Advances in technology have never conclusively proved that the ball crossed the line ; on the contrary, in 1995 the Sunday Times reported that image analysis by researchers at Oxford University had concluded that the whole of the ball did not cross the goal-line, and so a goal should not have been awarded ( Computer blows whistle on England's 1966 World Cup win by Adam Jones and John Davison, 23 July 1995 ).

Attracting such a high-profile actor as Davison was as much of a coup for the programme's producers as getting the role was for him, but he did not renew his contract because he feared being typecast.

After Davison left Doctor Who in 1984, he did not work on another popular series until 1986, when he played Dr Stephen Daker, the ingenuous hero of A Very Peculiar Practice, written by Andrew Davies.

This allergy did not appear to be one shared by any incarnation prior to or since Davison.

There had been a proposal by the Davison brothers of Ballymena to build a railway between Belfast and Ballymena in 1836 but this came to nothing due, firstly, to the inability to identify a suitable route out of Belfast that did not include excessive gradients and, secondly, an economic downturn.

His form at international level did not help in Australia though as in January 2005, Davison was dropped from the South Australia state squad.

* On 23 March against New Zealand, Davison reached 50 runs in 23 balls which was the third fastest fifty in World Cup history, behind only Brendon McCullum, who did it in 20 balls in the same match, and Mark Boucher, who took 21 balls six days previously.

The next game against the West Indies saw John Davison score the fastest ever World Cup century, although Canada lost that game, and did not progress past the first round.

As Davison recounts, the leaflets stressed that the Japanese did not have a quarrel with the black soldiers and that they should give up or desert.

Horse-racing historian Michael Tanner, in a 2011 television interview at Epsom, pointed out that as Emily Davison was standing on the inside of the bend at Tattenham Corner, amidst heaving crowds, and with no racetrack commentary like there is today, it would in fact have been impossible for her to have any idea whether the King's horse Anmer had in fact already gone past or not when she stepped out onto the racecourse to make her protest ; and that at the speeds the horses were going it would not have been practicable for her to identify any particular horse anyway even if she'd meant to.

On his return he was offered a full-time contract by the Chesterfield manager, Teddy Davison.

Sylvester McCoy would return as the Seventh Doctor three years later in the 1996 telefilm, while Peter Davison, after joining Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy in the Big Finish audio dramas series, would reprise the role of the Fifth Doctor 14 years later in " Time Crash "-another Children in Need special.

Davison was convinced to return to Grimsby Town in July 2003 who were now under the stewardship of former Grimsby team mate Paul Groves.

Troughton was the first Doctor to have his face appear in the opening titles of the show, and one of six Doctor Who actors to play two roles in the same story when he appeared as Salamander in The Enemy Of The World ( the others being William Hartnell in The Chase and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, Tom Baker in Meglos, Peter Davison in Arc of Infinity, David Tennant in Journey's End, and Matt Smith in " The Rebel Flesh "/" The Almost People ").

In 1981, Davison signed a contract to play the Doctor for three years, succeeding Tom Baker ( the Fourth Doctor ) and, at age 29, was at the time the youngest actor to have played the lead role, a record he retained for nearly thirty years until Matt Smith ( the Eleventh Doctor ) took the role in 2010 at age 26.

This, and the opportunity to play Tristan Farnon again in 1985 and 1990, kept Davison busy until the early 1990s, when he gradually faded from the public eye.

The Doctor Who audio plays feature the five surviving lead actors to play the character of the Doctor in the classic series ( Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, and Paul McGann ), as well as many of the regular supporting actors over the many years of the programme.

Following the unsuccessful reception of Taste, Foote staged a new production, An Englishman in Paris, inspired by both his trip there and possibly, as Davison suggests, a French play, Frenchman in London which he may have seen.

When NHL play resumed the following season, in 2005 – 06, Davison scored a career-high 6 points in 69 games.

On a Leafs power play, Rob Davison of the Islanders attempted to clear the puck out of his defensive zone.

A group of actors including: Trish Cooke, Ricky Diamond, Will Brenton, Sue Monroe & Sarah Davison would dress up, and with the help of some children, perform a play or show.

In the 1957 and 1996 film adaptations of Miller's play, he was portrayed by Jean Debucourt and Bruce Davison, respectively.

He subsequently cast the next three actors to play the role: Peter Davison ( 1981 – 1984 ), Colin Baker ( 1984 – 1986 ) and Sylvester McCoy ( 1987-1989 & 1996 ).

More recently under the guidance of Geoff Davison the club have developed an Annagh United Youth team who play in the Under 16 Mid Ulster Youth League.

Born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear and educated in the North East, Brown started his career playing Sunday league football for South Shields side Red Duster in the South Shields Business Houses League, in the same team as Ray Dunbar and Bobby Davison, who went on to play for Derby County and Leeds United.

The Fifth incarnation of Doctor Who, Peter Davison, was noted for wearing a stalk of celery on his lapel, claiming it at one point to be an excellent restorative, though the human olfactory sense was comparatively weak.

Reportedly, he also advised the Fifth Doctor, actor Peter Davison, to limit his time in the role to three seasons in order to avoid being typecast and the young actor followed that advice.

The Fifth Doctor ( Peter Davison ) tries in vain to prevent any bloodshed against either species ; he tells companions Tegan ( Janet Fielding ) and Turlough ( Mark Strickson ) to give the Silurians oxygen to keep them safe from the hexachromite gas he released into the base's atmosphere.

Davison would reprise the role of the Fifth Doctor for two charity specials: Dimensions in Time ( 1993 ), and Time Crash ( 2007 ).

Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor

Davison was very different from his four predecessors, being much younger, in line with Nathan-Turner's desire for the Fifth Doctor to be completely unlike the massively popular Fourth, so that the public would not draw unfavourable comparisons between the two.

Since then, Sutton has also voiced Nyssa in several audio plays alongside Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, produced by Big Finish Productions.

Bryant voiced the character of Peri in several audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions, alongside both Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor.

* The Fifth Doctor ( parts 2 & 4 ) — Peter Davison

Janet Fielding ( born Janet Mahoney, 9 September 1953 ) is an Australian actress, known for her role in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who as Tegan Jovanka, a companion of the Fourth Doctor, played by Tom Baker, and the Fifth Doctor, played by Peter Davison.

She returned to acting and the role of Tegan for Big Finish Productions audio plays including The Gathering ( 2006 ), Cobwebs and The Cradle of the Snake ( 2010 ) alongside Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor.

Richard Hurndall, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton and Peter Davison as the First, Third, Second and Fifth Doctors respectively, in The Five Doctors, the 1983 anniversary special of Doctor Who.

* The Cybermen would not be seen again until the 1982 story Earthshock with Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor

* Although Castrovalva was the first story aired which featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, this story was the first in the season to be produced.

Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Matt Smith, who played the Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor and Eleventh Doctor respectively, have stated that the Second Doctor is their favourite.

* Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Reverend Matthew Townsend

* The Fifth Doctor-Peter Davison