John Devon Roland Pertwee (July 7, 1919 – May 20, 1996), better known as Jo… Read Full Bio ↴John Devon Roland Pertwee (July 7, 1919 – May 20, 1996), better known as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor.

Born in Chelsea, London, Pertwee was educated at Frensham Heights School, an independent school in Rowledge, near Farnham in Surrey, and at some other schools from which he was expelled. After school, he went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), from which he was also expelled after he refused to play the small part of a wind in a Greek play.

Pertwee is best known for his roles as CPO Pertwee in the long-running radio comedy The Navy Lark (1959 - 1977), the third incarnation of The Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who (1970 - 1974), and as the title character in the series Worzel Gummidge. He also hosted the murder mystery quiz programme Whodunnit! between 1974 and 1978 for Thames Television. Pertwee also voiced the character of "Spotty" in the 1980s cartoon series SuperTed.

In 1972, he released a vocal version of the Doctor Who theme music entitled "Who is the Doctor", and in 1980 he released a single based on Worzel Gummidge entitled "Worzel's Song" from the album Worzel Gummidge Sings.

Going To The Zoo
Jon Pertwee Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Going To The Zoo' by these artists:

Goo Goo Gaga's Daddy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow, Zoo tomorrow, zoo tom…
Julie Felix Mommy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow, zoo tom…
Ken Whiteley Mommy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomo…
Ken Whiteley/Raffi Mommy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomo…
Ken Whiteley; Raffi Mommy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomo…
Peter Paul & Mary Daddy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow, Zoo tomorrow, zoo tom…
Peter Paul & Mary (Children's) Daddy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow, Zoo tomorrow, zoo tom…
Peter Paul & Mary (Family) Daddy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow, Zoo tomorrow, zoo tom…
Raffi Mommy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomo…

Raffi (Children's) Mommy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomo…
raffi - singable songs for the very young Mommy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomo…
Sharon Lois & Bram Going To The Zoo Sharon's taking us to the zoo this…
Songs For Children Daddy′s takin' us to the zoo tomorrow, Zoo tomorrow, zoo tom…
The Sing-a-long Superstars Daddy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomo…
The Sing-a-long Toddlers Daddy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomo…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Jon Pertwee:

I Know An Old Lady I know an old lady who swallowed a fly I don't…
Who is the Doctor I cross the void beyond the mind The empty space that…
Who Is The Doctor? I cross the void beyond the mind The empty space that…

Worzel's Song Hang about my dears Won't keep you but a minute? I'm putting…

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@samjones5086

17w

My top 10 Pertwee (my favorite era):
1- Inferno
2- The Sea Devils
3- The Green Death
4- Planet of the Spiders
5- Spearhead from Space
6- The Daemons
7- The Mind of Evil
8- Day of the Daleks
9- Frontier in Space
10- Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Actually I like all of them except for The Mutants.

@martynking1613

Season 7:
The ambassadors of death
The Silurians
Spearhead in space

Inferno

Season 8:
Colony in space
The Claws of Axos
The Daemons
The mind of evil
Terror of the Autons

Season 9: The worst
Day of the daleks
The mutants
The time monster
The curse of Peldon
The sea devils

Season 10: The best
Frontier in space
Planet of the daleks
The three doctors
Carnival of monsters
The green death

Season 11:
Death to the daleks
The monster of Peldon
Invasion of the dinosaurs
Planet of spiders
The time warrior

Ranking goes from worst to best stories in each season

All comments from YouTube:

@rodneyabrett

52w↑8

My grandfather was shipmates with Jon Pertwee during the war. I remember asking Jon Pertwee if he remembered him at a Doctor Who convention when I was a kid and he did!

@coldacre

44w↑6

Season 7 is the best season of the shows history. brilliant, it never falters. "Ambassadors..." is the most underrated story. I've watched it 100+ times and I never get sick if it

@jasongaylor2232

31w↑11

Pertwee is only second to Tom Baker for me. Their two era's(the 1970's) represent the peak of the show. The immense popularity of the show today is because of this time period specifically. Many Americans like myself became a fan of the show when we were watching it as children/teens on PBS back in the early to mid 1980's. And it was primarily the Tom Baker and Pertwee stories. The show was a wonderful escape from the harshness of the real World for us geeky, sensitive people.

