Doctor Who- NJN Patrick Troughton short Interview

[@Maindrian]

Imagining Colin Baker's response is hilarious. "Miss Piggy? Miss Piggy!? MISS PIGGY!!?" *angry face, dramatic zoom, cliffhanger screech*

[@blofeld39]

"Non-fat milk, non-fat MILK, NON-FAT MILK?!?" *TARDIS dematerializes*

[@DonnaLang42rockglobally]

Colin and Patrick were such a fun double act; I had the honor of meeting both of them in in 1986 when they were touring with the Doctor Who costume/prop exhibit. One of my favorite memories of that day was Colin showing Patrick a gift a fan had just given him - "Pat, look... look... (Switching to a sing-song Nyah nyah tone) I've got a present! I've got a present!"

[@craig1538]

Pat Troughton was my favourite Doctor. Bless him.

[@digipeeper]

Sadly, this was his last appearance in t.v. till he said his final outing in the summer which he recieved his 3rd and final heart attack. We all and still miss you Pat.

[@therestorationofdrwho1865]

Was this in 87?

[@digipeeper]

@@therestorationofdrwho1865 this has to be between 1986 or before March of 1987. I hate to quote Tennent, “He Is My Doctor”!

[@brianoneill7186]

Troughton says it's been '17 years' since 'The War Games', which would be 1986.

[@craig1538]

Yeah me too. Bless him.

[@christopherlockery9629]

My no 1 Doctor, hands down. Best Doctor that we ever had or ever will have. 'The War Games' is one of my personal favourite adventures of the entire saga, and for me made the perfect ending for the 1960s era, the best decade of the show as a matter of fact (and no not just the missing episodes as I love to watch and rewatch the existing episodes, plus the cartoons, the audio CDs, which I like to put with DVDs and blu rays in the correct points, the Telesnaps and the clips ) as there is just something magical about watching the series in Black and White. Plus it's nice the way that the three regulars all left the show together, even if it is heartbreaking to see poor Zoe being sent back to her old life on the Space Wheel just to become another cog in the machine, without even her being allowed her memories of her time in the TARDIS and thus her emotional development was set back drastically. The part where she looks back at the camera in her last shot is one that hits it home😢 As for Jamie, well it's most likely that he'd have had a sticky end due to his circumstances, even if he seemed to be happy to be back in his own element such joy would most likely to be short lived. And as for the Doctor, well the rest they say is history... Happy Times and Places

[@mariashelly4812]

Loved this guy who never seemed to age.

[@asherzerbib3461]

Troughton called the Midatlantic like a second home. I’m so touched.😙

[@jongdaeisbrighterthanmyfut7418]

Patrick: Miss Piggy?! Colin: DO I LOOK LIKE-?!

[@alexfletcher5192]

Pat's renaissance in America now seems miraculous to a species of British fan desperate for anything in the 1980s, where Dr Who was dying a death. And even today there are forces that are after it. The man who ensured its future had every reason to celebrate and what we have left is a testament to his talent and his influence on the future of the series.

[@TheMastermind729]

Best doctor

[@AgentSoul00]

Holy smokes - I saw this live on NJN and the next day did indeed go see PT in Trenton. I even got to be on stage with him for the costume contest. He acted as "applause meter." Didn't appreciate how special that actually was at the time... I literally haven't seen this clip since then.

[@blofeld39]

You lucky so-and-so! :-o

[@vivalapsych]

I saw this live! And recorded it…but I guess I don’t need to hold on to that anymore. Thanks for uploading.

[@bletheringfool]

Always keep a backup. Maybe you can digitise it

[@megbailey3562]

Patrick was handsome full stop!

[@mumbdaddy]

Miss Piggy? *smiles gleefully* Love Patrick

[@HitsugiHime]

I wish I could have met him. I heard he was very nice, and funny.

[@russwho1]

Happy 100th Birthday Pat!

[@Kessellish]

Patrick looks handsome with a beard.

[@jimjamsjamjims9070]

Patrick always looked handsome

[@Mrs_Christa]

His beard looks great!!!! I always wondered why the Doctors never could have a beard????

[@MaskedMan66]

"No, no, it's past me bedtime!" LMHO

[@Durwood71]

New Jersey Network! This was my station for _Doctor Who_ throughout junior high and high school, and the premier network for _Doctor Who_ in the United States. They did more to promote the show in the US than any other channel in the country. I've always been a bit envious of Eric Luskin for the number of _Doctor Who_ celebrities he had the privilege of meeting. He and a crew even traveled to England to produce a documentary on the making of the Sylvester McCoy story "The Silver Nemesis".

