About this episode
The episode commemorates the Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee, and discusses Mark Gatiss's novel 'Last of the Gadarene'.
The Power of 3 is remembering the Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee, who passed away this week, 30 years ago. We kick off our commemoration with a look at the most Third Doctor of all Third Doctor novels, Mark Gatiss's love letter to the 1971-73 period, with the Doctor, Jo and the UNIT team - as well as the Master. We feature archive quotes from Mark, as well as the memories of book editor Steve Cole.
People in this episode
Host: Kenny Smith
Topics covered
- Third Doctor
- Doctor Who
- Mark Gatiss
- UNIT
- Jo Grant
- The Master
Keywords
- Third Doctor
- Jon Pertwee
- Mark Gatiss
- Doctor Who
- UNIT
- Jo Grant
- The Master
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Last of the Gadarene
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