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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 37 episodes / 9 stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The War Machines]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E1TheSmugglers The Smugglers]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet The Tenth Planet]]" , "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders The Highlanders]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace The Underwater Menace]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase The Moonbase]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerror The Macra Terror]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes The Faceless Ones]]"[[/labelnote]] -- Ben Jackson

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 37 episodes / 9 stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The War Machines]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E1TheSmugglers The Smugglers]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet The Tenth Planet]]" , "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders The Highlanders]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace The Underwater Menace]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase The Moonbase]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerror The Macra Terror]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes The Faceless Ones]]"[[/labelnote]] -- Ben JacksonJackson
* ''Series/ZCars'' episodes:
** Strictly Cash: Part 2 (1970) -- Jack
** Rules of the Game: Part 1 (1971) -- Nick
** Scavengers (1977) -- Detective Constable Johnson
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** "Face at the Window" (1966) -- Boy

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** "Face at the Window" (1966) -- BoyBoy
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 37 episodes / 9 stories[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The War Machines]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E1TheSmugglers The Smugglers]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet The Tenth Planet]]" , "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders The Highlanders]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace The Underwater Menace]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase The Moonbase]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerror The Macra Terror]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes The Faceless Ones]]"[[/labelnote]] -- Ben Jackson
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Sadly, Michael Craze died of a heart attack in 1998, aged just 56.

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Sadly, Michael Craze died of a heart attack in 1998, aged just 56.56.

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* ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'' episodes:
** "The Flemish Giant" (1962) -- Jimmy
** "Facing the Music" (1964) -- Fleming
** "The Late Customer" (1965) -- Hyett
** "Face at the Window" (1966) -- Boy
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Producer Innes Lloyd felt that Jamie's introduction had made Ben redundant, and that Ben was the less intersting of the two characters, and therefore ordered him to be written out. Creator/AnnekeWills opted to leave at the same time as Craze; Ben and Polly therefore departed the show together one year after they had joined it together.

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Producer Innes Lloyd felt that Jamie's introduction had made Ben redundant, and that Ben was the less intersting interesting of the two characters, and therefore ordered him to be written out. Creator/AnnekeWills opted to leave at the same time as Craze; Ben and Polly therefore departed the show together one year after they had joined it together.

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Craze made his first appearance in Doctor Who in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The War Machines]]", the final story of Season 3. He joined the show at the same time as Creator/AnnekeWills as fellow companion Polly. Their characters were both young Londoners from TheSixties, designed to appeal more to contemporary audiences than previous companions had done. Their characters sometimes clashed onscreen, but Craze and Wills would form a lifelong friendship.

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Craze made his first appearance in Doctor Who in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The War Machines]]", the final story of Season 3. He joined the show at the same time as Creator/AnnekeWills as fellow companion Polly. Their characters were both young Londoners from TheSixties, 1966, designed to capture the mood of the Swinging Sixties and appeal more to contemporary audiences than previous companions had done. Their characters sometimes clashed onscreen, but Craze and Wills would form a lifelong friendship.
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Craze made his first appearance in Doctor Who in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The War Machines]]", the final story of Season 3. He joined the show at the same time as Creator/AnnekeWills as fellow companion Polly. Their characters were both young Londoners from The60s, designed to appeal more to contemporary audiences than previous companions had done. Their characters sometimes clashed onscreen, but Craze and Wills would form a lifelong friendship.

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Craze made his first appearance in Doctor Who in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The War Machines]]", the final story of Season 3. He joined the show at the same time as Creator/AnnekeWills as fellow companion Polly. Their characters were both young Londoners from The60s, TheSixties, designed to appeal more to contemporary audiences than previous companions had done. Their characters sometimes clashed onscreen, but Craze and Wills would form a lifelong friendship.
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Producer Innes Lloyd felt that Jamie's introduction had made Ben redundant, and that Ben was the less intersting of the two characters, and therefore ordered him to be written out. Creator/AnnekeWills opted to leave at the same time as Craze; Ben and Polly therefore departed the show together one year after they had joined it together.

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Producer Innes Lloyd felt that Jamie's introduction had made Ben redundant, and that Ben was the less intersting of the two characters, and therefore ordered him to be written out. Creator/AnnekeWills opted to leave at the same time as Craze; Ben and Polly therefore departed the show together one year after they had joined it together.together.

Craze continued his acting career through the 1970s, but by the 1980s he was acting only occasionally alongside managing a pub. He was also one of the first Doctor Who actors to become a regular on the convention circuit, and soon built up a good relationship with the show's fans.