@timemechanic5055

20w↑4

Glad to see someone else singing the praises of Day of the Daleks - one of the few stories to actually use a time travel twist.

@ponchoman49

1y↑10

The music score done for the Sea Devils was quite ahead of it's time and very memorable.

@Yesica1993

2y↑26

It's so hard to not binge shows these days. I should slow down and watch it the way people did back then. But I've become so impatient that it really is nearly impossible. I'm over 50 and even I can barely remember waiting a whole week between show episodes and even MONTHS between seasons! Rushing through it does jumble everything in my head. The good thing is that DW has so many episodes that I won't run out for a good while yet! The Classic Era has been the perfect thing to watch before bed to unwind.

@jmatseas

1y↑3

I think this is one of the hardest shows to binge because some of these stories are very long

@Jeremy74941

24w

Yes at 9 I was just getting through the week cause Doctor Who would only show on Saturday at 6:00 that was what I was waiting on. Now I want to watch the whole season in a day no problem.

@TrentonBlessWrestlemania489

1y↑12

It's the Master, step in time!

Great video, as always! Honestly, the most consistent era of the show quality wise.

@AlReviewsWho

1y↑5

Glad you enjoyed!
I came up with the step in time idea many many years ago and finally saw a chance to use it.

@dalekinthewater4708

2y↑12

I believe Roger Delgado and Jon Pertwee were best friends and Roger's death is one of the reasons why Pertwee left

@thatguyfromcetialphaV

1y↑8

JP was my fave Doctor. He was the first one I watched back in the early 90s. The Sea Devils is my fave.

@josephryan362

1y↑8

I like the third doctor era is my favourite era of classic doctor who era

@meatrace

1y↑7

So re: Daemons. I think your analysis is right, popular opinion overrates it slightly (though not much) but I think the reason it's cited so often as an all-time classic is because it is THE quintessential Third Doctor story. It has all the elements his era is known for: the master, the UNIT family (who all have their own little arcs and memorable lines), a lot of great action, good monster effects, and good location shooting. It's the episode that I'd recommend to anyone unsure if they like Pertwee's era, and I suspect many people have experienced it for the first time in this way, thus being very memorable.

@twright1983

26w

It’s a great story until the ending which is annoying and weak

@garethdavies2145

1y↑4

Great video. One of the best reviews I've watched of classic Dr Who. Nice to see some appreciation for Colony in Space, agree it's underrated in season 8.

@mitchanthony65

1y↑4

Absolutely brilliant, funny, passionate work. I loved watching this video and you have given me some great stories to watch (as a kid I only really remember The Green Death and Robot). Jon Pertwee (and Tom Baker) were 'my' Doctors.Thank You. 🙂

@mattpearson6947

2y↑4

Well worth the wait definitely the best instalment in this series so far i don't think I ever clicked on a video so fast before what a great era of the show from start to finish and my personal favourite can't wait for next one

@AlReviewsWho

2y↑2

Thank you so much for sticking around and for your lovely comment. It really means the world to me!

@martinmayhew145

1y↑2

Jon Pertwee was like a James Bond

@michaelwebster8666

1y↑4

Excellent and humourous critique of my fav era of classic Who. Thanks 👍

@AlReviewsWho

1y↑2

Thank you for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂

@generalnapoleonbonaparte3186

38w

@@AlReviewsWho You Said That Final Scene With The Master Was Criminally Butchered In The Edit, So What Exactly Was Cut Out From The Final Episode.

@JeremyDuncan

2y↑5

Hey Al! I just realized I had been watching your channel for a year or two and I just realized i've never subscribed. I loved the pertwee years. Great vid!

@AlReviewsWho

Cheers! Glad you enjoyed it

@marquonuk

38w↑1

It's interesting to see your views of an era you've visited years after broadcast, whereas I was born early enough to watch this whole era live as it was shown as a youngster. It reinforces my view that when anyone watches TV of the past, the best approach is to remember the year a story was made/shown, and judge it against contemporary shows and view it in light of the news and attitudes of the time. I would say it's a less useful idea to compare it with the attitudes at the time of a review, unless of course that's the specific purpose of the analysis. Having written that, it is interesting to hear the views of someone considerably younger than me, we do agree (mostly!), and besides most views change through time and do definitely depend on how the reviewer feels on the day. I've also enjoyed your Fourth Doctor era review, and I'm up for the Second Doctor next. I admire your production style and editing touches and your knowledge of the subject, and the whole video is an interesting watch right through, which isn't as easy as people think. -)

@TheDukeofMadness

Been waiting for this. Thank you very much.

