The Box of Delights (TV series)
Patrick Troughton was a familiar face on BBC TV from playing the Second Doctor in "Doctor Who"; a contemporary "Blue Peter" feature on the drama makes the connection that in the role of Cole Hawlings, the kindly Punch and Judy Man, Troughton was playing another mysterious, scruffy time traveller. Renny Rye noted that Troughton "who was my favourite Doctor Who...had a quality that is unsurpassed, I think, as someone to pull you into a tale."
List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs
Tom mistook Dr. Who's time machine, Tardis, for a real police telephone box while attempting to foil a jewel robbery. He accompanied Dr. Who, together with the Doctor's niece Louise and granddaughter Susan, to the year 2150, where they discovered that the Daleks had invaded Earth. After helping to defeat the Daleks, Dr. Who returned him to London a few minutes before the robbery was due to take place, enabling him to catch the thieves. The temporal paradox created by this action is not addressed in the film. Cribbins later played Wilfred Mott from 2007 to 2010 in the revived "Doctor Who" television series.