[@dreamdisturber]

One of the funnest Doctors. With he had one more season!

[@johnclay7644]

good interview with Patrick,

[@thenationaltimelyactionhou9328]

He looks suspicously like that guy I saw in London in '68, he saved me from a killer robot!

[@Mavarin]

It's great to see this - I'm not sure I'd ever seen a clip of him out of character.

[@BowTiesareCool12]

i love how their dressed the same! i think this interview is hilarious

[@SahiPie]

XD lol... i never actually got to him yet in my watching of every doctor who episode because i had just started but my god.... XD this guy is awesome!

[@sirtinycreep]

Patrick always had great hair.

[@MALONEYCAMFIELD]

22 March 1986. I know because they mention Troughton is at the Trenton War Memorial the next day, and a quick Google search tells me he was there on 23 March 1986. This is almost exactly a year before he died.

[@davidbull7210]

Good stuff. There's nothing I like more than accurate info.

[@WolfieRich1]

@b5904 Good observation, but I see more of Tom Baker and Peter Davison in Tennant. Matt Smith reminds me alot of Patrick

[@BalrogsHaveWings]

Love that their both dressed as the Seventh Doctor 😂

[@Chris_Quintrell]

Rest in peace Troughton 🕊🕊

[@gamewizard7562]

I remember watching this interview when it originally aired.

[@Durwood71]

I don't remember seeing it when it first aired, but I must have, because I was a faithful viewer of _Doctor Who_ on New Jersey Network, and I distinctly remember Troughton talking about how his beard length signified how long he had been out of work

[@BritishAlienCompany]

PATRICK WE LOVE YOU! :D x Can't believe he called Colin Miss Piggy....lol LOVE it! :D

[@Deathingerman]

Ah Jamie!

[@matt2house]

hahaha, he still is the same even though he left the show. the same old comedic doctor.

[@seitzmateo]

Loved that he called Colin Baker Miss Piggy. He was the fattest of them all, He could never say "Now when I say run you run" lol

[@gamewizard7562]

Colin Baker was the Doctor from 84-86 so somewhere in there.

[@MALONEYCAMFIELD]

Are You Being Served was made in the '70s and in colour, Troughton's Doctor Who's were all b&w and made in the '60s. That's why they've gone and AYBS still exists. All the '70s Doctor Who stories also exist. An enormous number of b&w programmes from the '60s have also gone forever.

[@UnchainedEruption]

Matt Maloney A couple of Jon's early episodes were missing in color, but the color tapes have since been found or b&w tapes have been remastered so that all of his episodes are now back in color.

[@DS9TREK]

Even colour episodes of shows got junked by the BBC. A number of Third Doctor episodes on survive thanks to American fans recording them onto Betamax.

[@MALONEYCAMFIELD]

@@DS9TREK Yes, you're right. A lot of pre-1974 colour episodes of Z Cars have been completely wiped. Sitcoms seem to have fared better for some reason, for instance all the episodes of Some Mothers Do Ave Em and Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads exist from 1973 on their master tapes, and all except three episodes of Dad's Army survived. Doctor Who was also lucky because it was sold abroad, so copies were made onto 16mm film and many of these were found at BBC Enterprises when it was audited in 1978. So although the colour tapes of many Pertwee episodes were wiped by the BBC, they did at least have black and white copies, which was better than nothing. That's why stories like The Ambassadors of Death, Inferno, Terror of the Autons, The Daemons etc survived as black and white copies and were eventually restored to colour when technological advances made it possible.

[@HitsugiHime]

That 80s hair.

[@kaelang12]

Oh my god... He looks like my grandfather... *squee*

[@MandaMeena]

What's uncle Rico doing interviewing the Doctor? Luckyyyy!

[@BowTiesareCool12]

oh me beard!

[@tardistime6857]

Miss piggy 😂

[@b5904]

I see Patrick in David Tennant's brilliant but comedic performances as the Dr..

[@TheTwillerZone]

Miss Piggy ha ha ha

[@wolfskin1967]

what year was this interview?

[@blackguardian76th]

1986

[@matthewseitz9995]

I think the guy was a little rude to Patrick