@AlReviewsWho

You're welcome. Sorry it took so long!

@AntiGuildProductions

2y↑3

Literally using these to binge the most interesting Dr. Who episodes :D

@lastridge

30w

Enjoying your videos, thank you. I totally agree with you on The Daemons (say it loudly and proudly) and glad you gave Colony in Space some credit. I was hoping you'd notice that Planet of the Daleks started off as one of the best Doctor Who stories (ep 1 and 2) BEFORE the Daleks appeared and it suddenly became silly and bad. It's like they had a great script going - then decided they needed another Daleks story - so they used the script they had and ruined it.

@kianabrowning7483

36w

The dalek bomb bit sounded very convincing and therefore very funny.

@drwhotvwam

Yay, sooooo glad to see this

@marquonuk

38w↑3

Invasion of the Dinosaurs is so much better as a Target novel! I hope when it comes to be reissued for bluray, the dodgy dinos are replaced with cgi. It's not every dinosaur scene by any means, some are OK. It's mainly the Tyrannosaurus/Triceratops street battle, and the scene where the Doctor is in shot with a dinosaur in the street (the filmed Doctor and videoed dinosaur don't sync properly and wobble dreadfully) that really jar. You also don't need over-elaborate, lengthy cgi here, just some more adequate effects!

@adamcheeseman2318

18w

I am adoring everything you make

@gregfate

Great video. It's a tough one for me to say which is the best classic who era. Pertwee early or Tom's sarah jane era.

@marquonuk

38w

I always thought with Planet of the Daleks that if the Draconians could have been involved in some way in helping defeat the Daleks, it would have made Frontier in Space feel much more like the first half of an overall Dalek adventure arc.

@hi-bd4ls

1y↑1

Great video

@Mark-nh2hs

1y↑5

Claws of Axos was always a fav of mine - shame they never appeared again as in their humanoid form they would look amazing in NuWho - their skin could shimmer with different colours flowing over them. But alas knowing NuWho they would ruin them lol

@Hawkeye26

14w

Ya had me on a few episodes up to this era...but...finding something to appreciate in Colony and Time Monster?? Eeeesh...

@evelynstarshine8561

18w

Peladon is my favourite dr who planet and I really hope to see it again in New Who

@josephryan362

1y↑6

I love every story of the jon pertwee era

@rankingeverydoctorwhostory8756

2y↑1

10:44 hey that's me!

@AlReviewsWho

2y↑1

Didn't expect to find you here! Once again you managed to fake your death very convincingly!

@tskmaster3837

1y↑2

Just to be different, I wasn't disappointed by Frontier in Space, I was disappointed by Planet of the Daleks. Frontier set up all these interesting subplots the Daleks seemed to be up to, just for it to get reduced to one massive Dalek army on one planet in the ass end of nowhere. How do you stop a massive army of that size? You blow up their transport ships.
It's almost like someone looked at WWII Germany but learned the wrong lessons...

@LeeClaxton

16w↑1

Are you ever doing the 6th and 7th doctors stories?

@Sharkspartan6548

1y↑1

Interesting note about The Dæmons, you said it didn't get released in colour on dvd until about 2012, it did come out in colour on VHS in the 90's

@AlReviewsWho

1y↑1

I probably worded it a bit badly sorry - as I actually have the VHS (although I only got it a couple of years back!)

@Sharkspartan6548

@Al Reviews Who had to make sure! I myself just ordered one, the dvds are ~~expensive~~ now

@fredjones554

39w↑1

Liz shaw had more impact than her three stories. I was genuinely surprised when i learned this. Liz is awesome. I love a competent companion

@sharolynwells

4 was my Doctor -- 1974. That's when I fell in love with a Time Lord.

