Dr Who is a British BBC science-fiction television series for children, created in part by Sydney Newman and Verity Lambert, and originally starring William Hartnell, in stories about a renegade alien able to travel through space and time, known as a 'Time Lord', battling evil through space and time, equipped with a time machine which looked like a 1960's policetelephone box - the TARDIS - and later a 'sonic screwdriver'. Dr Who ran from 1963 to 1989, before being returned in 2005 following public demand. Dr Who is remarkable for many things, not least making eerily accurate predictions about future life; in the first story, shown in 1963, the British adoption of the decimal money system was correctly predicted and in a later story a British female Prime Minister was predicted. Research Dr Who
Henry VII was the first Tudor King of England from 1485 to 1509. He was born in 1456 and died in 1509. Although supported by Lancastrians and Yorkists alienated by the previous king, Richard III's usurpation, Henry VII's first task after becoming king was to secure his position. In 1486 he married Elizabeth of York, the eldest daughter of Edward IV, thus uniting the Houses of York and Lancaster and bringing to a close, once and for all, the civil unrest which had been the Wars Of The Roses. Henry's reign was troubled by revolts, sometimes involving pretenders (such as Perkin Warbeck and Lambert Simnel) who impersonated Edward V or his brother. In 1485, Henry formed a personal bodyguard from his followers known as the 'Yeomen of the Guard'. Henry strengthened the power of the monarchy by using traditional methods of government to tighten royal administration and increase revenues (reportedly including a daily examination of accounts). Royal income rose from an annual average of 52,000 to 142,000 pounds by the end of Henry's reign. Little co-operation was required between the King and Parliament; during Henry's reign of 24 years, only seven Parliaments sat for a mere ten and a half months. Henry used dynastic royal marriages to establish his dynasty in England, and help maintain peace. One daughter, Margaret, was married to James IV of Scotland (from whom Mary, Queen of Scots and her son, James VI of Scotland and James I of England, were descended); the other daughter married Louis XII of France. Henry spent money shrewdly and left a full treasury on his death in 1509.
Henry VII encouraged the exploration of what was to becone the USA. On March the 5th, 1495, Henry VII granted to John Cabot, his three sons, their heirs and assigns, a patent for the discovery of unknown lands in the Eastern, Western and Northern seas, with a right to occupy such territories and to have exclusive commerce with them, paying to the king one-fifth part of all the profits. The enterprise was to be 'at their own proper cost and charge'. In his book of private expenses for 1497 there is an item, 'To him that found the new isle, 10 pounds', no doubt referring to Cabot. Research Henry VII
Jacques Francois Fromental Halevy was a Jewish French composer. He was born in 1799 at Paris and died in 1862. Hestudied at the conservatory under Lambert and Cherubini, and was sent to Italy to finish his musical education. Here he wrote his first two operas Les Bohemiennes and Pygmalion. The first of his pieces performed was a little comic opera, L'Artisan, given at the Theatre Feydau in Paris, in 1827. His chef d'oeuvre, La Juive, appeared in 1835, and rapidly obtained a European celebrity. Among his other works are L'Eclaire, Guido et Ginevra, La Reine de Chypre, Le Val d'Andorre, La Fee aux Roses. He was a cultivated and scholarly composer but without much genius. Research Jacques Halevy
Jean Lambert Tallien was a French revolutionary. He was born in 1767 at Paris and died in 1820. He became a notary's clerk and was engaged in Jacobin politics, in 1792 entering the national convention where he was noted for his violent attacks on the king. In 1793 he defended Jean Marat, and in 1794 was sent to suppress an insurrection in Gironde. As president of the convention he led the opposition to Robespierre. From 1795 until 1798 he was one of the council of Five Hundred. Research Jean Tallien
Verity Lambert OBE was an English television show producer. She was born in 1935 at London and died in 2007. Her first production was 'Dr Who', which she was the first producer of and worked on from 1963 to 1966 being employed by the BBC. She later produced episodes of the television series 'Jonathan Creek' in 1998 and formed her own production company. 'Cinema Verity'. She was awarded the OBE in 2002. Research Verity Lambert
Jack Lambert was a Scottish actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1976. He was an amateur actor for ten years before turning professional in 1930 and working at the Ealing studios.
Jack Lambert is an American actor. He was born in 1920. Research Jack Lambert
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