Richard Franklin

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.

  • Title: Richard Franklin
  • Popularity: 2.834
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1936-01-15
  • Place of Birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK
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Richard Franklin Movies

  • 1971
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    Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
    Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

    8 1971 HD

    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...

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Jon Pertwee

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  • 1972
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    Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
    Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

    8.2 1972 HD

    Guerillas time-jump back from the 22nd century to assassinate Sir Reginald Styles - a diplomat working for World Peace, The Doctor discovers they are...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Jon Pertwee

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  • 1972
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    Doctor Who: The Time Monster
    Doctor Who: The Time Monster

    7.5 1972 HD

    The Master, in the guise of Professor Thascalos, has constructed at the Newton Institute in Wootton a device known as TOMTIT - Transmission Of Matter...

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Jon Pertwee

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  • 2002
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    Chronotrip
    Chronotrip

    4 2002 HD

    Philosophical Time Travel

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Richard Franklin

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  • 2008
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    Chemical Wedding
    Chemical Wedding

    4.2 2008 HD

    A shy, stuttering professor brings satanist Aleister Crowley back to life.

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Simon Callow

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  • 2016
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    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    7.492 2016 HD

    A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Felicity Jones

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  • 1983
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    Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
    Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

    7.8 1983 HD

    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...

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Peter Davison

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  • 2008
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    Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
    Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

    1 2008 HD

    Producer Steve Broster takes a look back to 1983 and the celebration of Doctor Who's twentieth anniversary, including the production and transmission...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Davison

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  • 2013
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    A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
    A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee

    1 2013 HD

    This exclusive documentary looks at the life and career of Jon Pertwee. With contributions from actors Katy Manning, Judy Cornwell, David Jacobs,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Katy Manning

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  • 2001
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    Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
    Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

    1 2001 HD

    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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Tom Baker

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  • 1998
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    Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
    Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

    9 1998 HD

    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,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Katy Manning

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  • 1968
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    The Fiction Makers
    The Fiction Makers

    7.2 1968 HD

    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...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Roger Moore

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  • 1973
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    Doctor Who: The Green Death
    Doctor Who: The Green Death

    8.7 1973 HD

    The Doctor and UNIT investigate a deadly infection lurking underneath the Welsh mining town of Llanfairfach. It's an adventure that will change Jo...

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Jon Pertwee

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  • 1974
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    Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
    Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

    7 1974 HD

    The Third Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find it has been evacuated because dinosaurs have appeared mysteriously. It turns out the...

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Jon Pertwee

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  • 1974
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    Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
    Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

    7.333 1974 HD

    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,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jon Pertwee

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  • 1971
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    Doctor Who: The Dæmons
    Doctor Who: The Dæmons

    7.5 1971 HD

    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...

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Jon Pertwee

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  • 1971
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    Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
    Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

    6.7 1971 HD

    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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jon Pertwee

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  • 1971
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    Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
    Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

    7.2 1971 HD

    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...

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Jon Pertwee

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  • 1993
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    Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
    Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

    4.8 1993 HD

    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.

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Sylvester McCoy

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  • 2001
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    ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
    ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis

    1 2001 HD

    It was a operation worthy of UNIT itself… bringing The Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney), Captain Yates (Richard Franklin) and RSM Benton (John...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Nicholas Courtney

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  • 2015
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    Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
    Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

    1 2015 HD

    In April 1983, Roger Stevens and James Russell were given “Access All Areas” passes to the BBC’s Doctor Who celebrations at...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: James Russell

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  • 1989
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    Myth Makers 16: Richard Franklin
    Myth Makers 16: Richard Franklin

    1 1989 HD

    During the early 1970’s the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT) featured heavily in Doctor Who. Captain Mike Yates joined the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Richard Franklin

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  • 2011
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    Life on Earth
    Life on Earth

    1 2011 HD

    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,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Barry Letts

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  • 2013
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    Twilight of the Gods
    Twilight of the Gods

    3 2013 HD

    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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jud Charlton

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  • 1993
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    Return to Devil's End
    Return to Devil's End

    8 1993 HD

    Set in the lovely village where the Doctor Who episodes titled "The Dæmons" (#059) was shot, this documentary takes place in 1992 shortly...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jon Pertwee

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  • 1992
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    Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee
    Reverse the Polarity: A Day in the Life of Jon Pertwee

    1 1992 HD

    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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jon Pertwee

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  • 2017
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    The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
    The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

    1 2017 HD

    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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Nicholas Courtney

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  • 1976
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    Dixon of Dock Green
    Dixon of Dock Green

    5.333 1976 HD

    Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jack Warner

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  • 1989
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    Doctor Who
    Doctor Who

    7.9 1989 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sylvester McCoy

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  • 1989
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    Doctor Who
    Doctor Who

    7.9 1989 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sylvester McCoy

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  • 1981
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    Blake's 7
    Blake's 7

    7.205 1981 HD

    A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Josette Simon

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  • 1969
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    The Saint
    The Saint

    7.291 1969 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Roger Moore

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  • 2010
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    Heartbeat
    Heartbeat

    7 2010 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Derek Fowlds

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