The Birds (film) The Birds (film) The Birds is a 1963 American horror-thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. It focuses on a series of sudden, unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California over the course of a few days. The film stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren (in her screen debut), supported by Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du
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