@Oktaimans

37w↑1

Ive always found that spearhead from space's ending seems incredibly rushed, like it takes most of the story to get going and then within the last few minutes of episode 4 they defeat the nestine consciousness almost instantly

@johnreid9959

1y↑2

whats the music playing 9 mins in when talking about ambassedors

@AlReviewsWho

1y↑3

It's a recreation of the UNIT theme from the first episode that was used in the UNIT family documentaries on the DVDs

@jimmyjambhere

48w

The beginning was so cool!!! I started watching Doctor Who on channel 17 as I live 20 minutes from Buffalo NY lol I started during the Pertwee era around 1977-78

@Cam-pg4wl

19w

I just have to give a mention to the amazing and beautiful Ingrid Pitt as the Queen of Atlantis in ' The Time Monster '.

@TimothyCollins

24w

I always liked "The Demons"... if only for thar over the top silly mime performance by the one guy in the statue costume.

@josephryan362

1y↑2

Here are my raking for dr who classic season 11 1 death to the daleks this story is still great 2 the time warriors 3 the planet of the spider 4 the monster of pelodon last up is the invasion of the 🦕

@LilyMaidenLove

1y↑1

No mention about Gail platt in colony in space?

@josephryan362

1y↑1

Here are my raking for series seven 1 sherhead from space 2 infono 3 doctor who and the silorrec 4 doctor who and the ambassador of death

@Yesica1993

2y↑4

Aw, I loved the Third Doctor. (Though I wasn't too excited about him exiled to earth. I watch sci fi to travel the universe, not to be stuck on my own planet. Still, it was all great fun. I am currently watching Four's era. First time watching Classic Who!

@AlReviewsWho

Oh I wish I could see some of these stories for the first time again - you've got some great adventures ahead of you!

@christiansteward4327

44w

5:08 Lol!

@orgixvi3

2y↑3

Sean Pertwee bears a striking resemblance to his father. We could easily get both him and David Bradley again to bring back the 1st and 3rd Doctors to modern Doctor Who.

@samjones5086

17w

@PandanaJim

15w

Sergeant Benton is objectively the best thing to happen to the show

@josephryan362

40w↑1

Here's is my raking for series seven of classic Dr who number one spearhead from space number two inforno number three the Ambassadors of death number four doctor who and the silurians

@tgiacin435

43w

Didn’t they use the same talking points in the in the Matt Smith sirulian eps in series 5

@garyproffitt5941

I appreciate for the Dads Army with Mainwaring for comedy Arthur Lowe's and mark my words he is a famous big star(17- 22 million viewers.)
My dad was a Royal Marine Commando fighting for freedom in the jungle Borneo 1958-1968 and he was a Hero and remember that's true for
Dr Who series Blackpool central Pier with Tom Baker & Jon Pertwee unfortunately I had a Stroke(cont.)

@josephryan362

1y↑1

Here are my raking for dr who classic season 8 1 terror of atonos 2 the demondes 3 the mind of evil and finally 4 colored in space

@saintarkweather

2y↑2

Once again our opinions match up almost exactly. Silurians, Inferno, Mind of Evil are all favorites. I also find The Daemons to be overrated. The only thing was that I don't quite like "Carnival of Monsters" mostly because I get really confused with the scenes of the gray people as I can't tell them apart. I love the concepts though and still really enjoy it. I honestly don't think there's a bad story in Pertwee's entire run. The ones that aren't that well written like Time Monster and Planet of the Daleks are super entertaining. It's the only era where I don't skip any stories on rewatch

@fadikhoory5350

2y↑3

I think some Pertwee stories work in Black White, primarily Inferno and the Daemons.

@josephryan362

1y↑2

Here are my raking for dr who classic season 9 1 the the cause of pledon 2 the sea devils and number three the time monster number four the montes

@paulhammond6978

50w↑3

Sorry, but did you really say "The Sea Devils" was the weakest story of Season 9, when we haven't got to "The Time Monster" yet?

@AlteredVistas

15w

I'm not sure I've ever come across another Dr. Who fan whose opinions so exactly match my own. Daemons? Overrated! Mutants? Underrated! I paused this halfway through to comment, so I hope you feel The Time Monster is both horrible and astonishing!

@chronovore3726

I share your opinion and defense regarding some of these sadly maligned stories.