Sadly, Michael Craze died of a heart attack in 1998, aged just 56.

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Craze made his first appearance in Doctor Who in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The War Machines]]", the final story of Season 3. He joined the show at the same time as Creator/AnnekeWills as fellow companion Polly. Creator/WilliamHartnell was nearing the end of his tenure as the Doctor, with growing health and memory problems making it impossible for him to continue playing the role. Two serials later, Hartnell regenerated into Creator/PatrickTroughton, with Craze as Ben and Wills as Polly therefore going down in history as the first companions to witness a regeneration on the show.

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Craze made his first appearance in Doctor Who in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The War Machines]]", the final story of Season 3. He joined the show at the same time as Creator/AnnekeWills as fellow companion Polly. Their characters were both young Londoners from The60s, designed to appeal more to contemporary audiences than previous companions had done. Their characters sometimes clashed onscreen, but Craze and Wills would form a lifelong friendship.

Creator/WilliamHartnell was nearing the end of his tenure as the Doctor, with growing health and memory problems making it impossible for him to continue playing the role. Two serials later, Hartnell regenerated into Creator/PatrickTroughton, with Craze as Ben and Wills as Polly therefore going down in history as the first companions to witness a regeneration on the show.
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Craze made his first appearance in Doctor Who in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The War Machines]]", the final story of Season 3. He joined the show at the same time as Creator/AnnekeWills as fellow companion Polly. Creator/WilliamHartnell was nearing the end of his tenure as the Doctor, with growing health and memory problems making it impossible for him to continue playing the role. Two serials later, Hartnell regenerated into Creator/PatrickTroughton, with Craze as Ben and Wills as Polly therefore going down in history as the first companions to witness a regeneration on the show.

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Craze made his first appearance in Doctor Who in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The War Machines]]", the final story of Season 3. He joined the show at the same time as Creator/AnnekeWills as fellow companion Polly. Creator/WilliamHartnell was nearing the end of his tenure as the Doctor, with growing health and memory problems making it impossible for him to continue playing the role. Two serials later, Hartnell regenerated into Creator/PatrickTroughton, with Craze as Ben and Wills as Polly therefore going down in history as the first companions to witness a regeneration on the show.show.

Two stories into Troughton's tenure, Creator/FrazerHines joined the TARDIS as new companion Jamie [=McCrimmon=]. He had originally been intended to be only a guest character, but was promoted to a regular after working well with the production team. This meant there were now two young men of action in the TARDIS, and writers struggled to balance both Ben and Jamie in the stories that followed.

Producer Innes Lloyd felt that Jamie's introduction had made Ben redundant, and that Ben was the less intersting of the two characters, and therefore ordered him to be written out. Creator/AnnekeWills opted to leave at the same time as Craze; Ben and Polly therefore departed the show together one year after they had joined it together.

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Michael Craze (29 November 1942 – 8 December 1998) was an English actor. He is best remembered for playing Series/DoctorWho companion Ben Jackson from 1966-67, alongside both Creator/WilliamHartnell's First and Creator/PatriTroughton's Second Doctors.

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Michael Craze (29 November 1942 – 8 December 1998) was an English actor. He is best remembered for playing Series/DoctorWho companion Ben Jackson from 1966-67, alongside both Creator/WilliamHartnell's First and Creator/PatriTroughton's Creator/PatrickTroughton's Second Doctors.

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Michael Craze (29 November 1942 – 8 December 1998) was an English actor. He is best remembered for playing Series/DoctorWho companion Ben Jackson from 1966-67.

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Michael Craze (29 November 1942 – 8 December 1998) was an English actor. He is best remembered for playing Series/DoctorWho companion Ben Jackson from 1966-67.1966-67, alongside both Creator/WilliamHartnell's First and Creator/PatriTroughton's Second Doctors.

Craze made his first appearance in Doctor Who in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The War Machines]]", the final story of Season 3. He joined the show at the same time as Creator/AnnekeWills as fellow companion Polly. Creator/WilliamHartnell was nearing the end of his tenure as the Doctor, with growing health and memory problems making it impossible for him to continue playing the role. Two serials later, Hartnell regenerated into Creator/PatrickTroughton, with Craze as Ben and Wills as Polly therefore going down in history as the first companions to witness a regeneration on the show.
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Michael Craze (29 November 1942 – 8 December 1998) was an English actor. He is best remembered for playing Series/DoctorWho companion Ben Jackson from 1966-67.

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