details of their...
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Twilight of the Gods
1993
Return to Devil's End
8/1
Set in the lovely village where the Doctor Who episodes titled "The Dæmons" (#059) was shot, this documentary takes place in 1992 shortly before the d...
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Return to Devil's End
1992
Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
0/0
On the 20th of March 1992, Jon Pertwee, veteran star of The Navy Lark, Dr Who and Worzel Gummidge, spoke candidly to Liam-Michael Rudden about his lif...
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Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
2017
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
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This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who to life!
This documentary includes the...
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