@doctorlolchicken7478

28w

Liz Shaw is one of my favorite companions from all of Who. I don’t think I’m alone in that. Anyone who thinks it’s coincidence that the protagonist in Prometheus was also called Elizabeth Shaw is an idiot. Yeah, and Alien isn’t Ark in Space.

@jimmyjambhere

48w

William Hartnell died the day before I was born April 23, 1975

@josephryan362

48w

Here are my raking for doctor who series 8 of classic Dr who number one terror of the alutons number 2 colaney in space number 3 the mind of evil number four the Daemons number five the claws of Axos

@the_lichemaster

14w

Claws of Axos has always been my favourite of S8. Spearhead did Autons better, Colony a bit dull, daemons overrated, Mind of evil I always felt was 1 episode too long. The Master temporarily joining forces with the Brig priceless.

@christopherdunbar394

Inferno is right streaming internet

@Yesica1993

Aw, no, there are special editions of various episodes? This fandom is complicated! I never even knew about the eps that had been lost/destroyed/whatever. I felt like I never got to know the 2nd Doctor or even the 1st as well as I wanted. That episode where 1, 2, and 3 met up was wonderful for me! It gave me a bit of closure in that way.

I'm watching on Britbox, so I'm not even sure what I'm getting. One day when I'm a millionaire, I'll buy every season on DVD and figure out what's what. As for now, it's just too much for my poor brain. I'll watch whatever Britbox has and will have to be content with that.

@user-fd1lz2vc4s

14w

Is it me or does the squeeky voiced little alien from colony in space look like somebody had put the doctor in the microwave and cooked him for to long ,
Or is just me 😢

@martynking1613

@marquonuk

38w↑1

I struggle to rewatch The Mutants. Yes, the colonialism plot is interesting, but the central mystery of "What's causing the mutations?/What are the Mutts?" is guessable, and even if you don't guess it first time round, once you know the answer - like remembering the murderer's name in a murder mystery - you can't un-know it for any future viewings, rendering it rather boring to watch.

@josephryan362

40w↑1

Here's is my raking for series seven of doctor who classic number one the curse of peldon number two the see devils number three day of the daleks number four the time monster

@doctorlolchicken7478

28w↑2

The “Only the Chibnil ere had political messaging” thing you keep mentioning is not something fans of classic Who ever say, it’s what Chibnil supporters say to support modern Who being political. The difference is that Classic Who had good writing, of the mostly “Show don’t tell” variety. There were situations, clearly alien, that had parallels to real world situations, but the writers of Classic Who never felt they had to beat people over the head with the message - to “virtue signal” as some people call it. The problem with very recent Who is that it’s badly written, not that it’s political. The Doctor gets on a soap box and makes a speech, people go, “but that’s racist Doctor” and lines to that effect. There’s even heavy handed stuff like space white supremacist trying to thwart Rosa Parks. Subtle it isn’t. Honestly, I doubt most people would care if it was done well. It’s not though. Us old crusties never said Classic Who was not political, just that it was better written.

@josephryan362

48w

Here are my raking for series 7number 1 spehered from space
Number two infonon number three the administration of death number four doctor who and the silurians

@josephryan362

40w

Here's is my raking for doctor who classic series 11 number one death to the daleks number two planet of the spider number 3 invasion of the dinosaur number four the time warrior number five the monster of peldon

@josephryan362

48w

Here are my raking for doctor who series ten number one the three doctorts number two frontier in space number three planet of the daleks number four the green death number five the carnival of monster

@josephryan362

1y↑1

Here is my raking fo doctor who classic season 9 1 day for the daleks 3 froten tera in space 4 the sea devalis 5 planet of the daleks this story is not good now if you want to revisit it and it doesn't hold up because it bales the daleks again 6 the time monster

@_Ai_Angel

31w

You are the queen never mind democracy

@ziggyzhang4156

23w↑1

I hate Third Doctor era tbh...so much boring dragged on earth bound UNIT bantering military nonsense. But yeah Carnival of Monsters and The Time Monster are the good ones.

@christown2827

45w↑2

Some were woke before woke was woke.

@irt1971

32w

Do. Not. Fail. The. Daleks.

@rickyred001

20w

the daemons was class, deal with it

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