The Blue Lamp The Blue Lamp The Blue Lamp is a 1950 British police drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner as veteran PC Dixon, Jimmy Hanley as newcomer PC Mitchell, and Dirk Bogarde as hardened criminal Tom Riley. The title refers to the blue lamps that traditionally hung outside British police stations (and often still do). The film became the inspiration for the 1955–1976 TV series "Dixon of Dock Green", where Jack Warner continued to play PC Dixon until he was 80 years old (even though Dixon's murder is the central plot of the original film). The screenplay was written
The Master (Doctor Who) believe he is needed for a great purpose (implied to be the Time War) — the event had been referenced in "The Sound of Drums". Chris Finney plays a character named 'Keith Potter' in the story "The End of the Line" from the audio anthology "" , who is later revealed to be an avatar under the control of the Master. The Master, played by Geoffrey Beevers, makes a cameo appearance in series 10 of the Doctor Who spin-off Jago & Litefoot, and later featured as the main villain for the 11th series. To commemorate the Master's forty-fifth anniversary, Big