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Tardis
Tardis

Patrick Newell (27 March 1932-22 July 1988[1]) played Colonel Faraday in the Doctor Who television story The Android Invasion.

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However, Newell's best-known role was undoubtedly that of the wheelchair-using British Government official codenamed "Mother", John Steed and Tara King's superior, in the seventh and final season of the espionage series The Avengers, which was created by Sydney Newman.

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