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Pertwee meaning

A surname.

Using Pertwee

  • The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
  • In the example corpus, pertwee often appears in combinations such as: jon pertwee, pertwee and, in pertwee.

Context around Pertwee

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 13 start, 3 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Pertwee

  • In this selection, "pertwee" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, jon, 1995, bill, played, starred and campaigned stand out and add context to how "pertwee" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1970s jon pertwee who had and 1995 jon pertwee played general. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pertwee" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pertwee

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Jon Pertwee's secret life as a wartime agent.. (9 words)

Archival footage of Pertwee has been used several times in the revived Doctor Who. (14 words)

Also in 1995, Pertwee starred in a one-man show called Who Is Jon Pertwee? (15 words)

Filming in the summer of 1970, between his first and second Doctor Who seasons, Pertwee played the lead in the last segment of the film as Paul Henderson, an arrogant horror film star who meets his doom thanks to a genuine vampire cloak. (43 words)

The cast was Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee and announcer Douglas Smith, with music by the Fraser Hayes Four and Paul Fenoulhet and the Hornblowers (Edwin Braden replaced Fenoulhet from episode 6 of Series 1). (40 words)

The walls down to the restaurant are plastered with copies of posters from the early Hippodrome days celebrating performances by Harry Houdini and there are more in the loos promoting appearances by Billy Cotton and Jon Pertwee. (37 words)

Also in 1995, Pertwee starred in a one-man show called Who Is Jon Pertwee? (15 words)

Example sentences (20)

Also in 1995, Pertwee starred in a one-man show called Who Is Jon Pertwee?

Jon Pertwee was the next big name to take over as the Doctor in 1970 and most prominently travelled with explorer Jo Grant (Katy Manning) as they explored all of time and space.

The walls down to the restaurant are plastered with copies of posters from the early Hippodrome days celebrating performances by Harry Houdini and there are more in the loos promoting appearances by Billy Cotton and Jon Pertwee.

The cast included Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, Bill Pertwee and John Laurie.

The show, starring Pertwee as Gummidge and Lorraine Chase as Dolly Clothes-Peg, enjoyed a brief revival in 1987 for the New Zealand based Worzel Gummidge Down Under.

Also in 1995, Jon Pertwee played General Von Kramer in the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode "Attack of the Hawkmen".

Archival footage of Pertwee has been used several times in the revived Doctor Who.

Filming in the summer of 1970, between his first and second Doctor Who seasons, Pertwee played the lead in the last segment of the film as Paul Henderson, an arrogant horror film star who meets his doom thanks to a genuine vampire cloak.

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For two performances, while Pertwee was ill, David Banks (better known for playing Cybermen ) played the Doctor.

His father remarried, and his mother found a new partner, with whom Pertwee did not build a relationship.

In 1995 Pertwee also had the key voice of Death and other voice characterisations in the PC and PlayStation renditions of " Discworld ".

In the early 1970s, Jon Pertwee, who had played the Third Doctor, recorded a version of the Doctor Who theme with spoken lyrics, titled, "Who Is the Doctor".

Jon Pertwee's secret life as a wartime agent..

Keen to continue beyond this, Pertwee campaigned for the series and it was picked up by a New Zealand TV network in 1987.

Murder at the Windmill (1949), (known in the U.S.A. as "Mystery at the Burlesque") directed by Val Guest is set at the Windmill Theatre, London and features Diana Decker, Jon Pertwee and Jimmy Edwards.

Pertwee credited his performance as the Third Doctor for helping him work out exactly who he really was when he was not resorting to comedic disguises or voices: a dapper, technologically oriented man of action.

Pertwee had asked his agent to apply for the role for him and was surprised to find he was already on the shortlist.

Pertwee is most known for starring as the Third Doctor in the science-fiction series Doctor Who between 1970 and 1974.

The BBC broadcast of this television film, on 27 May 1996, featured a dedication to Pertwee at its end.

The cast was Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee and announcer Douglas Smith, with music by the Fraser Hayes Four and Paul Fenoulhet and the Hornblowers (Edwin Braden replaced Fenoulhet from episode 6 of Series 1).

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Common combinations with pertwee

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Frequently asked questions

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Pertwee means: A surname.
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