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 Monk (Doctor Who) the Hound incarnation is younger or older than the Garden incarnation; Hound's incarnation expresses ignorance of why the Eighth Doctor would be particularly angry at him and dismisses it as the likely actions of one of his future incarnations, but when meeting the Third Doctor and talking about past companions, he makes reference to "brassy birds from Blackpool", a description that could imply knowledge of Lucie Miller or just be a coincidental alliteration used as he teasingly describes Jo Grant. The Monk (Doctor Who) The Monk is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". Played