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Victor Maddern (16 March 1926-22 June 1993[1]) played John Robson in the Doctor Who television story Fury from the Deep.

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Maddern was a prolific supporting actor in British film and TV, probably most noted for appearing in various Carry On films.

He also made four guest appearances on police series Dixon of Dock Green from 1967-1975. While the final episode he guest starred in, "It's a Gift", is lost from the BBC Archives, an outtake survives in which Maddern's character tries various times to tell another character (played by Alan Tilvern) the whereabouts of a stolen necklace; the scripted line being "It’s down at Dock Green nick"[2]. After two failed attempts, delivering the line as "It's down at Dock Green dick" and "It's down at Dick Green Dock", Maddern eventually says to the unseen director "Can’t I just say 'It’s down at the nick'?".

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