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That Time Douglas Adams got Monty Python on Doctor Who

by Susana Polo | 10:11 am, February 13th

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Well, maybe he didn’t get all of Monty Python on the show, but he did get John Cleese. City of Death was written by David Fisher, but heavily re-written by none other than then-script-editor Douglas Adams. When Adams learned that John Cleese would be filming in the same studio on the same day, he persuaded the actor to come in and cameo as a speaking part written for generic art gallery goers. Cleese agreed, on the requirement that his appearance on the show not be announced or publicized in any way, leaving it a bizarre non-sequitur that any Python fan would appreciate.

(via The Geek Twins.)

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  • Anonymous

    Not for nothing, but let’s not forget female British comedy Icon Elanor Bron also appeared in that episode.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mmal0PMkmI

    Elanor is likely best known here for starring in Help and Bedazzled

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/OVWD7LH3JITDNZKZU6MYLY5N5I Kim

    My friend just met a chocolate man on Blackwhitem’eet.COMit’s where for men and women looking for interracial’ship for a fabulous lifestyle
    It’s a nice place for black white sing’les, to interact with each other…no bounds or extremes in front of true love.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=507188870 Eric-Jon Rössel Tairne

    That’s not the actual excerpt from the episode. That’s a curious outtake, that I’m not sure that I’ve seen before. 

  • http://twitter.com/nlj Nathania Johnson

    City of Death is one of the greatest Doctor Who episodes of all time. Nice to hear the story about John Cleese’s cameo.