#series secured his retirement). i can't honestly say that he attacks this role in the same way as he did the Master‚ but then it's not much

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Anthony Ainley guests as medical specialist Josef Kerston, a doctor but also (shock!) a villain, in The Adventurer: The Bradley Way (1.4, ITC, 1972)

#fave spotting #anthony ainley #the adventurer #doctor who #the master #ainley!master #classic doctor who #itc #1972 #the bradley way #perhaps villain is a little unfair; it's briefly established that Ainley's doctor is a genuine medical professional whose involvement in #the villains' plot is because of pressure being applied on his family behind the iron curtain (so... does Gene defeating the #baddies plan get Ainley's family killed?? who knows‚ but i can't imagine it would lose Mr World's Greatest Everything any sleep) #he may not have been The Master yet but Ainley was a fairly regular face on tv at this point in his career. earlier in 72 he'd been a #co lead in ATV's spy thriller Spyder's Web‚ as well as recently guesting in high profile series like Elizabeth R‚ The Shadow of the Tower #and Out of the Unknown. he'd even recently made film appearances‚ with strong roles in The Blood on Satan's Claw and Assault #really this was his busiest period; by the time he was making Dr Who Ainley was more or less financially secure and didn't need to work #(famously he just absolutely loved being The Master‚ and it was more or less all he did from the 80s onwards until the end of the classic #series secured his retirement). i can't honestly say that he attacks this role in the same way as he did the Master‚ but then it's not much #of a part all told; he's just there to be doctorly and occasionally suggest sinister things are afoot. but always nice to see him pop up